Thursday January 22, 2026
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Zoom (details will be sent to members via email)
Topic: Lightroom 101 Part 1: Understanding Lightroom for Organizing and Managing your Images
In this mini clinic, you’ll gain a foundational understanding of Lightroom, including:
- Why Lightroom beats spreadsheets/folders
- What a Lightroom Catalog is (and isn’t)
- How many catalogs you really need Where
- Lightroom stores photos (hint: not inside LR)
- How LR uses previews/snapshots (not your originals)
- What Collections are and why to use them
- High-level outputs: Prints, Slideshows, Web Galleries
- A faster, cleaner workflow for managing your library
The clinic will also include a powerful list of frequently asked questions and their answers as well as providing ample time for interactive Q&A from session attendees.
A follow-up Part 2 will be offered at a later date, focused on Lightroom’s non-destructive editing workflow.
Bert has used Lightroom since the some of the earlier versions and has extensive experience organizing large photo libraries through effective use of metadata. He’s applied Lightroom in a wide range of real-world situations, including special projects, photo tours, and workshops, and is passionate about teaching and supporting photographers who want clear answers on how to organize and maintain their photo libraries.
Mini Clinics Overview
The Mini Clinic is a monthly Zoom presentation featuring accomplished professional photographers who have built successful careers across a wide range of photographic disciplines. Each session explores how working pros think about photography – from seeing and shaping light, to composition, creativity, and making images that stand out.
Topics vary widely and have included composition and visual storytelling, creative approaches to everyday subjects, working with light and exposure, specialized genres such as wildlife, floral, and macro photography, image critiques, printing, and the tools photographers use to bring their vision to life.
These presentations are informative, approachable, and consistently inspiring, offering insights that apply regardless of your preferred style or experience level.
Mini Clinics are typically held on the second Thursday of each month, unless otherwise noted (see Schedule).
Please email the Mini Clinic organizer with any questions.