A Lightroom course that’s not really about Lightroom
Great photographs don’t come from sliders or presets.
They come from vision—from how you respond to light, shape, colour, and mood in the moment you choose to press the shutter. After the Click starts from that premise. Most editing tutorials focus on what to do in Lightroom: move this slider, apply that adjustment. This course asks a more important question first: why. Why open the shadows? Why keep them dark? Why emphasize one element and quiet another?
Because editing should serve your intent, not someone else’s recipe.
Where to find the full course
After the Click is delivered through PacificLIGHT’s dedicated online learning platform. This page introduces the course philosophy and approach. For the complete curriculum and enrollment details, visit the online school:
👉 View the full course on the PacificLIGHT Online School
Vision before process
In this course, we reverse the usual discussion. Instead of beginning with software, we begin with the image—what drew you to it, what you’re trying to say, and how you want the viewer to feel. From there, Lightroom becomes a powerful tool for refining and clarifying that vision, not imposing a style from the outside.
Yes, you’ll learn Lightroom Classic in depth. But more importantly, you’ll learn how to think photographically while editing—how to lead the viewer’s eye, establish mood, and strengthen visual communication, based on your own goals as a photographer.
If you believe that vision should guide technique—and not the other way around—this course was built for you.