Become an Adobe Lightroom Master With These Pro Photographer Tutorials
If you’re looking to dive into the app for the first time or are looking to simply improve your skills, here are some helpful tutorials to check out.
Jourdan Aldredge • Feb 12, 2026
As any pro photographer will tell you, taking the photo is only half of the battle. Sure, you can do everything you can to find the perfect moment, the ideal angle, or set up the perfect lighting. But the real magic happens in the edit.
If you aren’t familiar with the program, Adobe Lightroom is one of the best image organization and editing apps for serious photographers seeking professional features and high-end results.
Yet, as with most high-end programs and apps, there’s a learning curve to get fully up and running with Adobe Lightroom. If you’re looking to dive into the app for the first time or are looking to simply improve your skills, here are some helpful tutorials to check out.
Adobe Lightroom Tutorials
Hosted by pro photographer Clifford Pickett and featured on the B&H Event Space YouTube page, this two-part Lightroom Like a Pro series covers over two hours of hands-on, in-depth guides that cover pretty much everything you’d ever need to know about working with photos in the Lightroom Ecosystem.
From getting started and uploading your photos to handling more complex tasks like batch color settings or tone adjustments, these tutorials are must-watch content for those serious about leveling up their Lightroom skills.
Here are the two parts of the Lightroom Like a Pro video series, along with timestamps so you can pick and choose specific topics or simply follow along as you go.
Lightroom Like a Pro: Part 1
This two-part series is filled with tips and tricks to help you harness the full power of Lightroom/LRC. Photographer Clifford Pickett covers every aspect you need to know about the Lightroom Ecosystem starting in Part 1 above.
0:00 Intro
5:00 Shortcuts
8:02 GED - Grid, Loupe, Develop
10:08 Auto adjust tones
13:53 While balance
15:18 Zoom & full screen
21:26 Searching in your library
28:53 Info overlay
31:47 Rest
33:49 Library filters
41:55 Overlay
45:38 Black & VVhite
48:25 Library view options
52:53 Clipping
54:39 Color & transform
57:55 Saving
1:02:01 Closing thoughts
1:03:00 Q&A
Lightroom Like a Pro: Part 2
This two-part series is filled with tips and tricks to help you harness the full power of Lightroom Classic. Photographer Clifford Pickett covers every aspect you need to know about the Lightroom Classic ecosystem, and he means everything.
0:00 Intro
2:51 Recap on Part 1
6:45 Syncing
7:49 Crop mode
8:15 Key words
10:47 Target collection
12:29 Grouping & stacking
19:38 Renaming catalogs
21:14 Changing default catalog
22:45 Default camera profile
24:10 Solo mode
26:44 Tabs
28:16 Collapse/open all sub folders
30:40 Change background color
32:43 Fill your toolbar
34:53 HSL
39:01 Golden 39
40:49 Find loose images
43:08 Name color labels
46:08 Changing meta data date & time
52:31 Batch delete rejected photos
54:52 Default filters
58:42 Folder history
1:00:00 Your favorited images from phone to Lightroom
1:05:35 The power of one
1:11:48 View on web to download offline
1:15:14 Rebuild sync data / Change sync location
1:19:35 Batch auto level
1:21:01 Sync smart collection
1:22:52 Reference image
1:24:33 Auto adjust per slider
1:26:56 Person conversion
1:30:53 Multiple keywords
1:32:55 Closing / Q&A
If you’re still hungry for more Lightroom tutorials, tips, and tricks, the same YouTube channel has some additional videos worth checking out, linked below:
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