You don't need any specific knowledge of editing, even if you've never edited any image in your life - we take you through the process step by step, from set up to more complex edits so you gradually build on the new knowledge.

You need Lightroom or Lightroom Classic installed on your computer, tablet or phone. They are available on a subscription basis from Adobe at the cost of approx £9 pm but you can usually get it cheaper through amazon in sales periods

No, you will need to purchase the software yourself. Lightroom is available on subscription from Adobe at a cost of approximately £9p/m, but it can often be purchased at a lower price through amazon or groupon

Lightroom can be used on both stationary desktops, laptops and tablets and the editing tools are pretty much the same across all these devices ( bar a couple of minor exceptions). 

Yes. Your device needs to be reasonably fast to make the most of the tools available within Lightroom. Adobe provides minimum and recommended specification for your device and the most up to date recommendations can be seen here: https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/lightroom-cc/system-requirements.html 

Although we teach a solid editing workflow and process and the types of tools you will see across different editing software packages are often similar, this course specifically focuses on how to edit using Adobe Lightroom so I wouldn't recommend signing up if you work on a different kind of software as you simply won't get the full benefit of it.

No. The course is a part of our membership offerring - we can support you best in that way, ensure you have all necessary resources available to you and that you can connect with a likeminded peer group - all the things we KNOW to greatly increase your chances of actually completing the course, rather than just downloading and forgetting about it. But the membership doesn't tie you down - you can cancel anytime, even after 1 month if tthat's what you want. 

You will have access to the self-paced version of the course immediately after you join as a member and log into our learning space. Beyond that, all our courses get regularily scheduled Live, instructor led runs. You can will be able to see available live run courses schedule for the upcoming months from your membership area but if you've only just missed out on a scheduled course or need help before the next one is run, we can help too - just get in touch. 

We currently have 13 courses in our range (with more on the way) and the cover a really wide range of core and additional photography skills: 

• Core Photography skills : Clickstarter ( free), Photoparents Fundamentals and Photoparents Advanced
• Creative photography : Natural Light Photography, Flash Photography, Let's Play (creative photography techniques), Black and white Photography
• Editing skills : Photo editing skills, Essential and Creative Photoshop
• Photography FOR kids: Mini clickers - Photography course
• Wait, there's more! - Video skills for Parents, Smartphone photography, Action Cam Photography ( part1), 

Beyond the straight up courses, you will also have access to our brilliant Camera club - with weekly tutorials and assignments, topical clubs, downloadable, printable materials and more! 

Cancel anytime directly from your own member's account. No fuss, no explaining your reasons. To be clear, we hope you won't want to cancel but if you do - it's easy. You just need to cancel before your next billing period and it'll be all done. 

Both Lightroom and Photoshop are editing tools that can transform your images, but whether you need one or the other will very much depend on how you edit.

Lightroom is designed for the photographer who wants to be able to manage and enhance your image with light, exposure, colour etc and the results can be transformative, while keeping the images mostly true to their originals.

Photoshop is designed to allow you to add or remove elements from your images, perform powerful transformations and give you full control over changing colours etc.

Both are fantastic tools and both can be really useful for a photographe, but Photoshop's learning curve is much steeper than lightroom, so if you're making your first steps in editing, I'd recommend starting from Lightroom. Once you've mastered that, check out our Photoshop courses!