Photoshop & Lightroom Tutorials by Glen Smith

Start with Photoshop

Learn Lightroom without the mystery

How I Teach

I teach from real experience — not theory. After hundreds of classroom sessions, I’ve seen what learners actually struggle with and how they really learn. My approach is built around that. Many beginners can absorb one new concept at a time, not five. I teach in short, focused steps: one tool, one technique, one example, one practice task. This prevents overwhelm and builds confidence quickly.

Watching me is not enough — learners have to do it themselves. I demonstrate at a slow, deliberate pace, then hand it over. They repeat the steps, make mistakes, correct them, and build the muscle memory that actually sticks.

I don’t teach isolated tips. I teach the real workflow: import, organise, edit, refine, export. That gives learners a mental map they can follow every time they sit down to work, instead of a bag of disconnected shortcuts.