October 17, 2008 in Photography by Mark Levison

I’m looking for one or two Lightroom 2 books.

First I’m looking for a book (or even website) that provides a rock solid (fast, fast, fast) workflow. I’m reasonably proficient in Lightroom 1 – but am finding I have ever shrinking quantities of time to spend working with my images. Anything that can help save me even a few minutes everytime would be a god send.

The more difficult problem. I would like a book that gives me a deeper understanding of the develop module. I have got a fair understanding of the basic controls (white balance, exposure, fill, highlight recovery, vibrance, clarity etc.). But I get lost when I’m looking at the Curves, HSL controls, … – 2.0 has just made my life more complicated (in a good way). For Lightroom 1 I bought the O’Reilly Lightroom Adventure and its a good book, but I found the section on the develop module focused only the what. What effect does each control have? Good to a point – but I struggled to figure out when and why I would want to use the Curves (etc). Are there better books for 2.0? Martin Evening’s book gets great reviews but I’ve no idea about the depth in this area.

Other candidates include:

What can you recommend? If you happen to be Martin can you tell me – does your book have alot of depth in the develop section?

Caveat Emptor – if you buy any of the books after clicking on my link I get 4% of the price. In all likelihood that means I might be able to afford a coffee or two.

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