Advanced Adobe Lightroom Classic with Sue Anne Hodges (Online)

In this workshop, we will go beyond the basics of the Adobe Lightroom Classic workflow. We will begin with a brief review of the Library and Develop Modules, along with key settings that impact performance and organization. From there, we will dive into problem-solving common challenges such as replacing or adding hard drives, moving files without losing links, and maximizing the use of Collections. We will also explore new tools for sorting and organizing, creating export presets, and more within the Library Module.

The Develop Module section will cover Lightroom Classic’s newest features, including Subject and Object Masks, enhanced Adjustment Masks, and the powerful Content-Aware Remove tool. We’ll also dig deeper into adjustment options and clarify the differences between Presets and Profiles.

Finally, we will explore the other modules to learn how to create custom layouts — not just for prints, books, and slideshows, but also for exporting PDFs and designing polished, sophisticated end products.

Prerequisites: Students should already be using Lightroom Classic regularly, with an active catalog. Familiarity with importing, basic file organization, and the Develop Module is required.

Class Details

Dates: Four sessions on Wednesdays: October 29, November 5, 12, and 19, 2025

Time: 6:00–9:00 PM EST 

Format: Online

Participants: Limited to 10  

Course Fee: $365 (members) / $415 (non-members).

Level: Advanced

This class is close to selling out. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist, please email Yana Nosenko at programs@griffinmuseum.org

The non-member price includes a one-year membership to the Griffin Museum. Learn more about all the benefits here: https://griffinmuseum.org/membership-account/membership-levels/

About the Instructor

Sue Anne Hodges is a photographer and educator. Since 1992, Sue Anne has been exploring and using digital cameras and digital imaging technology. She studied this technology at the Center for Creative Imaging in Camden, Maine. Digital images from her early experiments have been included in Kodak’s publication, International Photography, and one of the first exhibits of digital imaging —“L’Épreuve Numérique”— at the Centre National de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

Sue Anne was the Director of Digital Imaging at New England School of Photography (NESOP). Her career began as an advertising photographer, helping to build and supervise an in-house studio for Lechmere, a retail chain store. This led her to teaching studio lighting at NESOP where in 1995 she helped them establish the digital imaging department and taught for the past 25 years. In 2011, 2012 and 2018 Sue Anne was honored to be one of 20 educators in the country to be invited by Adobe to attend the Adobe Educators Summit. She remains a specialist in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom. and Digital Printing.

Her more recent photography has taken her out of the studio and includes a variety of projects including work for The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Down East Magazine, and Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce. Sue Anne’s personal work has been widely exhibited and for 15 years she was represented by Redfield Artisans Gallery in Northeast Harbor, Maine. She splits her time between Mount Desert Island, Maine and West Newbury, Massachusetts.