You receive two of Michael Frye's sessions, which include "Range Mask & Local Adjustments in Lightroom" and "A Sense of Mystery."

"Range Mask & Local Adjustments in Lightroom"

Lightroom's Masking panel is incredibly powerful, allowing you make and combine selections in almost infinite ways, and add sophisticated touches to your images that you previously needed Photoshop for.

But tools are only useful if they serve a greater purpose. Masking can be a wonderful tool – if it can be harnessed to help you express your vision for a photograph.

In this presentation Michael will show you simple – yet powerful – techniques to make your photographs come to life with Masking. He'll cover some basics, and you'll also learn more advanced tips and tricks, but more importantly, he'll discuss when and where to use these techniques to get the most out of your photographs, express your vision, and tell the story you want to tell.

Here's a partial list of the topics Michael will cover:

• Easy ways to combine selections
• Wrapping your head around Add, Subtract, Invert, and Intersect
• Strategies for getting the perfect mask
• How to direct the viewer's eye
• Amplifying subtle light
• Enriching colors without using saturation
• Bringing out shadows in a realistic way.

He also will be demonstrating these techniques on some user submitted images.

“A Sense of Mystery"

“Unless a landscape is invested with a sense of mystery, it is no better than a postcard.” -Brett Weston

The most compelling photographs go beyond the literal – beyond just showing what something looks like – and reach viewers on a deeper level by telling a compelling story, capturing a mood, or showing the world in a new and surprising way.

And that usually means they have a sense of mystery. The strongest images don't simply show the subject in a straightforward way, but leave something to the imagination, and engage viewers by making them wonder about what's not shown, or what's not obvious. They convey a mood or feeling by taking ordinary, everyday objects and making them symbolize something bigger and more universal. They might even evoke a sense of wonder at the boundless beauty and variety of our planet.

In this presentation Michael Frye will explore these essential, often-overlooked aspects of photography, showing you how a sense of mystery can make more compelling images, and how you can add mystery and wonder to your own photographs.