Merrifield Classes Washington, DC

Whether you want to showcase your skills as a photographer or are a photo hobbyist who wants to share your work on a personal website, Adobe Portfolio gives you the tools you need. Included with any Adobe Creative Cloud account, Portfolio is a great way to build a website with a professional look.  If you want to showcase your skills as a photographer,...

Learn to use the Book Module in Lightroom to create precious memory books as gifts. Or, gift yourself with a book to celebrate your own visual journey and share with friends, colleagues and family.  Photographs can take us on a journey.  We will explore in depth Lightroom Book Module to create visual stories that we can then upload to Blurb’s...

The Lightroom Classic Library Module - Getting Organized Lightroom is the industry standard for amateurs and professional photographers alike, for organizing and editing our images. At the heart of this powerful program lies the Library Module where we import, organize, sort, rate and tag our images. Spend an afternoon with Marie Joabar learning...

The Lightroom Classic Develop Module - Powerful Editing Tools Designed exclusively for photographers, the Adobe Lightroom Classic Develop Module offers incredible tools for editing our digital images. Join Marie Joabar as she provides clear and easy to follow explanations of these tools and shows you various ways to edit your photos whether...

Natural light can offer a gorgeous, soft, and appealing look when it comes to portraiture. However, it often comes with challenges. This class explores the benefits and hurdles associated with photographing people in natural light and will cover ways to overcome these challenges. Topics include: Exposure tips and lens considerations Composition...

Designed exclusively for photographers, Adobe Lightroom’s Develop Module offers incredible tools for editing our digital images. Join Marie Joabar as she provides in-depth explanations of these tools and shows you various ways to edit your photos whether you shoot Raw or JPEG. Lightroom’s Develop module provides the platform to make each image...

Photographing families and children can be both meaningful and artistically rewarding as well as financially beneficial. Family portraiture is a beautiful way to celebrate the gift of togetherness, strengthen relational bonds, build self-esteem in children, and document the family unit.  Whether photographing children for the family album or creating...

Lightroom is the industry standard for amateurs and professional photographers alike, for organizing and editing our images. At the heart of this powerful program lies the Library Module where we import, organize, sort, rate and tag our images. Spend a day with Marie Joabar learning the Library Module in-depth allowing you to set up and understand...

Wacom tablets are a great tool to use when editing your photos, especially when working with brushes and other fine grain adjustments. Do you use a tablet but aren’t taking advantage of all it’s features? Is yours on a shelf collecting dust? Now’s the time to learn how to make the most of your tablet! This class will introduce you to what’s...