I’m our camp photographer and want to level up my workflow; has anyone done a 6-hour Lightroom Classic bootcamp that translates to faster culling during cabin check-in day? I shoot around 1,200 frames before lunch and need a smarter system for batch edits without losing that sun-dappled, first-day-of-camp feel for parents scrolling the gallery at 9 p.m.
I did a weekend LR Classic — good primer — but the single change that sped me up was building a “check‑in day” preset from last summer’s keepers and applying it on import so every gallery starts from the same warm baseline. > edits without losing that sun-dappled, first-day-of-camp feel for parents scrolling the gallery at 9 — this kept that vibe consistent while I only fine-tuned a handful of frames. Want me to share the settings I dial in for harsh noon sun vs. shade?
The single tweak that halved my culling time was turning on Auto Advance in Library (Photo > Auto Advance) and rapid‑flagging with P/X in Loupe — @lee12’s preset on import stacks nicely after. Small caveat: it only feels snappy if you import with Embedded & Sidecar or build Smart Previews; do you already do that?
Building on @chloe_mar40, make that import preset ISO‑adaptive (create it from one shady‑porch shot and one full‑sun shot) so exposure/noise scale per frame and you keep the glow without handholding. After your first pass, select a sequence in similar light and run Settings > “Match Total Exposures” before syncing — it’s bug spray for blown highlights.