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LIVE Photo Editing Demonstrations

Learn how to improve your photo editing skills by joining in on our LIVE photo editing sessions. Submit your own RAW photos to have edited, ask questions about the techniques and get answers to your questions LIVE and in-person.

Submit Your Photos
How Does This Work Exactly?

You Can Just Watch, or Submit Your Own Photo for Editing

We totally get it. There’s SO MUCH to photo editing, where do you start? what’s the best approach? Is one workflow better than another? How do you overcome a sticking point?

It doesn’t matter if you use Lightroom, Photoshop or Luminar Neo, simply being able to watch a professional photo editor, with over 35 years experience edit photos and solve common (and not so common) editing challenges is a good way to spend some time.

… and then to be able to ask questions? Even better!

Watch LIVE photo editing sessions

We livestream for between 90 minutes and 2 hours every week, on the FIRST and THIRD SUNDAY of the month. The first week at 2:00 EST and the third at 6:00pm EST. The schedule is below.

Get answers to your questions

Ask questions about photo editing, about photography, or just about anything and Darlene will explain or demonstrate the solution. Ask anything. Really!

Submit YOUR photos to be edited

We encourage you to submit YOUR RAW photos, share with Darlene the problem you’re experiencing with it, and your preferred software on which you would like to see demonstrated.

Meet and make some new friends

The community of photo editors grows every week and we have a lot of regulars who join in every session to watch, share and just chat about photography.

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editing landscape photos
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Themed Editing Livestreams

Each week’s session is based around a theme we choose ahead of time. The theme might be a genre like “mountains” or “cars” or the theme might be underexposed or overexposed photos. The theme might be a common problem or a common desired outcome like “Restoring Old Photos”. You can see some of our themes below.

SessionPacific Time (PT)Eastern Standard Time (EST)London Time (GMT)Sydney Time (AEDT)
First Sunday11:00 AM PT2:00 PM EST7:00 PM GMT6:00 AM AEDT (Monday)
Third Sunday3:00 PM PT6:00 PM EST11:00 PM GMT10:00 AM AEDT (Monday)

Photos are submitted by viewers and readers like you that match theme. You can submit photos you already have in your catalog, or use it as a challenge to get the shots and then submit them.

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Kind words from students

Thousands of students from around the world have improved their photography skills and benefited from my tutorials and courses.

Darlene you have an incredible amount of patience with everyone, most definitely meant to teach. I feel inspired to keep learning.

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Stacey Oviatt

Student

Darlene creates a relaxed atmosphere for learning, sharing and pushing your boundaries. I’d recommend her in a heartbeat.

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Gee

Photo Tour Participant

Not every good photographer is a good teacher however, in my opinion Darlene has both fields covered very well.

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Pete Seerden

Student / Private tutoring
Darlene Hildebrandt, Photographer and Photo Editing Instructor

About Darlene

I am a professional photographer with over 35 years of experience who’s passionate about teaching and mentoring new photographers.

  • I’ve edited physical negatives, both square format and 35mm.
  • Photographed over 250 weddings and edited every shot.
  • Used Photoshop since 1993 and Lightroom since it’s inception.
  • I’m versed in Luminar 3, Luminar 4, Luminar AI and am the lead instructor for Luminar Neo: The Complete Course, the only course endorsed by Skylum Software.
  • What I’m doing in the stream: I’m editing subscriber-submitted photos, with permission, so that you can see how a professional photographer would approach the image with any fixes, improvements, or added creative touches.
  • How it works: I do this for free. Photos and/or questions must be submitted ahead of time using the form above. Submissions do not guarantee the photo will be used in the Livestream.
Luminar Neo course instructor Darlene Hildebrandt

Some of our Past Livestreams

A Whole Session on Restoring Old Photos

Are your treasured old family photos in desperate need of a makeover? Join us for a thrilling 2-hour livestream where we delve into the captivating world of photo restoration. Using cutting-edge software like Luminar Neo, Lightroom, and Photoshop, you’ll learn how to breathe new life into your cherished memories.

Working With Landscape Photos

We used Lightroom and Luminar Neo to enhance some landscape photos to bring out the drama, some sky adjustments and addressed the challenges of a low contrast landscape photo with a blown-out sky using Lightroom’s advanced features.

Watch ALL the Editing Livestreams

Indulge yourself in hours and hours of live photo editing and pick up a trick or two. Get inspired to tackle your own catalog of images

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