Working with Dan is a wonderful experience. He communicated in a clear and timely manner. Dan sorted my LightRoom catalog issues easily. His kind, thoughtful manner put me at ease immediately. Dan suggested additional workflow processes which were quite welcome! I highly recommend Dan to anyone who needs some LightRoom assistance. Thanks Dan!

Just want to share a good experience with one-on-one Lightroom Help. I just finished a 2 hour Zoom session with Dan Hartford, Palo Alto, California.

LIGHTROOM HELP. I found his name in an Online Lightroom forum from a 2018 thread where someone else was looking for help.

Me: 74 year old casual family and bird photographer. Very comfortable with Windows computers and file structure, beginner with photography and Lightroom. Started Lightroom 2019 with birth of grandchild, dormant for 2 years, restarting. Photoshop Elements prior.

My problem: Entirely related to importing from old files, camera, scanner,then organizing and exporting (to flash drive). Assumed I remembered enough from 2019-wrong. Have multiple copies of same image, many folders outside of Lightroom, many photos unable to find. Deep concern over possibility of accidental deletion. Each effort I made to fix seemed to dig me into a deeper hole, loss of confidence. May have 50,000-100,000 images which should be condensed to about 1,000-2,000 photos I want to keep, then begin organizing a lifetime of print photos.

Previous efforts: Adobe Lightroom Classic Classroom in a Book: Very Good. Victoria Bampton LR Classic Missing FAQ- Good. Tim Grey "Cleaning Up Your Mess in Lightroom"-very good. These LR Queen forums very helpful. Despite all these aids, I was losing confidence that I would make correct choices on my own.

Work with Dan: 2 hour Zoom meeting, camera, microphone, speaker for both of us, screen sharing. All technically smooth. Dan was a very easy guy to work with. Feeling fragile and reading about some negative "help from expert" experiences in this forum, I was concerned that the "expert" would take over my screen, make a lot of changes that I didn't undersatnd, and leave me worse off. Dan was very easy to work with-he hung back, let me explain my points of confusion , and gradually got me from upset to "I can do this, I can follow this map".

I had originally thought that his 2 hour minimum might be too long, but it was just right and less time would not have worked. I thought his fee structure was fair, and will save me many hours of my own time flailing around blind, which was what I had been doing. I will likely take time to absorb all the advice Dan gave, then arrange another session in the future.

For any tutor, I recommend putting your problems in writing, and in priority of importance to you, and sending it to the tutor before the meeting. Just that step alone helped me understand what I wanted to learn, and helped create a structure for both of us through the meeting.

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Dan is truly an amazing teacher. He knows Lightroom inside out, and is so thorough in his instruction! He is a very clear communicator, and knows how to translate the intricacies of the program to students. Dan is generous with his teaching, going above and beyond what a typical teacher would do (I would know, as I'm a professor!). He gives you detailed guides so that if you forgot to take notes, you've got reference material. When I've had follow up questions, he's responded thoroughly and thoughtfully. It is clear that Dan really cares about photography and his students. As others have said, great professional. And great educator. I highly recommend!!