Have you ever opened an underwater photograph in Lightroom and wondered:
What should I adjust first?
Or made several adjustments, only to find yourself going back and changing them again?
The problem usually isn't Lightroom.
It's not having a repeatable way to diagnose what the photograph needs, decide what to adjust next, and know when it is time to move on.
In this free 90-minute Masterclass, you’ll learn how to use The Consistent Underwater Editing System to make those decisions with more confidence and create better, more consistent underwater edits with less guesswork.
📅 Wednesday, July 22, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM Central Time (90 minutes)
(4 PM Pacific, 5 PM Mountain, 6 PM Central, 7 PM Eastern)
📍 Live on Zoom (link provided after registration)
🎥 Replay available for 72 hours for registered participants
Limited to 30 live participants to allow time for questions and discussion.
You understand Lightroom.
You know what most of the sliders do.
You’ve watched videos, followed tutorials, and your underwater photos are better than they used to be.
But the results are still inconsistent.
One image turns out beautifully.
The next one feels flat.
Another sends you back and forth between White Balance, Exposure, Color, and Masking because you are not sure what should come next.
The problem is not that you need more Lightroom tools.
The problem is not having a repeatable way to:
Diagnose what the photograph needs
Decide what to adjust next
Move on when that step has done its job
That is where consistency comes from.
Not from making every photograph look the same.
From using the same decision-making process every time.
Once you have that process, your edits become:
More natural
More consistent
Faster to complete
Easier to repeat after every dive
That is exactly what you’ll learn in this Masterclass.
Over the past 50+ years as a photographer and through over 9,700 dives, I've learned that underwater photography isn't difficult because Lightroom is complicated.
It is difficult because every underwater photograph presents a different set of decisions.
The light changes.
The water changes.
The visibility changes.
Your subject changes.
What should not change is the way you approach the edit.
After working with more than 150,000 underwater photographs, I began refining a repeatable way to evaluate each image, identify what needed attention, decide what should come next, and know when it was time to move on.
That process became The Consistent Underwater Editing System.
It is not a rigid recipe.
It is not built around presets.
And it is not designed to make every photograph look the same.
It is a decision-making system built around six steps:
White Balance → Exposure → Presence → Color → Masking → Final Adjustments
In this Masterclass, I’ll show you how to use that system to:
Diagnose → Decide → Move On
So you can approach each underwater photograph with more confidence and consistency.
This isn’t another Lightroom tutorial filled with random tips or isolated techniques.
Instead, you’ll learn how to use The Consistent Underwater Editing System as a decision-making process.
Together, we’ll work through three real-world underwater editing situations:
White Balance / Foundation
How to recognize when the color foundation is preventing you from judging the rest of the photograph accurately.
Backscatter / Local Problem Solving
How to deal with one of the most common underwater photography problems, and why the most obvious problem is not always the first problem you should fix.
Final Output / Signature Style
How to prepare the finished photograph for its intended use, make final adjustments, and know when it is time to stop editing.
Throughout the Masterclass, we’ll use the same three-part framework:
Diagnose → Decide → Move On
You’ll learn how to:
Diagnose what the photograph actually needs
Decide where that problem belongs in the six-step system
Move On when that step has done its job
The six-step system is:
White Balance → Exposure → Presence → Color → Masking → Final Adjustments
The photographs may be different.
The problems may be different.
The decisions may be different.
But the system stays consistent.
By the end of the session, you’ll have a practical way to evaluate any underwater photograph, decide what to adjust next, and move through Lightroom with more confidence and less guesswork.
If you are tired of second-guessing your Lightroom edits...
If you want a clearer way to evaluate what each underwater photograph needs..
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If you want to know what to adjust next and when it is time to move on...
Then join me for The Consistent Underwater Edit.
During this free 90-minute Masterclass, I’ll teach you the same six-step system I have refined through more than 50 years of photography, nearly 9,700 dives, and more than 150,000 underwater photographs.
You’ll learn how to:
Diagnose what the photograph needs
Decide what to adjust next
Move On when that step has done its job
You’ll leave with a practical decision-making system you can apply to any underwater photograph:
White Balance → Exposure → Presence → Color → Masking → Final Adjustments
So instead of guessing your way through each edit, you can work with more confidence, consistency, and purpose.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
6:00 PM Central Time (CT)
Live on Zoom
Replay available for 72 hours for registered participants.
Limited to 30 live participants to allow time for questions and discussion.