The Magical Mobile Darkroom: Applications and Techniques for Crafting Compelling Images on Your Mobile Device
with Shelley Vandegrift
January 10, 2026
Course Description
Discover the creative potential of your phone or tablet and elevate your photography in this four-hour online seminar, led by Shelley Vandegrift. She guides you in transforming your images from basic to extraordinary using Adobe mobile apps and a curated selection of other versatile tools designed for your smartphone or tablet. Learn post-processing techniques that enhance your photos and create stunning visual art with her expert guidance.
Shelley walks you through the unique features of Adobe Lightroom Mobile to adjust lighting, contrast, and color. Then explore Superimpose, Distressed FX+, and other apps that offer simple, effective tools to modify and combine content into unique artistic images. Bring your photos to life and turn everyday images into extraordinary visual stories. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to explore new techniques, this seminar has something for everyone.
Topics to be covered include:
- Lightroom Mobile Overview: Familiarize yourself with Lightroom Mobile’s key features and app navigation.
- Presets & Profiles: Customize presets for consistent, streamlined editing.
- Applying Edits: Learn techniques for adjusting exposure, contrast, color, and more.
- Masking Tools: Gain precision with Lightroom’s masking tools for selective edits.
- Combining Images: Explore techniques for blending multiple images into creative compositions using Superimposee X for phones and tablets and Photoshop for iPad.
- Photoshop for iPad: Discover Photoshop’s mobile tools for advanced editing techniques.
- Adding Texture & Color: Use Distressed FX+ to apply textures and color overlays for an artistic touch.
- Other Apps to Explore: Find additional mobile apps to enhance your editing workflow.
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Open to anyone wanting to process images directly on their mobile device or tablet.
What You Should Know:
Participants should understand the basics of capturing images on your mobile device or tablet.
Special Notes:
Class will meet 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (Mountain Time) on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
Zoom Video Conferencing software (available for no charge from Zoom.com) will be used to facilitate the class sessions. Further details will be emailed to registrants.
Santa Fe Workshops always aims to produce a high-quality experience for our online attendees. That said, variables including regional and local internet provider speeds, traffic on Zoom's servers, and your own computing hardware can contribute to a less than ideal streaming event. While we do our best to minimize the impact of these variables, they are outside the control of Santa Fe Workshops.
Policies:
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For the convenience of participants, recordings of each class session are posted privately for one month after the end of each session. Santa Fe Workshops takes the recordings down after one month to protect the intellectual property of our instructors.
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Shelley Vandegrift’s journey into photography began at age 10, mesmerized by the magic of her father’s darkroom. This early exposure sparked a lifelong passion for blending the creative artistry of capturing images with the technical precision of post-production. The emergence of digital photography provided the perfect medium for Shelley to unite her love of photography with her expertise in computer technology. Today, she channels this synergy into her photographic art and teaching imaging software, artistic post-processing, and infrared photography.
Shelley is known for making complex techniques accessible to all. She has lectured for Skylum and DxO software, earned the 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Digital Manipulation and Collage, and co-authored Infrared Photography: Digital Techniques for Artistic Images, 2nd Edition.
Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including The Beauty of Invisible Light at the Commons Gallery, as well as in B&W Magazine, A. Smith Gallery, the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, PhotoPlace Gallery, and the Art Travelers Gallery at Dallas Love Field Airport.
Through her evocative art and empowering teaching, Shelley inspires others to discover the magic of photography and craft their own creative stories.
Website: vandegriftphotography.com
Instagram: @vandegriftphotography
