First off as I was looking through some videos for advanced editing within lightroom 4 I came across a good 3 minute video about destructive vs non-destructive editing. It was a nice refresher for me that helped clarify the differences. It would be very beneficial for someone that does not know or maybe is confused on the difference between the two.
After stumbling (quite literally) onto that I went on one of those you-tube video chains and eventually came across a pretty good quick 7 minute guide to editing landscapes where the guy kind of goes through how he edits the landscapes he takes using lightroom 4 and what those edits are doing to the photos. It was nice for me to see someone else's process for editing and what their preferred settings may be since he didn't have a list of presets that did the entire operation all at once. I was not really a fan of the split toning that he did to his photo although other people might like that more than I do.
The last thing that I found was a pretty nice tutorial called learn lightroom in a week with some of the advanced editing techniques found in lightroom 4. My favorite part of this tutorial was what they considered step 4. This was a guideline for where to start and the process that they seem to find the most effective. I agree with this workflow and will probably continue using it as a guideline for my editing process for future photos.
