
Spend the $20 on a fast card reader! I use the THIS ONE) The import dialogue will open within Lightroom and show all of the photos on your memory card.

Now that that is done, close the window and plug in your cameras memory card into your computer. On a Mac go to the top left and go to "Lightroom" then click "Preferences" once the window opens up head to the "Performance" tab and make sure both "Use Graphics Processor" and "Use Smart Previews instead of Originals for Editing" is checked.

Open up Adobe Lightroom and you need to make sure some settings are checked first. You just got home from the most perfect engagement session and you cant wait to start editing your photos! Importing your photos is the first step.
