When you hear the words “glamour photography,” what comes to mind? Pink backdrops, feather boas, soft focus, blue eyeshadow and lots of hairspray. You get the picture. But thanks to master photographer Sue Bryce, there’s a new kind of glamour shot, one that’s beautiful, contemporary and taking the market by storm. Bryce has hit on a formula that’s kept her portrait photography business thriving for two decades, and she’s here to reveal all of her secrets. In this three-day workshop, you’ll learn everything you need to know about posing, eye lines, hair and makeup techniques, and wardrobe. You’ll also get advice on building your own business and successful marketing practices. Whether you want to focus your business on glamour shots alone or simply improve how you photograph women, this course is a game-changer. By the end, you’ll have the skills to bring out both the inner and outer beauty of all your female subjects.

Compositing allows you to bring together the best elements of separate images into a single masterpiece, but doing it well is often tedious and complex. In Getting Started with Composite Images, Tim Grey will teach compositing techniques that simplify the process. Tim will demonstrate “automatic” methods you can use to create composite images in Photoshop. You’ll learn about assembling a composite panorama, working with focus stacks, and high dynamic range (HDR) images. You’ll learn how to create seamless layer masks and how to ensure an object placed in a photo matches in terms of tone and color. Tim will also teach you how to resize and reposition objects so your composites come out beautifully.

Adobe® Photoshop® is a sophisticated program, but even the most inexperienced beginner can quickly learn the basic features and start retouching images. In Adobe Photoshop Starter Kit, Matt Kloskowski cuts through the technical jargon and overwhelming choices to show you the features that will get you started. Matt will teach you the skills you need to make your photos look great in no time.

With the advent of social media foodie culture, food photography is everywhere. The market is saturated with top-down smartphone images of cappuccinos, barley salads, and elaborate toast. This represents a real opportunity for photographers looking to expand their businesses. Professional photographers are in a position to provide high-quality, captivating images of delicious food for clients eager for an alternative to stock photography and social media images.

Open doors you never knew existed. Get The Design Job You Want with Ram Castillo is your complete guide to finding, applying for, and landing your dream job. A job search can be a real downer. It's hard to know what to say, who to say it to, or, worse yet, where to start. A clear action plan is the key to overcoming the paralysis that often accompanies the hunt for work. In this class, Ram will help you through every aspect of your search for creative design jobs – from resume creation to email communications to interview savvy.

A cohesive social media strategy will help you expand your sphere of influence and grow your business. Find out how it is done in Get Social: Connecting Your Business Channels with Sue B. Zimmerman. Sue is a small business owner and a master of social media. In this class, she’ll help you understand how social really works and she’ll dive into the details for activating your social media marketing plan.

In Get Ready to Wholesale, Kristen will teach you exactly what you need to know to get a wholesale business up-and-running. 

Get out of your own way and create the life you want! Do you have dream that you are not actualizing? Are you having a hard time owning your voice as a leader and want to get your message out to the world? During this this special conversation between Gabrielle Bernstein and CreativeLive’s Kimberly Murphy, Gabrielle will offer real-time insights on how to create radical shifts in your life. You will see how changing your patterns can clear the path to actualizing your passion

Meticulous preparation is the foundation a good mix is built on. In GearGods Presents: Mastering Metal Mixing: Prep & Setup, Eyal Levi will teach you how to get every element of a track ready to mix. In this class, Eyal of Audiohammer Studios will show you proper routing and bussing for vocals, guitars, bass, drums, synths and effects. You’ll learn the proper way to approach gain structure, leveling and panning. Eyal will also teach essential techniques for fixing badly tracked material and working through common mixing problems. If you take mixing seriously, don’t miss this one. Preparation and setup will do more to improve the quality of your mixes than anything else you can do.

Mastery of compression, EQ, reverb, and effects is essential for every mixer no matter the genre. In GearGods Presents: Mastering Metal Mixing: Fundamentals, Eyal Levi of Audiohammer Studios will show you how to apply those fundamentals to metal’s unique challenges. In this class Eyal will show how you can use EQ in Pro Tools to carve out space for every element in the mix. You’ll learn how to mix all the typical elements of a metal song: vocals, bass, guitar, drums, synths and effects. He’ll also teach you how to use bussing, compression, and effects to help drums, vocals, and guitars cut through the track without overpowering it. Tune in to Mastering Metal Mixing: Fundamentals and learn how to fit everything into a metal mix.

In GearGods Presents: Finalizing Your Mix, Eyal Levi of Audiohammer Studios shows you how to put the finishing touches on a mix that takes it from good to great. In this class you’ll learn tricks for using automation to fine-tune a track’s problem areas and how EQ, compression and effects can add polish to each element in the mix. You’ll also learn essential pre-mastering skills to help you easily transition a track from the mixing phase to mastering. Learn how to put the finishing touches on your mixed tracks – join Eyal for Mastering Metal Mixing: Finalizing Your Mix and make your mixes shine.

In this two-day course, prolific producer Kurt Ballou will take you behind-the-scenes of GodCity Studios to show you exactly how the magic happens. This all-access studio pass will immerse you in every aspect of Kurt’s distinctive sound — from choosing and setting up gear, to tracking and mixing. Kurt will show you the basic and advanced techniques he uses in his studio every day, and teach you how to apply them to your own recording — regardless of whether you’re working in a studio or at home with a DIY setup. Using anecdotes from his years behind the board, Kurt will also teach you his best practices for working with bands to extract the best and most inventive sounds.

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CreativeLive Gear Day is our version of the trade show minus the endless walking and pointless schwag. You’ll get all the latest info on the hottest releases from gear manufacturers and software developers – all without leaving the comfort of home.

While it’s easy to get distracted by the latest and greatest gear, plugins, and flashy tricks, the real key to a great mix is mastering the fundamentals. In this online class, veteran producer/engineer/mixer Jesse Cannon (The Cure, Animal Collective, Senses Fail) shows you all the essentials of mixing rock and electronic music.

If you own a DSLR camera, you already own a powerful filmmaking tool. Ready to learn how to use it? Join CreativeLive and Victor Ha for course that will cover the core principles of capturing video with your DSLR. Through hands-on demos - including how to create compelling video interviews - Victor will guide you through the core techniques of DSLR filmmaking. You’ll learn how to apply the compositional skills of still photography to taking video. You’ll also learn about how to navigate the video-capturing features of your DSLR, choose the right gear for your filmmaking needs, and incorporate audio into your shoots. From framing shots to producing simple projects to spatial relationships, the skills you gain in this course will leave you ready and inspired to create high-quality, engaging film projects.

Drums are one of the hardest instruments to record, because in reality, a drum kit can be upwards of 20 or 30 instruments being played by a performer at one consistent time. Each drum head plays a huge role in determining the overall tone. The range of frequencies is broader than any other recorded instrument, with sub-kicks extending down below 60 Hz and hihats and cymbals with presence and ring above 16kHz. The dynamic range can include subtle ghost hits and flutters to pounding snares that fill a room, and yet somehow all of this is supposed to fit inside a mix without getting lost in a sea of guitars.

Ready to master the principles of business funding without frustration? Join financial expert Susan Schreter for a deep dive into debt and equity. Susan covers everything you need to know to fund a business from inception onward. You’ll learn about how to safely borrow start-up funds from friends and family, and how to research and apply for loans, including micro-loans and SBA loans. You’ll also learn about a wide variety of funding types and the requirements or restrictions attached to each of them. From angel investments to venture capital to crowdsourcing, Susan demystifies potentially confusing funding concepts, giving you the skills you need to confidently grow your business. Whether you’re just setting out as an entrepreneur or you’re a long-time business owner, this course will help you ensure the long-term financial health and profitability of your business.

Brought to you by House Beautiful Magazine, award-winning interior designer Tobi Fairley returns to CreativeLive for her third workshop on creating a functional, beautiful space for the way you really live. Tobi will show you how to merge style with function. Tobi will teach you how to make use of every square foot of your space — whether that space is large and spacious or small and compact. You'll learn about spatial planning, including how to read and use floor plans, as well as how to maximize small spaces and make the most out of large rooms (without blowing your budget on more furniture). Whether you're redesigning your home office space or studio apartment, Tobi will give you the tools you need to make your space function perfectly just for you.

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