AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Import, backup and organize your photos with ease.
• Create stunning images with powerful editing tools.
• Create brilliant HDR and PANORAMIC images.
• Find, enjoy and share your images instantly.
• Do all of these things anywhere, anytime, on any device

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Set up your camera with confidence
• Better understand shutter speed, aperture, and ISO
• Capture perfect exposures in camera
• Get sharp, focused images quickly
• Understand white balance and the difference between RAW and JPEG
• Quickly and confidently capture images “in the moment”
• Become a better photographer by building an understanding of basic photography techniques

Allowing your subjects to feel relaxed and natural when taking their portrait can be a challenge, especially when you’re worried about the technical side of your camera while interacting with clients. Join Sony Artisan Miguel Quiles as he discusses the pros of choosing mirrorless cameras to focus on the creative side of your images. Most mirrorless cameras are built around the same size sensors and have similar lens options as DSLRs. Become more portable while staying professional with your lightweight camera.

CreativeLive - Blake Rudis - Post-Processing Workflow for Portraits and Landscapes

The key to great images is not necessarily the gear that you own or the programs that you use to edit your images. Post processing expert Blake Rudis has developed a foolproof way to make great images in post by creating a practical workflow. He will show you how to make this process work for you, whether you're creating portraits on landscapes.

The Experience Lighting Masterclass takes you on-set and behind the scenes with feature-film DP Shane Hurlbut ASC, as he teaches you powerful lighting principles and techniques for all your filmmaking projects. Attain the highest level of visual artistry by learning to unleash the power of your camera and mastering the manipulation of light.

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Confidently create environmental portraits
• Light any portrait, indoors or outdoors
• Compose strong environmental portraits
• Cull and polish high-end images in post
• Develop a portfolio and marketing tactics

In this class you’ll learn:

• How to use adjustment layers to check the luminance, saturation, and hue of a composite.
• How to make composites come to life by adding ambient color.
• How to use familiar tools in unconventional ways to help you create realistic composites

CreativeLive - From Shoot Through Photo Editing: Wedding Portrait Retouch in Lightroom and Photoshop

The morning of a wedding day presents a fantastic opportunity to capture great portraits of the bride and groom. In this class, Pye Jirsa will walk you through creating a beautiful, cohesive set of portraits from start to finish. You'll learn techniques for developing and retouching the image in Lightroom. Pye will share some of his favorite Lightroom presets and retouching brushes, and work on a few images in Photoshop to show how he keeps his editing time to a minimum.

Andrew Scrivani joins CreativeLive to help you take your mobile food photography and business to a place where you can effectively strategize your social media presence and increase meaningful engagement. By the end of this course, you will have the strategies, tips, and techniques needed to captivate your social media following and reach your mobile food photography goals.

CreativeLive - Retouch with Curves In Photoshop

• Dan briefs you on a Black & White Tri-X look. If you grade to his brief and post in the comments, he'll play 'client' and offer feedback.
• I had a request from a couple of Mixing Light members to bring back the Grading Challenges so here we are and we are looking at building a dirty Kodak Tri-X Film Stock inspired look.
• I love dishing out a brief and seeing how every single one of us will come up with something totally different.
• If you’ve never taken part in one before please do this time!
• It’s essentially me role-playing as the client and setting a brief for the grade and also giving feedback on your attempts in the comments section
• I also wrap up things by doing a video Insight with the same footage and comparing my looks to yours.
• In a slight change from the usual format, I’ve actually included my attempt at the look in Part 1. I’d still urge you to try your own version for fun before watching my grade but if you don’t have the time you can freely enjoy my look building.

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Master multiple off-camera flash setups for dramatic portraits.
• Control light with flash modifiers such as softboxes, grids, and gels.
• Master creative techniques like creating silhouettes anywhere, pin lighting. your subjects, backlighting rain, creating starbursts with diffraction, and much more.
• Use various tools in Adobe Lightroom Classic to enhance the images created using the lighting techniques taught in this course.

Documenting the first days and weeks of a newborn baby is often as stressful for the photographer as it is for the parent. Knowing how to handle the baby, capture all that is in your shot list, and keep tired parents calm and happy is often overwhelming. Join Emily Lucarz, as she walks you through how to get started in newborn photography by taking the photo session into your client’s home. Emily’s passion for newborn photography will teach how to incorporate not only items in the home into your photography but also how to capture natural moments that document real memories in the baby's first few weeks. 

She’ll cover: 

• How to photograph in natural light no matter how dark or bright the room is 
• Prepping the parents before you get there so your photoshoot is relaxed 
• Poses and safety tips that work great for the newborn baby and for the family 
• Incorporating young siblings into your session 
• Marketing yourself as you grow your clientele and your portfolio 
• Pricing and Sales that don’t overwhelm new parents 

By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools and techniques to capture images that are not only memories but become art in your client’s home.