Grab your favorite sun hat and get ready to head out on safari! Join Rick Sammon at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center for an up close and personal game drive where you’ll learn what gear to bring, tips for composition, the importance of learning about your subjects, how to prepare for a drive through a game park, and some of Rick’s favorite Photoshop enhancements to make your photos look their best. Rick encounters a host of wildlife typically found in Africa and shares important and easy to remember techniques to help you get the most out of your experience.

In this class, Scott unlocks the power of local Adjustments in Lightroom and how to go way beyond simple Dodging and Burning to open a whole new world of editing. You’ll learn the most important shortcuts; techniques; brush settings; how to tweak the Adjustment brush so it works optimally, plus you'll learn how to use the related tools, like the Graduated Filter, the Spot Removal Tool, and the Radial Tool (among others), plus you'll lots of shortcuts, workarounds, and creative ideas to help really make the most of this amazing tool. If you've always wanted to take this genie out of its bottle and take your editing skills in Lightroom up a big notch, then this is the class for you.

If your manual focus is on point and your color palettes are spot on, it's time to take your creativity to the next level! In this session, Padma will show you how to add mesmerizing blurs during post-processing to ignite something truly spectacular in your images. Get ready to explore Zoom blur, Motion blur, Field blur, and more thrilling techniques that will unleash your artistic vision like never before!

Take your headshot game to new levels! Join Peter Hurley for a complete walk through of his signature lighting techniques for men and women. In this class Peter walks you step-by-step through three different lighting setups with two different models in studio. You'll learn about the gear he uses as well as how to make a lighting setup with the gear you already have. Get a front row seat as Peter works with each model to dial in his light and bring out the very best poses from his subjects once he gets them in the zone!

Join Scott Kelby for the conclusion to his Mastering the Natural Light Portrait class, as he works through his process for editing the photos from that shoot. In this class you'll learn the core types of edits you will apply to all of your natural light portraits. In this class you’ll learn different techniques for reducing distractions and making the face the most eye-catching part of the photo. From soft northern exposure light to dappled light, Scott teaches you how to analyze the photo, plan your approach, and get the most out of what Lightroom and Photoshop have to offer. This class is perfect for anyone looking for tips on post processing or editing natural light photos.

When it comes to post-processing, the possibilities are endless. But how do you determine when a photo is truly finished? While many have a workflow for starting edits, knowing when to stop is equally crucial. In this enlightening presentation, Erin Babnik will unveil ten essential checks to ensure your photos leave a lasting impression. Join us and learn how to refine your images for maximum impact.

If you’re thinking about how to earn side income from your photography then this class is for you! Join Dave Williams as he shares his experiences, insights, techniques, and wisdom learned from taking his photography from a side hustle to his full time income. In this class Dave discusses what it means to freelance, how to examine the fears that hold you back and use them to your advantage, the importance of your web and social media presence, as well as exploring the potential revenue streams found in stock photography, event photography, travel photography, and more. As Dave says, if he can do it, so can you!

Did you know your camera can act like a time machine? Join Frederick Van Johnson as he shares his unique philosophy on this topic. In this class he explores three different techniques—multiplicity, cinemagraphs, and adding motion to a still image—that you can incorporate into your photography. Starting with the fundamentals, Frederick discusses the tools he uses, and then steps through a series of demonstrations involving on location shoots and in-studio post-processing to teach you how to accomplish each technique from start to finish.

Vocabulary is at the root of all communication. Join Mia McCormick, and special guest RC Concepcion, for a conversation with Daniel Gregory, a fine art photographer based in Seattle. This class is intended to help you develop a set of tools that can enable you to gain a deeper understanding of your voice, your vision, and ultimately your work. Those tools come in the form of gaining awareness of your intention before you get behind the camera, and in developing a visual vocabulary that will help you analyze your work and aid you in talking about your work with confidence. You may leave the class with more questions than answers, but the process of discovery that you embark upon will bring you closer to your work and improve your ability to communicate visually with the world.

Typography for photography! Join Dave Clayton for a set of amazing tips and tricks you can use to apply text to your photographs for different projects. After getting oriented on some basics, Dave teaches you how to find more fonts to add, convert fonts to shapes, create a variety of text effects, turn a photo into a poster, create a brush from text, and so much more! By the end of the class you’ll have the confidence to open Photoshop and apply these techniques to your own photos.

Learn how to add one more flash to your portrait lighting with Scott Kelby! Building on the foundation you gained in Just One Flash, Scott teaches you the why, when, and how of adding a second flash to your Speedlight setup. Whether you want to create separation between your subject and the background, add a fill light to your subject, or change the look of the background itself, you’ll be amazed at all the great things you can do with a second flash. Be sure to re-watch the Just One Flash class first, then you’ll be ready to take it to the next level with the skills you’ll learn here.

Join David Ziser as he teaches you how to use an arsenal of on-location composition techniques. Go behind the scenes as David shoots a parking garage, private mansion, and corporate buildings and cityscapes. You'll learn how to recognize and shoot a wide variety of visual elements to create spectacular, one-of-a-kind compositions. David also shares his personal tips and tricks for camera settings, lenses, and lighting gear that are guaranteed to boost your creative photography.

Learn how to shoot fashion in all kinds of locations! Join Frank Doorhof on his home turf in the Netherlands. Frank stresses how important scouting your locations are to the success of your shoot, so why not start by looking at the locations that are closest to you already. When you know your location you can maximize your time on each shoot because you already know what you want to do. Frank takes you from a junk yard to an old harbor turned park, and wraps up on the streets of Amsterdam. In each shoot Frank teaches you about his gear, his lighting setup, and his thought process that goes into creating each photograph. You learn about lighting, shutter speed, direction of light, metering the scene, using leading lines, and so much more!

Learn how to become the best photo editor of your own work! Join Ibarionex Perello as he provides a clear understanding of the role of the creator and the editor in the photographic process. He goes beyond discerning which images are “good” and “bad,” and instead shows photographers how to think of their images as bodies of work that express ideas, themes, and narratives. Using Lightroom Classic as its starting point, Ibarionex demonstrates how he initially gathers images into categories based on the subject matter, and graphic elements of ideas found in their photographs. From there he shares his process for narrowing down that selection, using Lightroom Classic’s various tools, to end up with a tight selection of images for a portfolio, web gallery, or book.

Using wide lenses for landscape photography might seem counterintuitive to some. After all, a wide angle lens makes everything look smaller, so why would you want to make the gorgeous scenery you are photographing look less significant? Going wide, however, is the key to making powerful near-far landscape compositions that invite the viewer into the scene, engaging their interest and holding their attention. In this presentation, professional landscape photographer Ian Plant will share his secrets to creating compelling wide-angle landscape photos.

Join Scott Kelby as he shows you all of his tips and secrets for using the FREE Nik Collection from Google! This plug-in suite has long been many photographers' secret weapon, and now it's free to everyone! In this brand new class, Scott will walk you through each of the eight plug-ins in the suite and show you how to best utilize them to your advantage. From making killer black and white images with Silver Efex Pro, to adding a special look to your images with Color Efex Pro, using Viveza to control specific colors, creating amazing HDR images with HDR Efex Pro, refining the details with Dfine and Sharpener Pro, or making your digital images look like film with Analog Efex Pro, Scott has you covered!

Expand the power of Lightroom desktop to your mobile devices! Join Scott Kelby for an in-depth look at the latest round of updates for Lightroom Mobile. In this class Scott will help you get set up on the right foot, show you how to view your photos on mobile, how to add new photos from your camera roll, how to edit with the updated editing interface, how to share photos on the web, and so much more! This update has created the most desktop-like experience on mobile so far, and Scott gets you up to speed on all the new features and interface changes. All along the way Scott shares tips and tricks to help you get the most out of the experience. By the end of this class you’ll be able to use Lightroom anywhere you are, and on any device.

Creativelive - Photo Editing for Travel Photographers

https://www.creativelive.com/class/photo-editing-for-travel-photographers-jared-platt

Simplify your photographic travel experience. Better manage your travel gear. Efficiently secure, edit and share your files. All levels of travel photographers. Photographers who want to travel more efficiently with their gear. Adobe Photoshop CC 2019, Adobe Lightroom CC 2019

Get the inside scoop on what it takes to photograph a real wedding with Cliff Mautner! Cliff has shot over 900 weddings, and he knows that each one takes on a life of its own. In this first part of a two-part class Cliff takes you right into the unscripted action as he goes to work photographing a real wedding from the moment he arrives at the venue through shooting family portraits just prior to the ceremony. You'll learn about all the gear Cliff takes to a wedding and why it earns a place in his bag, you'll see how Cliff interacts with the bride and groom as he builds a rapport that helps to put the client at ease and keeps the focus on their big day, and you'll gain the benefit of Cliff's insights into how he approaches a wedding shoot, what his priorities are, and how he prepares for all the unpredictability that a wedding presents.

Realistic shadows are an essential component of a realistic composite. Join Bret Malley to learn how to create custom shadows in a variety of lighting situations from diffused overcast light to hard direct light. In this class Bret demonstrates tips and techniques for creating soft shadows, hard shadows, custom shadows with the Pen Tool, shadows on natural terrain, and finishing touches like realistic reflections to tie it all together. Nothing can ruin a composite faster than a poorly crafted shadow, so it is critical to get them right.

Join professional photographer Scott Kelby as he teaches you how to shoot with natural light. You’ll walk through an entire shoot from planning to post processing. Scott discusses his go-to lenses and camera settings to capture natural light and then discusses a variety of different lighting scenarios and offers tips of how to work with and modify it.