This 7 part course is a must-see if you have a passion for dance photography. Sue teaches you how you have to go against what you may have learned for your typical portrait sessions in order to get the perfect dancer portrait. Dancer portraits look best with movement, long chins and necks, and eyes down. This can be very different from your traditional portrait shoots.

Family formals are an important part of any wedding day!  Even if your wedding photography style is largely documentary in nature, family formals is a must-shoot part of any wedding photography coverage. How do you make this part of the day easier for everyone involved?  How do you know who should be present for the family formals?  How do you gather everyone together?  What settings do you use?  How do you light these groups?  What if you’re inside for family formals?  What if you’re outside?  How do you know what to do?

Shooting engagement sessions in bright sunlight doesn’t sound appealing to many wedding photographers!  What if it’s even trickier, and you’ve got to shoot that engagement session at noon?  How do you make this difficult lighting scenario work to your advantage? Wedding photographer Susan Stripling will walk you through an entire engagement session, shot at high noon!  By the end of this extensive tutorial, you will have the tools to take on such a session with ease!

This DVLOP preset tutorial by Susan Stripling will detail the use of each of the five presets that she has created for DVLOP.

In this tutorial, we’ll take a simple portrait and transform it into a dreamy, magical scene that feels like it’s straight out of a storybook. Follow along as I show you how to create a frosty window effect, add realistic snow, and enhance the colors for that perfect winter glow. Creating depth and atmosphere, you’ll learn all the techniques needed to turn your image into a cozy winter masterpiece. Whether you want to capture the nostalgia of snowy days or create a magical moment, this tutorial will give you the skills to make your photos feel like a cherished memory.

Transform your winter and holiday photos into stunning, hand-painted works of art with the FN Painted Winter Wistful Whispers action set! Inspired by the warmth and charm of cozy Christmas scenes, this set of 16 unique Photoshop actions will elevate your images to a magical, painterly style with just a few clicks.

Transform your winter and holiday photos into stunning, hand-painted works of art with the FN Painted Winter Wistful Whispers action set! Inspired by the warmth and charm of cozy Christmas scenes, this set of 16 unique Photoshop actions will elevate your images to a magical, painterly style with just a few clicks.

Follow along with Lindsey as she edits this enchanted image! Actions and background used are included.

Join Lindsey Gutierrez of Lindsey Lee Photography and Stephanie Lemmon of Lemmonmade Photography as we teach you the basics of shooting in manual mode and editing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Through our in-depth PDF, we break down the "exposure triangle", explain composition, equipment, and lighting, and get you on the path to comfortably shooting in manual mode.

In this three part series, John Thacker shows his complete process of creating a fantasy environment with a single character. This tutorial starts with a very simple sketch and explores the steps and choices to refine the design through quick line art, layout of values for balanced, eye catching abstract appeal, and how to keep things simple and understandable during the refinement passes.

Build efficient, believable hair styles for your video game characters. Hair in modern games is more impressive than ever. By mapping hair textures to a bunch of geometric cards, strikingly convincing hair visuals can be achieved. In this course I'll show you how we can accomplish such hair with Blender.

The art of physics simulations in Blender 3D, exploring a wide range of dynamics, including rigid body physics, soft bodies, cloth, fluids, smoke, fire, particle systems, and dynamic paint. In this course, we’ll dive into the core principles and practical techniques needed to create complex, realistic simulations. You'll get hands-on experience with manipulating physics properties, using constraints, and applying force fields. By the end, you'll have a solid foundation in physics-driven animation and simulation in Blender, ready to bring your ideas to life.

Together, we’ll cover all of the most used Blender tools and settings you will use for all of your next Blender 3D modeling projects. But what's just as important -- I'll help you understand the fundamental ideas behind these tools and settings, so you’ll know exactly why you're using them and make smart workflow choices for all your projects.

This beginner course introduces you to the world of 2D Digital Art and the essential tools to get you started. You will learn about navigating the interface, knowing how brushes and layers work, and how to begin shading and adding detail to your artwork.

This course is unique in that it's not linear. Instead it's a collection of chapters focused around the same context of "Digital Sculpting." Periodically new chapters will be added. The popularity of digital sculpting in recent years has produced a plethora of incredible artworks. Artists like Kolby Jukes, Rafael Grasseti, and Furio Tedeschi have showcased the creative potential and opportunity offered by digital sculpting that you and I can tap into. The only thing standing in our way is the time required to hone our sculpting skill set. So let’s start practicing!