Hack Your Light is part of our special week-long event Lighting Toolkit.
Join award-winning photographer Chuck Arlund for an introduction to innovative lighting methods that result in breathtaking, dynamic images.

Natural Light Control is part of our special week-long event Lighting Toolkit.
Join award-winning photographer Tony Corbell for an in-depth exploration of how light works and how it can be controlled to create dramatic images.

Every successful business needs to have a clear brand message. It must understand its ideal customers and employ a team that consistently finds a way to stand out amongst the crowd.

Porter Gale, highly esteemed consultant and former VP of marketing for Virgin America is teaming up with creativeLIVE to teach you everything you need to know to take that business idea in your mind all the way to the front pages of major publications.

Join creativeLIVE for a five-day immersion into the lighting theory, techniques, and methods essential to creating jaw-dropping, beautiful photographs.

Speedlights is part of our special week-long event Lighting Toolkit.
There are so many options when it comes to speedlighting — how do you know which model to choose? Award-winning photographer Roberto Valenzuela will answer all of these questions and equip you with “go to” settings for any shoot, no matter the location.

Quick Location Lighting is part of our special week-long event Lighting Toolkit.
Join world-renowned photojournalist Rick Friedman for an introduction on how to optimize normal light to create stunning, dynamic images.

Creative Studio Lighting is part of our special week-long event Lighting Toolkit.
Join award-winning photographer Lindsay Adler for an introduction to the essentials of creating high-impact studio lighting with minimal fuss or expense.

Working with Models

Want to learn how to find models, how to build your portfolio, and about the business of fashion photography? Fashion photographer Matthew Jordan Smith returns to the creativeLIVE studios for a 3-day workshop teaching photographers how to work with models! Matthew and fashion model Yoanna House from America's Next Top Model will take you through the model-photographer relationship from both sides, showing what sort of direction is helpful and what is confusing, how to cast for a photoshoot, and what you should look for in a model. Matthew will share his insights on how you get the look you need from a model and how to build relationships with models to get the best possible results.

Photoshop Deep Dives
Get ready to dive in deep and master the art of Photoshop! Lesa Snider returns to the creativeLIVE studio with a new series of day-long Deep Dive Workshops.

Lesa Snider returns to creativeLIVE for an intensive look at the newly released Adobe Photoshop CS6. Whether you've already upgraded or are still deciding, you'll learn practical yet non-destructive editing techniques you can use every day. This 3-day course is a perfect companion to Lesa's previous CS5 class on creativeLIVE. Lesa will go further in-depth into advanced filters such as Puppet Warp, Liquify, and Lighting Effects, which all take advantage of the new processing power of CS6. Lesa will spend a full day covering Photoshop's brand new video features.

Join author and Adobe pro Jeff Foster for an in-depth tour of the industry leading program for creating motion graphics and animation - Adobe After Effects. During this course, Jeff will teach you how to import your images from Photoshop, create engaging motion graphics and export them so that you can share your work with the world.
Adobe After Effects software lets you deliver cinematic visual effects and motion graphics within minutes. Plus it allows you to extend your creativity with built-in text and shape extrusion, mask feathering options, and a fast, easy-to-use 3D Camera Tracker

There's a reason Dreamweaver is the most popular and user-friendly program for creating custom websites throughout the world. Millions of people have used it to create the face of their business online. However, creating amazing web pages always involves some basic HTML and CSS knowledge — even when using this one-of-a-kind program. This course, taught by "techy Translator" Janine Warner, will teach you all the basics you need to know to start building beautiful websites tomorrow.

Learn everything you need to know about the Canon 1DX with John Greengo! He will provide a hands-on introduction to your camera's operations, detailed instructions on how all the menus work, and instruction on how to shoot great photos with this specific camera model.

Photoshop might be the most commonly used Adobe software tool, but Illustrator is quite possibly your most powerful ally. One major plus? Illustrator allows you to make vector graphics, meaning you can create and resize images, logos, website buttons and more without worrying about a blurry end result.

Illustrator for Beginners is part of our special week-long event Adobe Creative Apps for Beginners.

Photoshop might be the most commonly used Adobe software tool, but Illustrator is quite possibly your most powerful ally. One major plus? Illustrator allows you to make vector graphics, meaning you can create and resize images, logos, website buttons and more without worrying about a blurry end result.