Jim DiVitale has spent his entire career working as a commercial ad photographer. The skills and techniques he has honed over the years apply not to just studio photography, but to all other types of photography as well. In his course, Jim goes through a series of product shots and demonstrates his workflow; everything from lighting and shooting in the studio to post production on the computer. Jim points out that it is important for all photographers to have the ability to maintain consistent lighting and to be able to capture good, clean images. Follow along with this course and let him show you how.

A career's worth of filmmaking knowledge packed into three days. Filmmaker Rob Adams will teach you how to start you own cinema company, make it successful and keep it going.

Efficient workflow processes start before you ever sit down at your computer. In this workshop, learn how Jared Platt creates the highest quality images with the greatest speed! From the moment you pick up your camera to final delivery of your images, every decision you make can cost you time. Using the correct gear, shooting with postproduction in mind... Jared's efficiency techniques can save you time at every step along the way without sacrificing image quality.

In the second course in his two-part series on green-screen (and blue-screen) tools and techniques, author, producer, and VFX Artist Jeff Foster covers the nitty-gritty of production and post-production. On the production side, you’ll learn how to build your own portable lights, create professional lighting setups, and shoot with a green or blue screen outdoors. You’ll also get tips on choosing keying software and working with virtual sets. All this will help you get the best footage possible; however, there will always be things you need to “fix in post,” so this course will also help you fix problem shots.

In the first course in his two-part series on green-screen (and blue-screen) tools and techniques, author, producer, and VFX Artist Jeff Foster covers the often-overlooked steps that lead up to shooting. The training covers every aspect of planning and setting up properly for best post-production results, from choosing the right keying process for your project to creating storyboards and pre-visualization comps prior to shooting. You’ll also learn when to use green screen or blue screen, how to light that screen, and how to measure light and set up your camera properly. Whether you’re planning to work with virtual sets or live backgrounds, this workshop will get you ready to shoot.

Be a fly on the wall for a REAL session with Sue Bryce! This isn't a normal class—no students or chat hosts, just Sue, her assistants, and her client. From start to finish, Sue will show hair and makeup, creating and styling four different looks, shooting and posing, choosing her 30 sellable images and then post-processing her picks. We'll ask questions at the end, but during the shoot it will just be Sue and her client, so you'll get to see how Sue works when she's not teaching at the same time. This is the real deal!

Lori Nordstrom is bringing her Real Kids Event System to creativeLIVE to teach you how to plan one-day kids portrait events that consistently bring in great sales! She’s going to show how her system works for everyone from the mom working from home to the established studio owner looking to reach a new market segment. Marketing, photography, client communication, workflow, sales – three days packed with all the tools and information you need to run successful high-end portrait events each and every time!

Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 offers numerous improvements over previous versions, including a cleaner and more streamlined interface with a logical flow from import to image management to optimization and sharing. In this Learn by Video course, produced in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press, Tim Grey shows you how to use this powerful software. You’ll learn how to import, organize, and navigate your photos; add and edit metadata; filter and search using various criteria; apply global and targeted adjustments; share images through Facebook, email, or Adobe Revel; and much more.

Learn in-depth techniques for retouching images to perfection, helping your clients look their best, and expressing your creative vision! Whether retouching skin, whitening teeth or reshaping body features, Photoshop allows you to perfect reality as well as express your creative vision. In this workshop portrait and fashion photographer Lindsay Adler will cover essential retouching techniques and teach how Photoshop allows you to make the impossible possible! Lindsay will cover countless creative Photoshop techniques: creating porcelain skin, changing colors, displacement maps, adding textures, adding makeup in Photoshop, quick retouching plugins, and dozens of other techniques you can apply to your own photography.

This October, creativeLIVE presents an all-star photography event, broadcasting LIVE from New York City! We've pulled together an amazing cast of 8 professional photographers from around the globe and from various genres of photography for 2 days of creativeLIVE NYC! Enroll below. We'll be announcing the full speaker list soon. Each day we'll have four instructors speak, shoot, and inspire. We have returning creativeLIVE favorites and new speakers who will quickly join those ranks. To top the event off, on Friday night we are bringing you a special live broadcast of Photographers Ignite hosted by Kevin Kubota!