One year ago a real wedding was broadcast live over the internet for the world to see right here on creativeLIVE. Laura and Billy were selected as the bride and groom for Jasmine Star's Wedding Photography Workshop. The entire wedding from start to finish was planned in only four weeks and broadcast over a live feed. As a way of congratulating Laura & Billy we asked Jasmine and her in-person students how their businesses had grown and lives changed in the past year since the creativeLIVE workshop. We also asked Laura what it was like to have Jasmine Star as her wedding photographer. On behalf of the entire creativeLIVE community, Happy Anniversary to Laura and Billy!

Laura Marchbanks

"One unreal experience. For those of you who don’t know, a year ago, my husband and I got married live on the internet. We won a contest that provided us with our dream wedding for free. It was part of a wedding photography workshop offered by creativeLIVE with uber famous and talented rockstar photographer Jasmine Star. Today marks the one year anniversary of the first day of the rest of our lives. I’m so thankful for everyone who made our “I do’s” possible. Jasmine connected with us. She KNEW us. What we see in our wedding images is our connection with each other… and that was made possible because we are relaxed and comfortable with her. She took the time to learn about our family and friends and made them feel important and included. We saw that, we noticed that. She must have asked me 5 or 6 times on my wedding day how I was doing, how I was feeling, did I need anything? She and JD (and maybe another photographer or two?) made a point to take a gorgeous portrait during cocktail hour of every guest that attended our wedding. Our images might not be heavily composed, or lit, or photoshopped. They might not be cutting edge poses, or something you haven’t seen before, but they are of US, and we cherish them because they remind us of how we felt on our wedding day, of how our photographers made us feel while we were taking them, of how we felt toward each other, of how our guests felt about being there. These are all things that make our experience as her clients unmatched. We will forever be evangelists for her and her business."

Everyone who watches creativeLIVE knows we're a live, worldwide creative classroom. It’s you, our community, who make this possible. Since the earliest days of creativeLIVE we’ve received requests for video clips of our courses that can be shared and embedded into blog posts. We’re happy to announce that over the coming days and weeks, we’ll be rolling out a slew of clips on the creativeLIVE YouTube channel to honor your requests.

First up, we’d like to present you with video clips from Jasmine Star's Wedding Photography Workshop and Zack Arias' Studio Lighting Workshop.

To mark the occasion, we’re marking down the price of these workshops by 20%, to $119 each.

Check out these two awesome teachers who enriched the creativeLIVE experience with their knowledge of photography.

Jasmine Star rocked the creativeLIVE house with her intensive five-day Wedding Photography Workshop. If you missed the live experience, you can still have a front row seat. This course offers a unique opportunity to watch a real live wedding and learn firsthand what it takes to be a successful wedding photographer. In five days Jasmine covered everything you need to know including shooting the first look, the wedding party and family, candids, details, posing, second shooting and more! As a social media and branding whiz, Jasmine also taught the importance of knowing the business side of wedding photography inside and out. Watch a few clips and get a taste of her magic!

Mark Wallace - What's in the Bag?

Everyone wants to know…”What’s in the bag?” Mark Wallace was generous enough to show us what’s in his bag! During creativeLIVE workshops, viewers are very interested to see the gear the professionals use. As photographers, we love gear! When deciding what type of camera, lenses and lights you need, the best place to start is to decide what kind of photos you want to take. As Mark says, the contents of his bag change depending on the type of shoot he’ll be doing. Once you decide what type of photography you enjoy, you can narrow down the options of what to buy.

Join Tamara Lackey in Seattle to Take Care of Business September 9-10, 2011

We have some great audience submission videos so far. You still have time to create and submit YOUR video for a chance to learn from Tamara Lackey in person. The deadline is this Friday, August 19th! Tamara is returning to creativeLIVE next month to teach us all how to Take Care of Business in her free online live workshop. Tamara will dig into the massive amount of work involved in running a successful photography business. She will walk you through the fundamentals of business one piece at a time in this high-energy course. Learn how to turn your brilliant ideas into plans, take action and see results.