Brooke Shaden's Audience Announced

Posted on May 6, 2013 - 11:46am

There are few photographers who have stormed the professional scene like Brooke Shaden. Her inexpensive and creative approach to fine art photography has caught the eye of creativeLIVE and thousands of fans throughout the world.

Last month, we announced Brooke’s first-ever creativeLIVE course - Fine Art Photography. We asked anyone who wanted to attend this 3-day event LIVE to submit a 60 second video explaining why they wanted to join Brooke in Seattle.

After a difficult selection process, we chose 5 highly motivated and creative photographers. They are: 

Quote Contest! Ben Willmore's Photoshop Mastery: Color & Tone

Posted on May 6, 2013 - 6:08am

Join Ben Willmore this month and become an adjustment master by learning how Photoshop thinks about color and tonality. You'll go way beyond the basics and learn how to use the most powerful, precise and versatile adjustments. You'll also see how all of Photoshop's adjustment options relate to one another so that you'll be able to easily pick the best tool for the job at hand. 

Michael Port Book Yourself Solid Audience Call

Posted on May 5, 2013 - 4:18pm

Join Michael Port on May 20th for “Book Yourself Solid” to learn how to book more clients, earn more referrals, and build profitable, long-lasting professional relationships.

Whether you are a photographer who needs to book more portrait sessions or a small business owner who needs more clients, this 3-day course with best-selling author Michael Port will teach you better marketing techniques that immediately bring more clients and money into your business.

If your business is just getting started and you need help finding the perfect client, this workshop is a must-attend for you!

If you are interested in joining Michael’s in-studio audience at the creativeLIVE studios in Seattle, fill out the form below:

Creativity, Imaginations Run Wild in creativeLIVE Studio

Posted on May 3, 2013 - 4:05pm

Letting your imagination run wild in the studio is easier said than done. The studio walls are often too tall and strong for your creative vision to break through or leap over. Props and lighting techniques can help, but most every photographer will tell you it’s hard to recreate a nature scene when you aren’t... well, in nature. Lucky for us, Joey L. doesn’t necessarily agree.

Earlier this week, Joey L. blew us away with a realistic blizzard shoot inside our studio during his Commercial Portraiture course. Using simple lighting techniques and a handful of props, he created a fascinating frozen world in under an hour, all the while teaching a massive audience on the Internet how to recreate his magic. Take a look at this video clip below to see the results: 

 

Cutest Baby Photo Contest

Posted on May 3, 2013 - 10:05am

Everyone has a precious photo of their baby. Now's your time to share it. This Mother’s Day, join us in celebrating your own little bundle of joy — by entering our baby photo contest! The rules are simple: Just share your favorite baby photo for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate towards the purchase of any single creativeLIVE course.

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Chase Jarvis: “Be Different, Not Just Better”

Posted on May 1, 2013 - 12:10pm

Earlier this week, famed photographers Chase Jarvis and Joey L. sat together on the set of creativeLIVE to discuss the current state of commercial photography. They shared personal experiences and fielded questions from an eager internet audience looking for advice on how to bring their businesses into the limelight.

One of the more inspiring and motivating moments of this hour-long segment was their dialogue about what it takes to be different and successful in commercial photography. You can check out the clip for free here: 

 

Meet Kelly Brown’s Newborn Posing Models — First Babies Born!

Posted on May 1, 2013 - 11:26am

We’re just a handful of days away from Kelly Brown’s Newborn Posing workshop, and the models are screaming into the world as we type this. Not one, but two of Kelly’s newborn models were born on April 25, 2013.

Without further adieu, introducing the youngest models we’ve had ever on creativeLIVE:

Twins Audrey Vanessa and Lucas Joseph weighed in at 5lb, 7oz, and 6 lbs, respectively.

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Joey L.’s Advice to Young Photographers: Prove Everyone Wrong

Posted on April 30, 2013 - 3:02pm

Joey L. got his first camera when he was 11 years old, and started shooting professionally when he was 16. Now, at just 23, he’s a world-renowned photographer — most notably for shooting the iconic poster for the first Twilight movie. During his 3-day Commercial Photography workshop, Joey shared his advice to other young photographers starting out. In short: Ignore critics, because your talent will stand on its own.

Talent and dedication — not age — are the only true litmus tests, Joey explained. “I’ve been working since I was 16, it’s not that many years, but whether I started at 16 or 30, it’s the same effort that you put into it. So my thing would be, you’re never going to be able to change those opinions, but you can prove them wrong.”

Asked how he responds to ageist critics, Joey said, “It’s impossible to change people’s opinion of you if you’re not being taken seriously. That still happens to me. You can never change that about people; they’re always going to judge young people in that way — but what you can do is excel, and just prove yourself.”

Joey added that even he is guilty of judging photographers based on their age. “Even when I meet a young person — I started when I was 16 professionally — when I see them doing the same, I’m like ‘ugh, dumb kid.’ Even I do that, right? And I came from there. But if you can prove me wrong, then I will judge [you] like a professional.”

Choosing a WordPress Theme for Your Website

Posted on April 29, 2013 - 9:37am

Too many WordPress users choose a theme based on how it looks and not how it functions.  For instance, someone who wants to create a magazine may chose a theme that looks great, but is really meant for a photographer. Or a photographer might choose a beautiful theme that lacks any ecommerce capabilities and then find it harder to sell prints. The problem is if you want to create an online magazine, you probably need an easy way to organize stories into sections and subsections, but if you’re a photographer may be more interested in find out how to upload a folder full of images and quickly turn it into a slide show. I’ll show you how you can get these different kinds of features from different themes, or by adding plugins to themes.

The challenge is that until you study a theme behind the scenes, it can be hard to assess whether it will have all of the functionality you need. In my course, I’ll try to help you make that assessment by introducing you to the many different kinds of themes that are available and why you might choose one over another.

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