Photographer Shayne Gray: How I Quit My Job and Made It Work
Last year, commercial photographer Shayne Gray had one very big day — he quit his day job as a director and applied to be in the audience for Joey L's portraiture…
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Category: student stories
Michael Nolasco – A Heavy Metal Musician With Grit
This month, we are shining a spotlight on Michael Nolasco, a CreativeLive student, music producer, and songwriter who challenged himself to get out of his comfort zone Michael Nolasco can’t…
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Spotlight on Gio Soto – A Storyteller Wise Beyond His Years
The CreativeLive community is full of incredibly talented individuals, with inspirational stories of how they started doing what they're doing. One of them is Gio Soto, a portrait/lifestyle photographer and…
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9 Breathtaking Photos of Nature From Around the World
Celebrate Nature's Beauty this Earth Day As photographers, many of us use the Earth as our canvas and a tool to produce art. It's our muse for creativity, offering us…
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After the Class: Design Thinking Flips The Script For An Engineer Looking For Change
Matt Jackson is an affable, ocean-loving Project Manager living in the Bay Area. During the week, he works for a large-scale Construction company and spends his weekends surfing down the…
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Overcoming Setbacks In Life & Career: Yaz’s Inspirational Student Story
As a Somali refugee, Yasmin (Yaz) faced many obstacles in pursuit of her photography education. Yasmin Abdi’s story as a photographer begins at the moment when most people would find…
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How to Grow a Creative Business with Crafter Red Scorpio
Part of the fun of being at CreativeLive comes from watching the growth of our students. Whether that’s in a particular skill like blogging, sales, or branding, or in a…
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The Power Of Photography: Eddie Hennessy Shares His Transformation After Defying The Odds
It’s easy to take for granted the pleasures of a simple task, until one day you suddenly struggle to make your morning cup of coffee or can’t remember how to…
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DIY Marketing and PR: One CreativeLive Student Shares His Success Story
This CreativeLive Student story is about DaKari (Doc) Williams, a multi-hyphenate fitness entrepreneur who’s harnessed his unique bundle of skills and leveraged them to build his business and explore a…
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How Adrian Farr Escaped Corporate Life to Pursue His Dream
The CreativeLive community is full of incredibly talented individuals, with inspirational stories of how they started doing what they're doing - one of them is Adrian Farr, a UK-based fashion…
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