5 Tips for Friday: Photoshop Tricks, Photography Business Advice

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In addition to offering oodles of programming on our website, CreativeLive also pulls some of the best stuff from our courses and offers it in bite-sized clips over on our YouTube channel. This week, you can learn a cool trick in Photoshop, create a DIY wedding bouquet, and hear advice from two top photographers.

Here’s what’s on tap for your weekend viewing:

Photography:

How do you sell your unique style of wedding photography? Jim Garner explains his five tricks for selling his experiential wedding photography:

Worried about failure? Stop. “Failure is always an option,” says food photographer Andrew Scrivani. “There are no mistakes, just learning opportunities.”

Julia Kelleher’s got a new newborn photography course coming up. To prepare you, listen to her give great advice about how to tell an emotional story through these especially intimate portraits — and how to make money doing it.

Craft:

Kiana Underwood offers one interesting tip for designing wedding bouquets.

Music:

Ash Avildsen of Sumerian Records told Bandhappy founder Matt Halpern what it takes to get noticed as a musician.

Design:

Ben Willmore demystifies Photoshop’s illusive tracing tool with this fool-proof trick.

Business/Life:

“Everybody’s out there with their messages,” says Blurb’s Dan Milnor, who can help you get your self-published book noticed. Hint: It’s not what you think.

Dieting to lose weight? You’ll never succeed until you form healthier habits. The wonderful Darya Rose has some words about your standard diet — and about how real food just tastes better.

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