What We've Learned From the Unstoppable Sue Bryce: 'Only Connect'
Today marks the third anniversary of the day Sue Bryce walked into the CreativeLive studios in Seattle and, with her now-trademark sassy wit and searing candor, changed our lives — and the trajectory of CreativeLive. To celebrate and honor our friend and mentor, we asked CreativeLive employees to share a favorite Sue moment.
The Easy Way To Create A Vignette In Photoshop
The vignette is one of the most popular effects on Instagram, and can add drama and focus to an image -- but when you're not shooting mobile, it's surprisingly difficult to figure out how to create a vignette in Photoshop.
There are many ways to create a vignette in Photoshop," explains fine art photographer Brooke Shaden in the Lighting Effects guide from her CreativeLive class, Fine Art Compositing.
How to Capture Fun, Personality-Filled Engagement Photos
When I started my photo business, I was desperate to learn everything I could about the technical aspects of my camera. I read everything I could find online, dog-eared my manual, and participated in photo forums with a plethora of questions.
How Learning Photoshop Could Really Help These 4 Industries
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Good design benefits just about everyone. Whether it's wayfinding that helps you get to your gate at the airport to a beautiful website that is both appealing to the eye and functions well, artfully created objects and texts make our lives richer.
Boudoir Photography: The Big Business Of Empowerment
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Boudoir photography is hardly new; historians put the birth of this intimate style around the turn of the century, if not before. However, in the last 10 years, the boudoir photography industry has surged, as portrait photographers add it to their menu of services, and entire shops which just specialize in boudoir open around the world.
Throwback Thursday: Presidents' Day Edition
Though a lot of people don't know his name, plenty of Americans know Pete Souza's images. As the official photographer of White House photographer, Souza's pictures of the First Family and their travels have defined the Obama administration -- but more than that, he's part of a legacy of Presidential photographers who have captured the lives, both public and private, of the leaders of the free world.