Master the new Masking in Adobe Lightroom Mobile.

Yeah, I know. Prepare to have your mind blown. This is a game-changer!

Masking is now available on Lightroom mobile for desktop, iPad, and on your phone!

In this course, we will go over how to master the eight masking tools. In addition, discover how to add and subtract to get startling sophisticated selections to control your image.

Learn how to create startling edits that you once had to rely on Photoshop for. All while being untethered to your computer. Enjoy your newfound freedom of mobile photography.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

- Intermediate to advanced Lightroom Mobile users

- Photographers

- Designers who need to manipulate photography

SOFTWARE & GEAR USED:

- Lightroom Mobile Version 7.0
- Class taught on iPhone (functions the same on Android)

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Lisa Carney is a high-end retoucher who has spent over two decades working with the most dynamic players in the print, motion picture, and television industries.

Besides being a regular presenter at the Adobe MAX conference, her teaching roster runs the gamut from beginners to professional retouchers, and includes universities, design studios, movie studios, corporations, and private students.

Lisa has worked with all major movie studios and many television networks including Disney, Buena Vista, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Sony, Universal, Newline, Columbia, MGM, ABC Television, ESPN, TNT, CNN, CBS, CW, Warner Brothers, and Sony.

Advertising credits include Burger King, Baskin-Robbins, Lowes, Jordana Cosmetics, Strategic Perceptions, Mattel, Chrysler, Mercedes, Mazda, and Best Buy.

If you're looking for a portrait photography class to master studio lighting and perfect posing -- this isn't the class for you. Ditch the stiff, boring portraits and create genuine smiles and real family moments in Lifestyle Family Photography with Emily Lucarz. Learn how to create memorable images of real family moments.

From planning the shoot to post-processing in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, dive into the world of lifestyle photography. Learn how to tour a home while looking for light sources, then use window light for bright, beautiful images. Gain techniques to create genuine smiles from kids. Determine the gear you need, from great portrait lenses to cameras.

Whether you simply want to take better photos of your own kids or you want to build a career in lifestyle photography, this class provides the foundation. Learn lifestyle portrait photography alongside one of the Midwest's most in-demand family photographers, the engaging and fun Emily Lucarz.

For photographers turning a passion for family photography into a business, gain valuable insight into creating portrait packages, setting prices, and displaying your work. Learn how to build your portfolio and how to manage a photography business.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

- Budding photographers ready to turn a passion into a profession

- Parents that want to capture better images of the everyday moments

- Professional photographers ready to do more with lifestyle images

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Like many family photographers, Emily got started after her first son was born. Now nearly a decade later, Emily is one of the top family photographers in the Midwest -- booking often nearly a year in advance. She's known for the way she works with young kids and families to create genuine interactions, along with capturing fun perspectives. Emily's charisma and easy-going teaching style has allowed her to lead workshops across the U.S. Learn from Emily right where you're at in one of CreativeLive's top-rated lifestyle classes.

The truth is that you don’t need to have a great voice to succeed in the voice-over field and only 5% of the entire industry is commercial work. The other 95% is narration so this is the perfect niche in which to build a business and this class will show you how!

Voice over is all about storytelling but reading out loud is not always as easy as it sounds. However, with professional guidance and dedicated practice, reading can become a second-nature skill that you can expand into a lucrative career. This class will cover every aspect of the process including preparing your performance, building your studio, recording your voice-over, adding music, taking consistent care of your voice and much more.

If you’re looking to develop a strong voice-over business and start making money from the comfort of your own home, this class is a great place to start.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

- Background and helpful facts about the voice-over industry to help you find your niche

- How to “speak to one person” as a targeting technique

- How to break down the delivery components of your voice-over performance

- Techniques to stay coachable, flexible, and keep your reads more interesting

- How to change your talking speed and use elongation for a greater impact

- How to use tongue twisters to eliminate tension and boost coordination

- How to use feedback as an opportunity to collaborate with your client

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

- Freelancers who want to explore the world of voice over

- Voice over artists looking to enhance their skills and build their own home studio

- Entrepreneurs looking for an additional stream of income to do from home

- Anyone wanting to improve their presentation and communication skills

- Anyone wanting to start a professional voice over career

- Actors and singers wanting to branch into voice over

- All experience levels

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTORS:

Keith is a trained teacher, Fiverr Pro seller with 600+ five-star reviews and sought-after artist with 1000s of successful voice-over projects worldwide. His experience includes TV commercials, radio commercials, cartoons, YouTube videos, tutorials, Apps, websites and much more.

This is a visual and non-technical class which explains the simple steps of creating great photos. Yes, shutter speeds and apertures can be important, but this class focuses on all those other elements that are part of the creative photographic process.

Filled will lot of photographic examples this class is perfect for beginners with point and shoots, or advanced shooters looking to refine their craft.

Email can be one of the most powerful tools to market your business, connect with your customers and—most importantly—make sales!

You have your email list, but what do you do now?

Simple Email Marketing for Makers will give you the confidence to write, design, and build an effective email that will drive people to your online store to purchase products.

Megan will take you step-by-step through her process of creating compelling and product-focused emails that will get more click-throughs and steer interested customers to your website.

In this class you will learn to do the following:

- Get your email marketing set up the right way, using the right software

- Turn social media followers into email subscribers

- Develop the ideal email frequency for your specific business

- Use email to cultivate customer loyalty

If you feel stressed about how to reach your customers via email, or it’s taking you too long to write and create an email, then Simple Email Marketing for Makers will solve all your email marketing woes.

Don’t Fear the Send!

CreativeLive is partnering with Chris Weston to offer you his Complete Photography Master Course.

Turn terms like aperture, shutter speed and ISO from a bunch of obscure photography jargon to a toolset that you can easily manipulate to capture great photos. Led by landscape photographer Chris Weston, this class covers everything beginners need to know to master photography basics from exposure to focus.

Turn that camera dial off of auto and learn how to properly expose a photograph. With a few basic camera settings, get the most image quality and the best colors from your mirrorless or DSLR camera. Then, master focus modes and techniques for sharp photographs.

Learn the basics of photography in a series of short, memorable lessons. Chris' straightforward teaching style is great for newbies that find the task of learning photography daunting, while the to-the-point lessons make it possible to spend just a few minutes a day mastering your camera with easy photography tips and techniques.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

- Beginner photographers

- First-time DSLR or mirrorless camera users

- Any photographer that wants to get off automatic mode to shoot better photos

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Named one of the world's most influential wildlife photographers, Chris Weston takes a contemporary approach to photography. After launching his career in 2001, the Fujifilm ambassador's images have graced the pages of top publications like BBC, The Times, Outdoor Photography, Practical Photography, and Digital Photography. As a photography educator, Chris has written over 20 photography books, along with leading photo tours and online workshops.

Capturing a story on film is a complex process. It demands an understanding of the issue at hand as well as the ability to condense, package, and pitch the story to a distributor. Successful photojournalists make a job of nailing down the details before a shoot and being prepared for anything.

In Your Photojournalism Survival Kit, Ron Haviv brings two decades of experience in building a photojournalism career on carefully laid groundwork. 

In this course, you’ll learn:

- How to identify a captivating story and organize a plan for shooting it 

- How to create a budget and a pitch letter

- How to plan for any eventuality during the shoot, and cope with setbacks when they strike

Ron Haviv draws on his long career for anecdotes and suggestions for aspiring photographers. He’ll teach you that your assignment starts before you leave your house; planning, packing and preparing for even the best-laid plans to go awry is essential. You’ll learn tricks for assessing your preparedness, safety, and support while on assignment in the field.

Your Photojournalism Survival Kit is crucial for beginners, and for current photojournalists who may need to brush up on their checklists. Learn from Ron Haviv’s early-career mistakes, and lay the foundations of your own successful, impactful enterprise in visual storytelling.

When you are working on a song it’s easy to get lost in the details of production and lose sight of what you are really trying to do: make better music. Ableton Live can help – Ableton’s flexible workflow lets you focus on what really matters.

Isaac Cotec is an Ableton Certified Trainer in Fast Songwriting, In Ableton Live he’ll teach you how to set up Live so the technical side of your songwriting process is simple and straightforward.

You’ll get tips on organizing your sample library, presets, and other assets so you can stay in the flow once the creative process starts. Then you’ll work through every step of the songwriting process. To start off, Isaac will share tips on:

- Picking a concept, genre, and bpm

- Building out the melodic and rhythmic seeds

- Quickly writing the foundation of the track

He’ll also help develop your work after you’ve laid a foundation. You’ll get insights on using:

- Core elements: intro, verse, chorus, bridge, break, pre-chorus

- Melodic devices: call and response, passing notes, ground bass

- Rhythmic devices: syncopation, polyrhythm, etc

For those times when inspiration isn’t coming, Isaac will share the strategies he uses to overcome writer’s block and help you know when a song is done. You’ll know exactly what it takes to set up an optimal workspace in Ableton and how to write a song while taking full advantage of its functions and features.

Join instructor and professional painter, Amy Wynne, as she teaches this introduction to drawing interiors. She'll show you how to use 1 and 2-point perspective to draw believable spaces. She will cover creating interesting compositions as well as exploring a connection to place and building atmosphere with textural and tonal rendering.

In this class, Amy will cover:

1. Appreciating Interior Drawings
2. Basic 1PT Perspective: composing a strong image and applying concepts
3. Basic 2PT Perspective: composing a strong image and applying concepts
4. Creating depth and space
5. Understanding tonality and texture
6. Using natural vs artificial light

At the end of this course Amy will prompt you to try a drawing challenge! This series of drawings will help you motivate to draw every day and develop a creative habit - the best way to improve your drawings.

Amy has been teaching painting and drawing for over 20 years at colleges across New England including the Rhode Island School of Design.

Weddings are rife with storytelling potential. The gathering is inherently romantic and celebratory. People reminisce about the couple’s past. Spirits are high, music is playing, and as the night progresses, the dance floor fills with joyful motion. The emotional and physical energy of weddings makes for good photography, but a wedding photographer does more than simple, passive documentation of the revelry. Great wedding photography immortalizes the story of the event by combining a mastery of technical skills in a highly dynamic environment, and the social skills to put people at ease and capture genuine moments.

Join Rocco Ancora and Ryan Schembri for this in-depth class on wedding photography and powerful storytelling. 

In this class, you’ll learn:
 

- The fundamentals of shooting a wedding - lighting, exposure, composition

- How to maximize the use of natural and artificial light to create the mood

- What to do once the wedding is over - image culling, album development, and sales

This class places heavy emphasis on developing strong posing and direction techniques and deploying them in a natural, non-confrontational manner. Rocco and Ryan believe that the job of the wedding photographer is to understand the story of the evening and to document it as a journalist would - with technical confidence and the mind on storytelling. All levels of wedding photographers will benefit from this class. Learn how to deliver the product that will most effectively tell the story of the client’s most important night.