The Craft OF Portrait Photography

Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.

Get the best out of the location. Select the perfect pose. Execute. That's Roberto Valenzuela's method, and that's what he'll be teaching at creativeLIVE! With Roberto's practical, repeatable method you can make the most out of any location by identifying the elements you can use to enhance your image and the distracting elements you want to minimize and avoid. His posing process takes the guesswork out—start with the spine and arrange each body part until you've got what you want.

Get the best out of the location. Select the perfect pose. Execute. That's Roberto Valenzuela's method, and that's what he'll be teaching at creativeLIVE! With Roberto's practical, repeatable method you can make the most out of any location by identifying the elements you can use to enhance your image and the distracting elements you want to minimize and avoid. His posing process takes the guesswork out—start with the spine and arrange each body part until you've got what you want. And that's the best part—Roberto may be an international award-winning photographer, but he won't make us shoot in his style. He's not telling us what choices to make: he's teaching us what questions to ask to take the best possible pictures in our OWN style.