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Having conquered the street and the road, photographers approached the final frontier: the family and the self. The Genius of Photography – We are Family is about what happens when photography translates personal relationships into photographic ones, when strangers, celebrities, lovers and children get fed to the camera. It’s also about what happens when photographers turn their cameras on themselves—what they choose to reveal, and just what they try to conceal.

Got a new DSLR camera and not sure what to do with it? Get yourself off auto mode and stop being a “green square”!

LIVE from New York! Learn every stage of a fashion shoot, from casting your styling team and model to the shoot day itself: shooting in-studio and on-location, lighting techniques, model direction, and finally, retouching, business, marketing, and social media advertising.

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui etes-vous Polly Maggoo?) is the best film in the package. It's a satirical look at the 'image' industries of fashion and television, using a French TV program's rather cynical investigation of a big-time fashion model. Polly Maggoo is a twenty-year-old New Yorker discovered by a talent agent at a Beatles rally, which is exactly how Klein found the actress who plays her, Dorothy MacGowan.

"Mastering the Sony PMW-EX1/EX1R" is the easiest way to learn both the fundamentals and advanced features of the new Sony EX1 & EX1R camcorders and their state-of-the-art tapeless workflow.

Learn the basics of digital photography in Jim Miotke's new DVD, "Digital Photography Unleashed: Capturing Wildly Great Photos.

In 1967, when the Museum of Modern Art in New York City presented New Documents - a major exhibition of the personal visions of several photographers - the surprise of the show was the work of Diane Arbus. On her own, against the advice of many friends, she had pursued her documentation of people on the fringes of society, and the astonishing in the commonplace. Suddenly she was famous, with students and imitators.

In this DVD, acclaimed glamour photographer Jason Cole takes you on a journey behind the scenes into the world of the professional glamour photographer. Jason has photographed glamour for some of the biggest Australian glamour magazines, including FHM and Ralph Magazine. This instructional DVD is a hands-on DVD and takes you behind the camera on location.

The legendary photographer William Klein has designed this fascinating book on fashion photography, with a selection of images from throughout his career, including material from his films. Though Klein claims roots in areas as diverse as painting, street photography, the tabloids, and B movies, his fashion work has been known since the fifties and sixties and has been a constant in his career.

Lighting for digital is not the same; it’s better. In the digital world of post capture manipulation. It’s easy to lose sight of the essence of great photography. Capture is everything, light is the essence of all our images. This seminar will teach you to become a master of light. Take advantage of all digital has to offer. Explore exciting new tools and techniques. Learn to create, in the camera, the finest image possible to maximize your back-end opportunities.

On the heels of part 1, Shooting Travel Photos Like a Pro, Scott Kelby puts down the camera and teaches you how to bring your travel photos into Lightroom, get them organized, and process everything from the most basic shot and stitching multi-frame panoramas, to blending HDR while moving seamlessly between Lightroom and Photoshop. When the processing is complete you’ll learn how to make slideshows and photo books that your friends and family will absolutely love.

In the first segment of this two part class, join Scott Kelby in Paris, France where he teaches you how to shoot everything from panoramas of famous monuments to the local people, street scenes, and iconic details that help you tell the visual story of your trip. All along the way Scott shares his very best tips and techniques for planning, preparing, and getting the most out of your next travel adventure. Come along and watch the entire process of shooting in a variety of locations in this class then meet back up in part 2, Editing Your Travel Photos with Lightroom and Photoshop.

No matter what kind of photography you are into, from black and white and wildlife to working in the studio, it’s all about the light. Join Rick Sammon, a Canon Explorer of Light, and learn just how important light is to every photograph. You’ll learn about the importance of envisioning the end result, how the camera and lens work together to capture the light, different ways you can control the light, and so much more. See the light and play with the light!

Join Dave Black and Scott Kelby on the field of a high school football game and learn from over 30 years of experience shooting sports for Sports Illustrated, Time, and Newsweek. Dave and Scott cover everything from choosing your ISO, shutter speed, and white balance to the right gear for the job and the best approach for the different styles of shooting you might be interested in pursuing. Whether you are out there for the school’s sports information department, a magazine, a wire service, or a trading card company, you’ll learn all the tips and techniques the pros use to capture jaw dropping action shots as well as the peak moments that go on to define a sporting event for generations to come.

Join top pro photographer Erik Valind on location shooting outdoor lifestyle photos on the sunny Florida coast. With outdoor lifestyle photography your job is to sell the experience to the viewer. You need to be able to work in all kinds of lighting situations and with a range of gear–from strobes to diffusion panels–to get the kind of killer shots that makes the viewer wish they were there. Erik takes you through a series of locations and situations demonstrating lighting, posing, and composition tips and techniques all along the way.

It’s all about color! Join Moose Peterson, wildlife photographer, out in the Eastern Sierras surrounded by blue skies and beautiful fall colors. Moose takes you to some of his most favorite locations and gives you the scoop on everything from gear to camera settings and shooting strategies to post-processing tips. By the end of the class you’ll be chomping at the bit to head out to capture your own stunning fall landscape photos armed with the tips and tricks from a true professional.

Join Lindsay Adler, Fashion and Portrait Photographer, and learn how to create striking beauty imagery using one, two, or three lights in your setups. Lindsay starts building the foundation with just one light, then teaches you how to expand on that with a second light, before getting even more creative with a third. This class is all about taking control of the light, choosing the right modifier, (whether a beauty dish, silver dish, ring flash, or even some unusual light sources you’ve never tried before), and always making sure your setup meets your end goal.

This book is the perfect desktop companion for Photoshop fans, offering essential advice for improving images and working faster in the program. Readers will enjoy 50 pages of quick tips (with a special section for Photoshop Elements users), over 100 pages of tool tricks and over 70 pages of tutorials for fixing images. In all, there are 256 pages of features, tutorials and guides for improving photos, mastering tools and generally getting the most out of Photoshop.

Join the legendary Joe McNally on the set with professional dancers as he teaches you how to respond to the grace and elegance of the dancers with an equally graceful light. This class is all about matching a light to a move, where you start out with the set as an empty box that you fill with your creativity and imagination. As the dancers work through different moves Joe shows you how to light them with both studio strobes and speedlights to achieve a variety of looks, all the while sharing the tips, techniques, and tricks he’s learned over his impressive 30 year career.