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Instructor: Bryan Peterson

bryan petersonBryan has been a photographer for over 30 years and teaching photography for 20 years. He brings a unique teaching style to the school which will guarantee creative and fun learning by all photographers while elevating them to new photographic heights that they only have dreamed of. In addition, Bryan is the author of such best selling books as Understanding Exposure, Understanding Shutter Speed, Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography, and Learning to See Creatively

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Bryan is teaching following courses:
Understanding Exposure
The Art of Seeing

 
 
Instructor: Alan M. Thornton

Alan M. ThorntonAlan M. Thornton has been an advertising, editorial, and fine-art photographer for 16 years, working with such clients as John Deere, Land Rover, Nike, Apple, Hewlett Packard, and TV Guide, Improper Bostonian, Tasteful Magazine, and Santa Fean. His company's current work involves classic and contemporary styled portrait illustrations for advertising and editorial clients that are captured on location or in the studio, and. Alan also integrates his fine art landscape and nature photography to help round out his business and to help satisfy his artistic endeavourers.

Alan has also been a dedicated photographic educator and consultant for over 8 years for various professional photographers, photographic workshop companies as well as photographic trade schools and institutes. He has been on the faculty of Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., as well as for the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Western Mass. He instructs on various topics from Location Portraiture and Studio Lighting to Business Fundamentals and Editorial Story Building. Alan also performs his own workshops at the Newspace Center of Photography, Connecticut Media and Photographic Institute, The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Sunglow Ranch Workshops, and the International Center for Photography in New York. He currently serves as a consultant and mentor for new professional photographers as well as established photographers to aid in creating a stronger market presence and development of a distinct style and photographic approaches.

Alan balances out his roles as educator and editorial business with various photographic documentary projects. Alan's current portrait project has taken him to Cambodia where he has interviewed and photographed the Khmer Rouge survivors who testified in the countries war tribunal hearings. His previous project took him to southeastern Turkey, where he explored the mountainous regions of the border of Turkey and Northern Iraq in pursuit of making large-format black-and-white portraits of the nomadic Kurdish people who live there. His work has been featured with Hewlett Packard, which has earned him the Prestigious Photographer sponsorship, as well awards from The Center For Fine Art Photography and the IPA Merit Awards for his travel and documentary work.

His Web site address is:
www.amtproductions.com
www.amtproductions.blogspot.com

Alan is teaching following course:
Travel Photography
 
 
Instructor: Anthony Weller

Anthony WellerFrom the day Anthony brought home his first SLR camera at the age of 15, he was hooked, and today he is an award-winning photographer in great demand. He has spent his whole working life in architectural photography after graduating in photography from college in London. He travelled extensively throughout the UK and Europe during his 20 years as staff photographer on Britain’s premier weekly construction magazine, and set up his own architectural photography business – Archimage Ltd – in 1990. He now shoots commissions for a wide range of clients in the architectural, construction, and design industries, providing pictures for advertising and editorial use, annual reports, and brochures. Anthony also supplies images to specialist architectural photo libraries, as well as stock libraries Getty and Alamy. As one looks at Anthony’s photography, it is clearly evident that he has a true passion for his subjects and the ability to capture the beauty of any design. You can view a selection of his pictures at www.archimage.co.uk.

Anthony is teaching following course:
Architectural Photography
 
 
Instructor: Ben Canales

Ben CanalesBen Canales has been a media specialist for over ten years now. His passion for creativity with digital tools has spanned graphic design, animation, video, and photography with specialization in timelapse and night photography. In 2011 he won National Geographic's Travel Photo of the Year Award and his work is published both nationally and internationally.

Ben has recently moved to Portland, Oregon and fallen in love with the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. His excitement for creativity and the outdoors has found new expression in capturing the beauty of these places. Taking advantage of the new abilities of the DSLR, Ben has become immersed in timelapse and high-iso night time photography. He finds inspiration in innovation and pushing the limits of what is considered possible. This attitude and desire has placed him as one of the emerging leaders in both niche fields of timelapse and night photography.

Ben is teaching following course:
The Art of Time-Lapse Photography
 
 
Instructor: Bobbi Lane

Bobbi LaneBobbi Lane is an award-winning commercial photographer specializing in creative portraits on location and in the studio. Lane's multi-faceted approach to photography incorporates over 30 years of technical experience with innovative artistic interpretation. Lane shoots primarily people on location for editorial, corporate, and advertising accounts as well as photographing "real people" and travel for stock. Her stock photography has sold worldwide for ads, posters, and billboards.

Bobbi's clients include: Warner Bros., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Samsung, Bose Corp., Neutrogena, Ricon, Mattel, Maui Music Festival, Charles Schwab, McDonnell/Douglas, Sears' Tower Skydeck, and the Morro Bay Natural History Museum.

As a dedicated photo educator, she brings insight and enthusiasm to her hundreds of students every year. Bobbi's excellent rapport and communication with her students inspires and motivates, while her straight-forward teaching style reaches students of many different skill levels. Bobbi teaches her own weekend workshops in CT, the Bobbi Lane Workshops and at the Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Workshops, the Julia Dean Workshops, and the International Center for Photography in New York City. She is the Chair of the Education Committee for Advertising Photographers of America, and the creator of their Successful Emerging Photographer’s program. In October 2007, at APA National’s 25th Anniversary, they honored Bobbi with a Special Recognition Award for Education.

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Bobbi is teaching following course:
Portraits Unplugged
 
 
Instructor: Charlie Borland

Charlie BorlandCharlie Borland is an award-winning commercial photographer based in Oregon. Charlie travels extensively for a wide range of clients. People are his forte, on the job or at play. With a career spanning 25 years, he produces photography for annual reports, advertising, and editorial clients.

His photographs have been seen in National Geographic Adventure and Traveler, Outside, Women's Sport and Fitness, Newsweek, TV Guide, CIO, Sports Illustrated for Women, Time, Backpacker, and Sunset, to name a few.

Charlie's partial client list includes: Xerox, NW Airlines, Fujitsu, Tektronix, Nike, Blue Cross, Nationsbank, Precision Castparts Corp., Mentor Graphics, Texas Instruments, Pacificorp, Cellular One, Sequent Computer, Early Winters, Cascade Bancorp, and Associated General Contractors.

Charlie has been involved in the stock photography business, operating a stock photo agency out of his studio for 8 years before merging with Definitive/FPG and later Getty Images. He is co-owner of online photo agency www.fogstock.com, and Director of Aspen Photo Workshops. (www.aspenphotoworkshops.com)

Charlie is teaching following courses:
Lighting Techniques of the Portrait Masters - An introduction to digital portrait photography
Lighting For Commercial Photography
Lighting Challenges of Architectural Photography
Electronic Flash-The 'Mystery' Revealed!
 
 
Instructor: Cheryl Machat Dorskind

Cheryl Machat DorskindCheryl Machat Dorskind, a professional photographer for over twenty years, shares her passion for photography through her books, teaching, fine-art, and commissions.

The author of two best-selling books, The Art of Handpainting Photographs — considered the definitive guide to traditional darkroom photo painting — and The Art of Photographing Children — the ultimate guide to creating cherished photographs of children — Cheryl Machat Dorskind has also written approximately seventy-five articles for her newspaper column "Picture This" for The Southampton Press.

As an adjunct professor, Cheryl Machat Dorskind instructs and mentors students at colleges (Long Island University, Southampton Master Photography Workshop) and art institutions (Maine Photographic, Guild Hall, Huntington Art Museum, Nassau County Museum of Art) and currently teaches photography at Suffolk County Community College and online at the Perfect Picture School of Photography.

High-end portrait sessions by Cheryl Machat Dorskind embody the gorgeous natural Hamptons' light. Whether the setting is at the beach, a park, or a home, the lifestyle posed-but-not-posed images are fluid and rhythmic.

Noted internationally for her ethereal misty coastal handpainted photographs and her playful self-portrait Photopaintings, her critically acclaimed fine-art photographs are exhibited regularly, commissioned for book jacket cover art (Ann Beattie's Chilly Scenes of Winter, Falling in Place, Secrets and Surprises, and Distortions) and are included in many public and private collections.

Her corporate clients include Epic Records, Random House, Hamptons magazine, The Southampton Press, and The New York Times.

For further information, please visit her website, www.cherylmachatdorskind.com or contact her Cheryl@cherylmachatdorskind.com

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Cheryl is teaching following courses:
Photographing Children: Rising to the Challenge
All About Color
More About Color
Painting Photographs
 
 
Instructor: Chris Hurtt

chris hurttChris Hurtt is a San Francisco based freelance photographer. His photography career took off when he met and started assisting world-renowned photographer Bryan Peterson on commercial assignments all over the world. Since working with Bryan, Chris has built a successful commercial business of his own shooting for clients such as Pillar Data Inc, Infinera Corp, RN Estate Winery, and The Environmental Protection Agency to name a few. Chris is also an instructor at PPSOP.com where his down to earth explanations of all things photographic have resulted in him accepting invitations to teach in person in Asia, the Middle East, North America, and all over Europe.

For further information, please visit his website: www.ChrisLHurtt.com.

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Chris is teaching following courses:
Understanding Exposure
The Art of Seeing
 
 
Instructor: Dave Nitsche

David NitscheDave Nitsche picked up a camera 20 years ago, but his first journey into photography only lasted a mere 6 months. He consistently had a creative outlet for his thoughts and emotions, having always been involved in the arts as a guitarist, graphic designer, and web developer. But, eventually career changes and life put him in a place where he had never been before. Eighteen years after he had sold his Canon A1 he decided to try photography once again. In 2002, he bought his first digital camera. Dave’s engaging creativity and memorable photos have not stopped since. Dave's goal from the very beginning was to merge human emotion into non-human environments using what ever 'stuffs' (mannequins, glass, guns, fire, etc.) necessary. During that process he strived to be as original as possible. His images are steeped in expressionism, color, and contrast, but cover a wonderful variety of categories that it becomes hard to place them in just one. His work has been admired and praised by critics, photographers, artists and the public in general, via various shows, publications and galleries, for their ability to conjure feelings in people that are very deep, very personal, and usually reserved for living things.

The scope of Dave's work does not stop at conceptualism or expressionism. He is a fan of all types of imagery and is quite fond of moving from style to style. His website includes all forms of innovative imagery for you to view. Enjoy his images and his vision as much as he does. Dave’s colorful and inspiring photography may be viewed at http://www.davenitsche.com.

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Dave is teaching following course:
Conceptual Photography - Honest, Emotional Photography
 
 
Instructor: David Nightingale

David NightingaleDavid Nightingale lives in both Blackpool, a seaside town in the North West of England, and Ganchovets, a village near to Veliko Tarnovo in central Bulgaria, with his wife Libby and seven children. He was formerly a university lecturer, but is now the full-time Creative Director of Chromasia Limited - a fine arts and commercial photography company specialising in commercial and private commissions; image licensing; and print sales (www.chromasia.com). He is also the director of Chromasia Training Limited – a photographic and post-production training company, specialising in online tutorials and one-to-one training (www.chromasia-training.com).

His blog, from which he developed both companies, has received numerous nominations and awards including Winner of the Most Popular Photoblog category in the 2008 Photoblog Awards and Best European Photoblog in the 2007 Photoblog Awards.

He has also authored three books: Baby Photography Now (2007), published by ILEX Press in the UK and Lark Books in the US; Practical HDR (2009), published by ILEX Press in the UK and Focal Press in the US; and Extreme Exposure, scheduled for publication in 2010.

David believes in the intelligent application of photo enhancing techniques and brings to his students, not only the technical skills to create stunning images, but also the discerning eye and critical judgement of what is needed to improve an image.

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David is teaching following course:
The Art of Black and White Photography
 
 
Instructor: Donna Eaton

Donna EatonDonna Eaton is a professional photographer and North Carolina native now living on six acres in the Upstate of South Carolina. She spent eleven years as the staff photographer for a raptor rehabilitation and education center located in North Carolina before venturing out on her own as a professional photographer. There have been many honors and awards for Donna including being a winner in Nature's Best Magazine's annual Backyard Photo Contest, Nature's Best Magazine's Windland Smith Rice International Awards and the National Wildlife Refuge Association's annual photography competition. You can find Donna's photos gracing the pages of magazines, textbooks, billboards, brochures, websites and private collections. Publishing credits include the National Wildlife Federation, North Carolina Wildlife, American Greetings, Our State Magazine, WNC Magazine, Expressions Magazine, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, & Popular Photography.

Donna has conducted workshops, taught photography and been a featured speaker. She has also served as a leader for Popular Photography's Mentor Series and a NANPA Regional Event. Her work is represented by Getty images and Fogstock LLC. Memberships include North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association (CNPA), Professional Photographers of America (PPA) & Photographic Society of America (PSA).

Donna is teaching following courses:
Creating Compelling Compositions
Photography After Dark
 
 
Instructor: Glenn Randall

Glenn RandallSince 1979, Glenn Randall has combined his love of wilderness with a passion for photography. His intimate knowledge of atmospheric optics, weather and the landscapes he photographs allows him to find the intersections of magical light and stunning subject matter that produce exceptional images. His work has been published in Audubon, Avalanche, Barnes & Noble, Brown Trout, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy and Runner's World calendars and in Audubon, GEO, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, SKI, Los Angeles Times Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, New York Times Magazine, and many others. Prints of his fine-art landscape photographs can be found in several Colorado galleries, including Art Mart in Boulder, The Canyon Gallery in Montrose and Grizzly Creek Gallery in Georgetown. His photographs have also been used in books published by Falcon Press, Lyons & Burford, New Readers Press, Reader's Digest General Books and Scribner's. His corporate clients include Avago Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Colorado Outward Bound, Cobe Laboratories (owner of over 100 prints) and many outdoor-equipment companies. At age 54, he has accumulated over 1,000 photo credits, including 67 covers, and sold over 10,000 prints. He was the sole photographer for two books of landscape photographs, Rocky Mountain National Park Impressions and Colorado Wild & Beautiful, both published by Farcountry Press.

Glenn's favorite areas to photograph are Rocky Mountain National Park, the Indian Peaks Wilderness, the Maroon Bells/Snowmass Wilderness, the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness and the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. He finds that he produces his strongest images in areas he knows intimately and returns to visit again and again. On average, it takes Glenn about 10 days in the field to produce one truly compelling image. To create some images, he went to the same location as many as six times. For 15 years, he shot his fine-art landscape photographs primarily with Zone VI and Ebony SW45 4x5 field cameras. Recent advances in digital technology have enabled him to begin shooting with state-of-the-art digital equipment. Camping in Rocky Mountain National Park and the Indian Peaks Wilderness is restricted to protect the pristine landscape, so Glenn does many of his photo shoots in a one-day blitz from his home in Boulder, which usually entails getting up at 1 or 2 a.m. in order to photograph sunrise at a remote backcountry site several miles from the trailhead. His motto for these shoots is simple: "Sleep is for photographers who don't drink enough coffee." His favorite images include Windom Peak Panorama, Sunrise Aspen and Columbine Along the Trail to Arapaho Pass.

In addition to his photographic credentials, Glenn is an accomplished writer who has authored nine books and more than 200 magazine articles. He considers himself a semi-native Coloradoan, since he moved to Boulder in 1975. His wife Cora is a professor of atmospheric science at CU. They have two children, 17-year-old Emily and 15-year-old Audrey.

www.glennrandall.com

Glenn is teaching following course:
Mastering Dramatic Light: How to Make Great Photographs of High-Contrast Scenes
 
 
Instructor: Jill Flynn

Jill FlynnJill Flynn runs a successful photography business in the Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan area. Her work has won numerous awards in international competitions and has been published in commercial venues, fine art magazines and private galleries. Because her specialty is pet photography, her imagery has been used by the pet care industry and veterinary hospitals. Her work has appeared on book covers, greeting cards and magazines. She works closely with animal welfare organizations and volunteers her services by photographing homeless animals. Many of these animals can be seen on her website. In addition to pet photography, she does veterinary shoots, model portfolios and creates stock imagery.

Jill's work is listed with and represented by Getty and Corbis photo stock agencies.
Her website is www.visualharmonyphotography.com.

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Jill is teaching following course:
Pet Photography
 
 
Instructor: Jill Sipkins

Jill SipkinsJill Sipkins has a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and studied photography at the University of Richmond in Rome, Italy. She has worked as a staff and contributing photographer for multiple publications in her hometown of Chicago, and continues to work as a freelance photographer and writer in Los Angeles. Her endeavors have ranged from creating scholarship programs using corporate sponsorship to using government grants to develop art therapy programs for at-risk youth.

Jill is teaching following course:
Street Photography
 
 
Instructor: Joe Baraban

Joe BarabanAfter receiving his BA in Journalism, Joe ventured out into the freelance world and never looked back. For the past forty years, Joe has shot professionally for clients from Coca Cola to Hennessy, Cessna to United Air Lines and Boeing, and from Microsoft to IBM and HP. He has shot the full line car brochures for Acura, Saturn, and Range Rover, not to mention campaigns for Acura, Jaguar, Mazda and Ford. The tourism departments for Alberta, Canada, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and Texas have contracted Joe to shoot images for their state campaigns. Just to name a few.

Over the years, National Geographic, Life, Texas Monthly, Time, Geo, Newsweek, and the New York Times Magazine have used Joe for several of their editorial assignments.

Teaching people how to use their eye has always been one of Joe's passions, and he's conducted workshops around the world, including The Maine Media Workshop (fifteen years), The Santa Fe Workshop, The Julia Dean Workshop in Hollywood, The South Florida Workshop, The Pacific Northwest School of Art on Whidbey Island, The Texas Photographic workshop, Objectif's, a photographic organization in Singapore, and The Houston Center for Photography Photographic Workshop. Joe has also conducted continuing education classes at Rice University.

He has been sought out as a guest speaker for various ASMP chapters (American Society of Media Photographers), advertising and art director’s clubs across the country, The Art Center in Pasadena, California, and Brooks Institute. He has given seminars at Photo East in New York, Photo West in San Francisco, and Viacom (the national photographic convention in Canada).

Joe has had feature articles written about his work in Communication Arts Magazine, Photo District News, Japan’s Portfolio Magazine, and Studio Magazine. His work has appeared in CA, Photo Graphis, and The Mead Annual Report Show.

His expertise had also spurred an invitation to judge the prestigious Communication Arts Photography Annual. Joe currently serves as a member of the Fuji Corporation ‘Talent Team’.

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Joe is teaching following courses:
Stretching Your Frame of Mind
Stretching Your Frame of Mind, Part II
The Use of Gestalt in Photography
 
 
Instructor: Jon Canfield

Jon CanfieldJon Canfield

Jon Canfield is a full time photographer and writer living in the Northwest with his wife and two labs. Primarily a landscape and nature photographer, Jon has taught workshops around the world. His photos and articles have appeared in Shutterbug, Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, PC Photo, and other magazines, and he has written 6 books including Camera RAW 101, The Digital SLR Guide, ProShow Visual QuickStart Guide, Print Like a Pro, and Photo Finish. Jon is an HP Creative Influencer and does consulting work for PANTONE, Canon, Inkpress, and other companies on printing and color management. Jon’s work can be seen on his website at www.joncanfield.com

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Jon is teaching following courses:
Lightroom from Import to Output
Apple Aperture Essentials
Camera Raw with Photoshop and Elements
Photoshop Bootcamp
Advanced Editing in Aperture
 
 
Instructor: Kathleen Clemons

Kathleen ClemonsKathleen Clemons is a New England based photographer, living on the beautiful coast of Maine. Primarily a nature photographer, Kathleen is known for her creative use of natural light and unique, stunning compositions. Her work is represented by FogStock, ChromaZone Images, The Jaynes Gallery, Corbis and Getty Images. She was named a "Lensbaby Guru" by the makers of Lensbaby lenses. With a background in education, and a passion for both photography and teaching, she loves to teach others how to improve their photography skills. Kathleen's photos may be viewed at www.kathleenclemonsphotography.com.

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Kathleen is teaching following courses:
Fine Art Nature Photography
Fine Art Nature Photography 2- the Sequel
Fine Art Nature Photography 3
Capturing the Beauty of Flowers
Lensbaby Magic
 
 
Instructor: Kevin Adams

Kevin AdamsA naturalist, writer, teacher, and photographer, Kevin Adams has had a lifelong love affair with nature and the outdoors and he enjoys sharing his passion with others. A photographer for more than 25 years, Kevin is the author of nine books, including the bestselling North Carolina Waterfalls. In addition to photography, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, and gazing up at the night sky. He also writes magazine articles and his photographs appear regularly in books, magazines, calendars, and advertisements across the country. Kevin travels extensively, leading photo tours to Hawaii, Venice, and other locations around the world, but his roots are firmly planted in the Southeast. He lives in the mountains of North Carolina, with his lovely wife, Patricia, and their mischievous cats, Lucy and Titan. (Titan is a BAD kitty!) To learn more about Kevin and see his work, please visit his website at www.kadamsphoto.com and his blog at www.kadamsphoto.com/ncphotography

Kevin is teaching following courses:
Photography After Dark
Creating Compelling Compositions
 
 
Instructor: Kevin Focht

Kevin FochtKevin Focht has been shooting fashion and beauty for over 20 years, currently specializing in the wedding market. He has lived and worked in Milan, Greece, London, Miami and New York. His client list includes Brides, Elegant Bride, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Nordstrom, Jantzen, Bank of America, Seventeen, YM, Arizona Weddings, Long Island Bride and Groom, and Oregon Bride.

Kevin recently relocated to his hometown of Portland Oregon and has opened up a luxury wedding and portrait studio called Left Turn Studio ( Kevin’s decision to leave his successful career in the New York fashion industry was the direct result of his personal experience at ground zero on the morning of September 11, 2001) He brings his varied background of working for some of the most discerning art directors and clients to the wedding and portrait industry.

His talent for lighting and being able to shoot on the fly, has made him a perfect match for wedding photography. Giving back to the industry that has given him so much, is his latest passion.

His commercial website is kevinfocht.com and his wedding work can be seen at leftturnstudio.com

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Kevin is teaching following courses:
Flash 1, 2, 3 and More Class with Kevin Focht
Black and White Portraiture
Making Money Shooting High School Seniors v.2
How to Shoot Guys
How to Build Your Own Photography Website
 
 
Instructor: Lara Ferroni

Lara FerroniLara Ferroni is a former tech geek turned food geek who spends her days exploring the food culture of the Pacific Northwest. As a writer and photographer, you might spy her learning to make kim chee in the back rooms of a local church, scheming about how to adopt a sheep, digging through bargain bins for the perfect prop, or dreaming up delicious new ways to use teff. Her photos have been featured in websites and magazines such as Epicurious and Edible Communities, as well as over 10 cookbooks, including her own, Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home (Sasquatch Books). Her second cookbook, Real Snacks: Sweet and Salty Treats Without all the Junk (Sasquatch Books), ships in the fall of 2012, followed by Cookies in the Raw: Irresistible Cookie Dough by the Spoonful and Beyond (Running Press) in August 2013. Her food photography how-to book, Food Photography: Pro Secrets for Styling, Lighting & Shooting (Pixiq) will be on bookstore shelves in Spring 2012. You can find more of her tasty photos and recipes on her blogs, CookandEat.com and StillLifeWith.com.

Lara is teaching following courses:
Professional Food Photography Class 1
Photography for Food Bloggers
 
 
Instructor: Mark English

Mark EnglishA photographer for more than thirty years, Mark is a former nationally accredited member of the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC). Known for his bold use of color and strong graphic elements in his image making, he now shoots primarily for personal projects. Most of his work is focused on editorial travel and landscape. His work has been published in a variety of media, and may be viewed at www.pacificlight.ca

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Mark is teaching following course:
The Art of Printing and Selling Your Art
 
 
Instructor: Rob Sylvan

Rob SylvanTaking StockRob Sylvan is a freelance photographer, teacher, and author, who is also the Lightroom Help Desk Specialist for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and Tech Desk Specialist for Kelby Training, an instructor for the Perfect Picture School of Photography, and formerly the Site Director for iStockphoto. Rob writes the "Under the Loupe" column for Photoshop User Magazine and is the author of Lightroom 2 for Dummies, Lightroom 3 Video QuickStart Guide, Nikon D5100: From Snapshots to Great Shots, and Taking Stock. Please visit his website http://www.lightroomers.com.

Rob is teaching following courses:
Lightroomers Guide to Lightroom
 
 
Instructor: Robin Nichols

Robin NicholsLike many photography teachers, I’m in the envious position of being able to combine one of my life’s passions, photography, with my job. And, even though I tend to spend way too much time in front of the computer, it remains one of the best jobs in the world...

Though born in the UK, I’ve spent the past 20 years in Sydney. I began work in Australia as a cameraman in the audio-visual business, then a freelance photographer. More recently, I worked as a contributing freelance writer for several photo-centric publications, then as a full-time magazine editor for more than eight years. For the past eight years, I’ve run my own publishing business, Better Digital Magazine, producing Australia’s best-selling specialist digital photo techniques publication: Better Digital magazine.

With this publication I’ve aggressively pursued the goal of producing clear, well-illustrated publications written in simple English and have continued to develop this plain-speaking style in other specialist magazines such as Better Photoshop Techniques and Digital PhotoART (a project-based publication with a distinct ‘scrapbooking’ style).

When I’m not travelling, writing for one of my publications or conducting photo tours and workshops, I teach digital photography and Photoshop Elements classes at Sydney University.

There’s nothing I like better than showing newcomers how to fine-tune their compositional skills and then how to get the best from the resulting digital files using a program like Photoshop Elements.

My work can be seen in Better Digital magazine, or online:
www.robinnicholsworkshops.blogspot.com

Robin is teaching following courses:
Photoshop Elements PRIMER
Photoshop Elements PROFORMANCE
DSLR Video Magic: An introduction to shooting, editing and producing your own videos
 
 
Instructor: Ron Goldman

Ron GoldmanRon Goldman is a photographer living in Washington State. Capturing the beauty of the Pacific Northwest in photographs has always been one of Ron's passions. Whether outdoors with natural light or in his studio shooting with strobes, his strong sense of color comes through in all of his images.

Recent clients include Chef Magazine, Portland Menu Guide, Dealer Principal Magazine, Papa Haydn Restaurants and Microtrace Corporation. His stock images are represented by Super Stock, Acclaim Images, and Ad Stock Images. More of Ron's work can be seen here: www.rongoldmanphotography.com

Ron is teaching following courses:
Photography for Food Bloggers
Professional Food Photography Class 1
Professional Food Photography Class 2
Professional Food Photography Class 3
Water Drop Refraction
Introduction To Food Photography
 
 
Instructor: Scott Stulberg

Scott StulbergScott Stulberg is a travel and stock photographer who journeys often to distant lands looking for unique stock opportunities. He is represented by many stock agencies including Corbis and Getty Images. A contributing writer for Shutterbug Magazine, he also teaches digital photography and Photoshop at UCLA Extension, the Julia Dean Photo Workshops in Venice Beach & the Art Wolfe Digital Photography Center in Seattle. Scott is also co-author of The Digital Photographer's New Guide to Photoshop Plug-Ins. From Microsoft, Newsweek and the New York Times, to greeting cards, calendars, bill boards and book covers, his images are used internationally. His photographs are in collections all over the world, including on permanent display in the United Nations and the new UCLA Medical Center.

Scott's work can be viewed here: www.asa100.com

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Scott is teaching following course:
Eye to Eye: Capturing the Face

 
 
Instructor: Sean Arbabi

Sean ArbabiSean Arbabi is a commercial photographer specializing in adventure, conceptual, lifestyle, nature, and travel; for ad, corporate, and editorial clients. In 1991, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Commercial photography from Brooks Institute of Photography, and brings a background of on-location, studio, outdoor, and lighting skills and experience to every job. During his twenty-year career he has captured over a million images, his jobs taking him to locations in Asia, Canada, Mexico, South America, the UK, and around the US. Sean's assignments and images have been published in advertisements, books, magazines, websites, and other various uses around the world in over 300 publications and 150 companies worldwide including American Express, Backpacker, California Division of Tourism, Endless Vacation, Fuji Film USA, GEO Germany, Inside Sport-Australia, JC Penny, Microsoft, National Geographic, The New York Times, Nikon, North Face, Outside, Random House, Sunset, Via, and Timex. Arbabi's first book, The BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, published in 2009 with Random House, very successful, and his second book, The Complete Guide to Nature Photography hits bookstores in 2011. Over the years, Sean has backpacked over mountain ranges, helicoptered above jungles, ridden horseback across plains, rafted down rivers, biked along forest trails, sailed on oceans, and hung over cliffs, all to capture images he and his clients were in search of. Photography is his passion. A native Californian, Sean resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two cutie-patutie daughters. To review more about Sean's photography, visit his site: http://www.seanarbabi.com/

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Sean is teaching following course:
Nature and Landscape photography

 
 
Instructor: Tanja Butler-Melone

Tanja Butler-MeloneTanja Butler-Melone is a portrait and wedding photographer out of Denver, Colorado. She opened Contemporary Expressions Photography in 2003 as a creative outlet to her highly technical "day job" in the environmental consulting industry, but said goodbye to corporate America in 2007 and hasn't looked back. Tanja's boutique loft studio in Lower Downtown Denver lends itself to her urban-inspired high school senior and baby photography. Blending her technical knowledge with an "edgy" and artistic feel is what brings her clients back again and again.

Tanja has a particular passion for newborns and loves to create baby art - blending her graphic art skills with her photography. She has taught numerous courses on newborn and baby photography and marketing and conducts private mentoring sessions as well. Tanja is on the board of directors of the Professional Photographers of Colorado. She loves to share and learn, finding that one ALWAYS goes hand in hand with the other.

Feel free to visit Tanja's website at www.cephotos.net

Tanja is teaching following courses:
Photographing Newborns and Maternity: It's all about Expectations
Baby's First Year
 
 
Instructor: Tim Babiak

Tim BabiakTim Babiak's entry into digital photography was innocent enough – he simply wanted better pictures of his kids playing soccer. When he purchased his first digital SLR, he was hooked. Before long, he was reading everything about photography he could get his hands on, shooting everything and anyone and had acquired a studio full of equipment. Soon after, Tim placed his first two magazine covers. Wanting to share his knowledge, Tim started a photography group in Austin, Texas, that now numbers 400 people and started teaching workshops on how to photograph people. People who attend Tim's workshops discover his passion for photographing people as well as his desire to help everyone become better at shooting and processing images.

Tim is teaching following course:
Photoshop for People & Portraits

 
 
Instructor: William Yu

William YuWilliam Yu is San Francisco based travel photographer and photography instructor. He is also the host of China Photo Workshop(www.chinaphotoworkshop.com). Several times a year, he leads small group of photographers to journey through some of the most unique and beautiful places in China, capturing its culture and natural beauties through the lenses. If you'd like to see China via your camera lenses, this is your portal. He is also the management member and Chinese course instructor of The Perfect Picture School of Photography (www.ppsop.com). William's photos have been published in Photographic Travel Magazine in China, Popular Photography magazine in USA and Cómolahice magazine in Europe. You can view William's works at williamyuphotography.com and view his G+ blog at williamgplus.com

William is teaching following course:
理解曝光(Understanding Exposure)

 
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