Instructor Bios
Photoshop World offers you the opportunity to get instruction and inspiration from more than 40 of the most recognized and respected names in graphic art, digital photography, motion graphics, and Web design. Our roster of instructors includes...
Scott Kelby
Editor, Photoshop User magazine
Scott is Editor, Publisher, and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine, Editor-in-Chief of Layers magazine (the how-to magazine for everything Adobe), and is the host of the top-rated weekly video podcast Photoshop User TV, and the host of D-Town TV, the weekly show for Nikon DSLR users).
He is President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), the trade association for Adobe® Photoshop® users, and he's President of the training, education, and publishing firm, Kelby Media Group, Inc.
Scott is a photographer, designer, and award-winning author of more than 50 books, including The Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers, Photoshop Down & Dirty Tricks, Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop, The Photoshop Channels Book, Photoshop Classic Effects, The iPhone Book, The iPod Book, and is author of the all time bestselling book on digital photography, The Digitial Photography Book (from Peachpit Press).
For five years straight, Scott has been honored with the distinction of being the world’s #1 best-selling author of all computer and technology books, across all categories. His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, including Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Taiwanese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese, among others, and he is a recipient of the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award.
Scott is Training Director for the Adobe Photoshop Seminar Tour and Conference Technical Chair for the Photoshop World Conference & Expo. He's featured in a series of Adobe Photoshop training DVDs and online courses at KelbyTraining.com and has been training photographers and Photoshop users since 1993.
For more information on Scott, visit his daily blog, The Photoshop Insider, at scottkelby.com.
Kevin Ames
Photographer, educator, and author
Kevin Ames is a well-known commercial digital photographer who has written several Photoshop and photography books, including The Digital Photographers Notebook, Photoshop CS2: The Art of Photographing Women, and Digital SLR Photography with Photoshop CS2 for Dummies. His company, Ames Photographic Illustration, has done work for Honda, AT&T, and Westin Hotels. He also writes the "Digital Photographer's Notebook" column for Photoshop User magazine, and is a Photoshop World Dream Team instructor.
Scott Diussa
Photographer, teacher, writer
Scott Diussa is a photographer, teacher, musician, traveler and part-time writer. Scott is a graduate of the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies at Daytona Beach College in Florida. His photographic background started with weddings, portraits and architectural photography but quickly changed to teaching photography at the Disney Institute at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. From there he joined the Nikon “family” and is currently the Manager of Nikon Professional Services and Training.
Scott has taught thousands of eager photographers throughout the United States on how to get the most of their Nikon equipment. His personal favorite areas of photography today are concert, aviation and travel photography. To see Scott’s images and read about where his travels take him visit his Blog at www.scottdiussa.com. For more information about Nikon Professional Services go to www.nikonpro.com.
Corey Barker
Education and Curriculum Developer for NAPP
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.
Russell Brown
Sr. Creative Director at Adobe Systems Incorporated
Russell Brown is an Emmy Award-winning instructor, and senior creative director at Adobe Systems Incorporated. He facilitates the exchange between digital designers and software developers that is so vital to product development at Adobe. Russell`s 24-years of wacky and whimsical design work has been published in Design Graphics magazine, Photoshop User magazine, and on the Web at www.adobe.com.
He is also the creator of "The Russell Brown Show" at www.tv.adobe.com. Always delighting in testing the creative limits of his tools, Russell is the prolific creator of an entertaining collection of Photoshop tips and tricks. His double treat of great information presented in a bold, zany style has won him a regular following among beginning, intermediate, and advanced users alike.
John Paul Caponigro
Author, Fine Artist and Contributing Columnist
John Paul Caponigro, author of Adobe Photoshop Master Class, is an internationally renowned fine artist. He is a contributing editor for Camera Arts and View Camera, and a columnist for PHOTO Techniques. Additionally, John teaches workshops for private and select venues, including The Santa Fe Photography Workshops and The Maine Photographic Workshops. A Canon Explorer of Light and an Epson Stylus Pro, his clients include Adobe, Apple, and Kodak.
Rafael Concepcion
Education and Curriculum Developer for NAPP
Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 10 years in the I.T. and ecommerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. RC has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and recently combined his photographic and web experience to teach with famed wildlife photographer Moose Peterson at the "You Can Do It Too" workshops in Mammoth, CA and at the Voices That Matter Web Conference in San Francisco, CA. RC also writes columns for Layers and Photoshop User magazines.
Dave Cross
Author and Trainer
Although his official title is Senior Developer, Education and curriculum for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, on his business card it simply says "Dave Cross, Chief Photoshop Guy".
Dave is involved in all aspects of the training that is provided to NAPP members, including the content of seminars, conferences, workbooks, and the NAPP members' website. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop CS4 and is a Certified Technical Trainer. Prior to joining the NAPP, Dave lived in Canada and trained thousands of users across North America.
Dave has co-authored several books and is the author of the Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book and Photoshop Finishing Touches. Dave writes for Photoshop User magazine, teaches at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo and is the Lead Instructor for the Kelby Training Live Photoshop Seminar Tour. He is also featured on a series of DVDs, Kelby Online Training and is one of the "Photoshop Guys" on Adobe Photoshop User TV.
In 2009 Dave was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
Jim DiVitale
Digital Photographer and Instructor
Jim DiVitale has been an Atlanta commercial advertising photographer and instructor for over 28 years, specializing in digital photography and computer photo illustrations for corporations and advertising agencies nationwide.
He is a PPA Master Photographer, Master of Electronic Imaging, Photographic Craftsman, Fellow of the American Society of Photographers, a Canon “Explorer of Light,” and serves as Director of Education for the “Digital Imaging Institute for Science and Medicine”.
View Jim’s portfolio and blog at:
www.DiVitalePhotography.com.
Katrin Eismann
Artist, author, educator
Katrin Eismann is 1/3 artist, 1/3 author, and 1/3 educator. She received her BFA degree in Photographic Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her MFA degree in Design from the School of Visual Arts . She has co-authored: Web Design Studio Secrets, Adobe Photoshop Studio Secrets, Real World Digital Photography, and authored Photoshop Restoration and Retouching and Photoshop Masking & Compositing. Her clients include Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Eastman Kodak, Nikon USA, Fuji Film, and the US Navy. She spends a great deal of time in airports waiting for flights to domestic and international destinations where she teaches and presents on a wide variety of digital imaging topics. To learn more about Katrin please visit visit www.katrineismann.com.
Laurie Excell
Photographer and NAPP Photo Gear Desk
Laurie spent the first 25 years of her career in photographic sales helping pros and hobbyists alike decide which photographic equipment best suited their needs. All the while, she was an avid photographer. In 2000 she left sales to become a full-time professional wildlife and nature photographer. She has been published in Outdoor Photographer, Outdoor Photography (UK), Photoshop User, and Layers magazines. You will also find her photography on Audubon calendars, as well as postcards, calendars, and posters for the National Park Service.
As if that's not enough, Laurie also leads wildlife photography safaris in North America and is an instructor with the Digital Landscape Workshop Series, Photoshop World, and Cruising Through Life training extravaganzas. She also runs a business called Equipment Lady, where she sells photographic equipment on consignment for other photographers when they upgrade their equipment. Oh, and in all of her spare time, she's the Photo Equipment Advice Desk Guru for our very own National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Helene Glassman
Photographer
Helene Glassman is an award winning photographer/business woman in Santa Barbara, California and Atlanta, Georgia. She is a PPA Certified Professional Photographer, and has earned the Master of Photography, and Photographic Craftsman degrees from Professional Photographers of America.
She served on the board of governors of the American Society of Photographers for seven years. Her company, Imagery Photography, has been a well-respected and successful portrait-event studio since 1982. Educated in music and art at the University of Memphis, as well as completing a degree in photography at The Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, her creativity has been rounded out with a Masters degree in communications from the University of Memphis.
Helene is especially well known, in her fine art, for a storytelling and intimate style. Her mission is, “Capturing everyday life as she sees it.”
To view portfolio visit www.Imagerybyhelene.com
Joe Glyda
Digital Imaging and Technology Manager
Joe Glyda was a Digital Imaging Advisor for Kraft Foods in Glenview, Illinois for over 25 years. He initiated their digital capabilities back in 1993, and now the Creative Services Photography Studio completes 100% of all their photography digitally using Photoshop CS. Joe is a member of PPA, MIPA, and ASMP. He is on the Advisory Board at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights and was also a member on the Subcommittee for the FIRST group, which created standards for digital photographers for the flexographic printing industry. Joe has been creating photographic images since he was 8 years old and has been working at Kraft for 31 years. He brags that he hasn't used film since 1995.
Zack Arias
Photographer
For Zack Arias, the path to success has been an exercise in self-discovery. In danger of failing out of the University of Georgia, the Atlanta native took a 100-level photography class in hopes of boosting his GPA. Something clicked. Arias’s professor noticed his talent and encouraged him to pursue photography as a career. It was the first time in his life that anyone had pushed Arias in a certain direction. Despite his talent in photography, it would take Arias several more years of bouncing around, fading in and out of school, working different jobs, and road tripping around the country in a VW bus before he decided to get serious. He ultimately returned to school at a technical college, graduated with a 3.8 GPA in commercial photography, earned best portfolio in his class, and landed a national photographer of the year distinction from the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America.
Still, the gates of the photo Promised Land didn’t simply open. Pro photography is a tough field, and Arias would spend the next couple of years trying to find his niche. He worked a random assortment of jobs without ever really gaining a foothold. Then, in 2001, he left photography completely to deal with some personal issues. By 2003 Arias had sold all his equipment and was working at Kinko’s. In October of 2003, Arias’s friend Marc Climie, a successful wedding photographer, convinced him to shoot some weddings with him. He quit his job two weeks after shooting his first wedding with Climie. The sum total of his photographic equipment was a Nikon D100 and a Vivitar 285 flash. He had to succeed.
With those tiny toeholds, Arias decided to jump back into photography. He quit his job at Kinko’s and launched a fulltime career in music and wedding photography. The work, which involved a mix of photojournalism and commercial techniques, suited his style perfectly. Arias researched the Atlanta music scene and found a profitable niche doing promotional images for up-and-coming musicians. At the same time, Climie continued to hire him as a second shooter, packing Arias’s weekends with fast-paced wedding jobs. Before long, Arias had a full client roster, a jammed schedule and a rejuvenated career on a rapid upward trajectory.
As Arias’s reputation spread around the photo industry, he started to receive speaking requests. Three years ago, a group in Tampa asked him to give a presentation on location shooting techniques. Arias showed up with an old, beat-up Vivitar light and titled the seminar the “OneLight Workshop.” It was an instant success. Word of Arias’s simple yet insightful approach to location lighting raced across the industry, and workshop requests started pouring in. Last year, Arias visited eight cities and conducted 24 intensive workshops. The classes typically last 14 hours, cover loads of lighting nuts and bolts, and sell out within minutes of going on sale. To expand his teaching, Arias developed the OneLight DVD, which sold out its first run within a month.
For Arias, all of this demand and attention is still a bit awe-inspiring, especially considering the twisted road he took to such acclaim. Equally awe-inspiring is his schedule, which involves commercial shoots, music photography, teaching, hosting events at his new studio space and 15 weddings a year with Climie.
Rod Harlan
Director of the Digital Video Professionals Association
Rod Harlan is the president of DriveDV, Inc., a full service multimedia firm, live event producer, and episodic web television development studio. He is the founder and director of education for the Digital Video Professionals Association (DVPA), Dynamic Media editor for Layers magazine, and the audio-visual director for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals bi-annual Photoshop World Conferences. He is an author and contributor of numerous books, countless magazine articles, and is a frequent speaker and trainer at many of the largest conferences and expos. You can connect with Rod at his personal blog, http://www.DVconfidential.com
Richard Harrington
Editor and Motion Graphic Artist
Richard Harrington is a certified Project Management Professional, Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and After Effects, and Apple Certified Trainer in Final Cut Pro. Additionally, he has completed Avid's Master Editor Workshop and the Avid Certified Instructor program. His visual communications consultancy, RHED Pixel, creates motion graphics and produces video and multimedia projects. He is the author of Photoshop for Video and Understanding Adobe Photoshop as well as a moderator of DV Magazine’s Photoshop for Video forum. You can find out more about Richard and his blogs at www.RasterVector.com and www.PhotoshopforVideo.com.
Bryan Hughes
Adobe manager, instructor, photographer
Bryan O'Neil Hughes is a product manager on the Photoshop team, and a product evangelist for the Photoshop Lightroom team. Working for Adobe since 1999, Bryan has helped test, develop, drive and demonstrate Adobe's professional digital imaging applications. Bryan represents Adobe worldwide and can often be found leading workshops and seminars. Beyond Adobe, Bryan is a published photographer, editor and author of two books.
Lesa Snider
Trainer, Writer & Chief Evangelist for iStockphoto.com
As the founder of the free creative tutorial web site, GraphicReporter.com, and chief evangelist for iStockphoto.com, Lesa is on a mission to teach the world to create better graphics . She writes for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Planetphotoshop.com, Macworld Magazine, and Layers Magazine. Lesa is also New York Times technology columnist David Pogue's personal assistant, and the production editor/graphics goddess of his Missing Manual series. You can catch her Graphics Tip of the Week live each Wednesday night on YourMacLife.com.
Matt Kloskowski
Author and Educator
Matt Kloskowski is the Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has authored and co-authored five books on Photoshop and Illustrator and teaches an advanced Photoshop course for Sessions.edu. In addition to being an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and a Macromedia Flash Certified Developer, Matt is a regular contributor to Photoshop User and Layers magazines and writes weekly columns for several digital imaging websites.
Julieanne Kost
Graphics Evangelist, Adobe Systems
Joining Adobe in 1992, Julieanne has learned her craft through hands-on experience and now serves as the Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist. Spanning digital imaging and illustration, her role includes customer education, product development, and market research. She is a frequent contributor to several publications, a speaker at numerous design conferences and tradeshows, and a teacher at distinguished photography workshops and fine art schools around the world.
Julieanne is also the author behind Window Seat – The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking, the founder of jkost.com and the creator of the Adobe Photoshop CS training DVDs published by Software Cinema.
Jay Maisel
Photographer
Photographer Jay Maisel's career spans 40 years. His name has become synonymous with vibrant color photography that uses light and gesture to create countless unforgettable images for advertising, editorial, and corporate communications . In addition, his pictures appear in books and art collections. Included among his many awards for excellence are the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, American Society of Media Photographers' Photographer of the Year Award, and the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award. A graduate of Cooper Union and Yale University, Jay continues his education by teaching younger photographers at workshops, seminars, and lectures around the world.
Dan Margulis
Author, Prepress Manager, and Color Authority
Dan Margulis is internationally regarded as the leading authority on color correction. He is the author of Professional Photoshop, which, since its first edition in 1994, has become the unofficial bible of the prepress and printing industries . His column, "Makeready," which focuses on practical production issues, appears in both Photoshop User and Electronic Publishing magazines. Formerly a professional prepress manager with over 20 years experience heading electronics departments at high-end trade shops, he now offers small-group, hands-on color correction classes in the U.S., Canada, and Europe in four different languages. In September 2001, Dan was one of the first three persons named to the Photoshop Hall of Fame of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals.
Deke McClelland
Author and Trainer
Formerly an art director at one of the first service bureaus in the U.S., Deke McClelland is a best-selling author on the subjects of computer graphics, digital imaging, and electronic design. Since the publication of his first book in 1987 (Desktop Publishing Type & Graphics), Deke has overseen the creation of 80 technology and design books, which have been translated into more than 20 languages with 3 million copies in print. His current book titles include Adobe Photoshop One-on-One, Adobe InDesign One-on-One, and Photoshop Elements for Windows One-on-One (all Deke Press/O'Reilly Media). He also hosts the DVD-based training series Total Training for Adobe Photoshop, Total Training for Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop Elements Unleashed (all Total Training). One of the most award-winning writers in the business, Deke received a total of seven honors from the Computer Press Association. In 2002, he was inducted into NAPP's Photoshop Hall of Fame.
Joe McNally
Photographer
Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed American photographer and long-time photojournalist. From 1994 until 1998, he was LIFE magazine's staff photographer, the first one in 23 years. His most well known series is the "Faces of Ground Zero — Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th," a collection of 246 giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby c Studio near Ground Zero in a three-week period shortly after 9/11. A large group of these historic, compelling life-size (9'x4') photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002, seen by almost a million people. The sale of 55,000 copies of the exhibit book, printed by LIFE, raised over $2 million for the 9/11-relief effort. This collection is considered by many museum and art professionals to be the most significant artistic endeavor to evolve to date from the 9/11 tragedy.
Some of McNally's other renowned photographic series include, "The Future of Flying," a cover and 32-page story, commemorating the centennial observance of the Wright Brothers' flight and the future of aviation, which appeared in National Geographic magazine, December 2003. Joe is a 25-year contributor to National Geographic, and this story was the first all-digital shoot for the magazine. This issue was a National Magazine Award Finalist, and the magazine's best-selling issue ever.
In 2005, Joe shot a photo diary of the New York City Opera's historic first tour to Japan as part of the World Expo 2005. Joe's work has won numerous awards, and appeared in a variety of publications including New York Times magazine, National Geographic, Newsweek, ESPN Magazine, Men's Journal, LIFE, and Fast Company.
McNally's advertising, marketing and promotional work includes Nikon, Sony, Land's End, MetLife, Bogen, Haggin Marketing, Lifetime, AGA Marketing, Kelby Media Group, Wildlife Conservation Society, American Ballet Theatre, Coleman, and FedEx, to name a few.
Bert Monroy
Author and Contributing Columnist
Bert Monroy is considered one of the pioneers of digital art. His work has been seen in many magazines and scores of books. He has served on the faculty of many well known institutions, lectured around the world, written many books and appeared on hundreds of TV shows. Bert hosts a weekly podcast called Pixel Perfect for Revision3.com.
He co-authored The Official Adobe Photoshop Handbook, the first book on Photoshop plus many other books since. His latest books, Photoshop Studio with Bert Monroy: Digital Painting has gotten critical acclaim around the world. Bert writes a column for Photoshop User and Layers magazines.
Bert serves a client list that includes Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, AT&T, American Express, Pixar Animation, Disney Animation and Lockheed/Martin. Bert has also worked in the motion picture industry for Industrial Light and Magic, Pacific Data Images, and R/Greenberg.
In 2004, Bert was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
Moose Peterson
Wildlife Photographer, Author, and Educator
A Nikon Legend Behind the Lens, Lexar Elite Photographer, recipient of the John Muir Conservation Award, Research Associate with the Endangered Species Recovery Program, published in over 130 magazines worldwide, author of 23 books, and lecturing across the country to thousands upon thousands of photographers barely covers the work and goals of wildlife photographer Moose Peterson. One of the original Nikon shooters to receive the D1 in 1999, Moose embraced this new technology becoming the only wildlife photographer in the world to shoot strictly digital in the early years. A beta site for all the major hardware and software manufacturers, Moose continues his main goal of photographing the life history of North America's endangered wildlife and wild places using the latest tools. Creative innovation of new techniques, both behind the camera and the computer, is the driving force behind his photography and goals.
Jack Reznicki
Commercial Photographer and Author
Jack Reznicki is a commercial photographer specializing in people and children based in New York City. His creative problem solving has helped promote products and services for many companies such as Tylenol, The Wall Street Journal, Hyatt, Toys "R" Us, Kodak, Reader's Digest, Crest, AT&T, Playtex, and several Time Magazine covers.
Jack is the author of several books on commercial photography including "Studio and Commercial Photography- A Kodak Pro Workshop" book.
For over 4 years, Jack's insights to professional photography could be found in Petersen's Photographic magazine with his popular "Pro Vision" column. His writings have also appeared in other photography magazines.
Believing that photographers should be pro-active in the photo community, Jack is currently the Chairman of the Board and former President of Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Previously, Jack has served as President of the New York Chapter of Advertising Photographers of America (APA), sat on the Joint Ethics Committee in New York, and served as Board Member of ASMP/NY.
Along with many other awards, Jack was very proud to receive the IPC (International Photographic Council) Leadership medal for "Excellence in Studio Photography" at the United Nations. Jack was appointed a guest professor at Shandong University of Art and Design in Jinan. Jack is also a Mo-Tse Grand Master Photographer in China and proud to be named a Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography.
He is one of the original "Canon Explorers of Light" an "Epson Stylus Pros" and host of the Epson Print Academy's Track One, and a Sandisk "Photo Master". Jack has also does Beta testing and consulting with Canon, Epson, Mamiya, Microsoft, X-Rite, Leaf digital backs, and Adobe.
Jeff Schewe
Advertising Photographer and Consultant
Jeff Schewe is the co-author of Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3 published by Adobe Press/Peachpit and a member of the NAPP Photoshop Hall of Fame. An award-winning advertising photographer by trade, he is known as a digital pioneer and has been a long term alpha/beta tester for Photoshop, Camera Raw and Lightroom. Jeff is also a founding partner in PixelGenius, LLC makers of the PhotoKit™ line of plug-ins. He is the editor in chief of PhotoshopNews.com.
Fay Sirkis
Portrait Artist, Photographer, and Instructor
Fay Sirkis is an internationally recognized portrait artist, photographer, and instructor. She speaks at training conferences and events throughout the US and Europe.
Fay’s studio is in New York and she is a contemporary digital artist with a background in traditional fine art. Fay attended the Pratt School of Professional Studies in New York City where she became certified in Graphic and Web Design. Fay also attended Rockhurst College CE in New York City where she earned her certification in printing and pre-press.
Fay has been honored by Canon as a "Canon Print Master" and her paintings are featured in numerous Canon marketing campaigns. Fay currently trains for Canon at conferences and trade-shows throughout the US.
Fay is a Painter Master, Beta tester, and on the Advisory Committee for Corel Painter. She was instrumental in the launching of Painter IX and X. Her work is featured in Corel's Painter Masters Art Gallery, as well as their numerous ad campaigns.
Fay is a member of the Photoshop World Conference & Expo "Dream Team” of instructors, produced by the National Association of Photoshop Professional's. Her tutorial on "Photo Painting" with Photoshop and Corel Painter was the featured article at Photoshop World Boston in 2007, and in Photoshop User Magazine. She is best known for her simplistic way of teaching, making the learning curve in the digital world easy to master.
Her commissioned portraits and paintings are held in private collections internationally, and also exhibited in museums and art galleries. Fay is the founder of "Fays Art Studio," a high-end commission portrait painting studio, as well as a digital art training and consulting firm based in New York.
An accomplished Portrait Artist, Photographer, and Instructor, Fay Sirkis provides her students with simple recipe's to transform photos into beautiful paintings! Learn how to paint like a Master with Fay Sirkis as she shares the secrets and techniques behind her signature style of "Photo Painting".
To see more of Fay's work, please visit www.faysartstudio.com.
Alan Hess
Concert photographer, writer, instructor
Alan Hess is a San Diego-based commercial photographer specializing in concert and live-event photography.
He has photographed hundreds of concerts three songs at a time. From small club shows to big arenas, Alan enjoys the fast pace of shooting on the fly, the rush of the house lights going down, and the drive to capture the "show" in the images of first three songs.
Some of the Bands/Musicians that Alan has photographed include: Billy Idol, Bob Weir and RatDog, Bruce Hornsby, Citizen Cope, The Dead, Death Cab for Cutie, Derek Trucks Band, The Grateful Dead, Jackie Greene, John Legend, Mickey Hart Band, Robin Williams, Shepard Fairey, The Smashing Pumpkins, Steel Pulse, Widespread Panic, and Willie Nelson.
Alan's work has been published online and in print in the following outlets: Associatedcontent.com, Bruuce.com, Dead.net, Glidemagazine.com, Jambands.com, Jambase.com, MarkKaran.com, MiaBrazilia.com, Poughkeepsie Journal, Mill Valley Herald, Otherones.net, Pauserecord.com, Philzone.com, Ranch & Coast Magazine, Rat-dog.com, Ratdog.org, Relix Magazine and Vintage Guitar Magazine. His images have been used for various CDs and other promotional work.
Alan is currently the house photographer for a large concert venue in southern California and when he isn’t out shooting concerts, he is writing photography books.
He has written two books on Sony DSLR cameras, the “Sony Alpha A700 Digital Field Guide,” and the “Sony Alpha A200 Digital Field Guide,” and is currently working on the “Exposure Digital Field Guide,” all for Wiley Publishing. Alan has contributed to Photoshop User magazine and is a key contributor to the Lexar.com website.
Alan teaches Lightroom and Bridge workflow at Essy’s Studio in San Diego, and writes a regular blog at www.alanhessphotography.com.
Eddie Tapp
Photographer, Lecturer, Consultant, and Author
Eddie Tapp is an award-winning photographer, lecturer, consultant, and author on digital imaging issues. With over 25 years of experience in computer technology, Eddie has been actively involved in educating and consulting corporations, studios and agencies in the applications of digital imaging workflow, color management, pre-press and digital photography globally through workshops, seminars, on-site consulting and training. He's the author of Photoshop Workflow Setups and Practical Color Management, the first two in a series, Eddie Tapp on Digital Photography, published by O'Reilly Media.
Eddie is Director of the Institute of Visual Arts in Maui, Hawaii, an Explorer of Light and Print Master with Canon USA, and is on the Photoshop "Dream Team" with National Association of Photoshop Professional where he was recently inducted into the "Photoshop Hall of Fame". He served 6 years as the Chairman of the Committee on Digital and Advanced Imaging for the Professional Photographers of America, where he holds the Master of Photography, Master of Electronic Imaging, and Photographic Craftsman degrees, Approved Photographic Instructor and is a Certified Professional Photographer. He also served as Commercial Council representative to PPA for the Georgia PPA. His articles have appeared in the Professional Photographer, Rangefinder, Shutterbug, Photo Electronic Imaging, and Southern Exposure & Digital Capture. He also has served on the Adobe Photoshop beta team.
Corporate clients include Epson, Eastman Kodak, Foveon, Polaroid, and Apple Computer, as well as many other international corporations and government agencies. He has also served as print judge at many professional photographic competitions and is a Nationally Qualified Juror for the Professional Photographers of America association in Electronic Imaging.
Eddie hails from Atlanta, Georgia and has been accused of using his southern charm to put his students at ease. His teaching philosophy is simple: solve people's problems by giving them straightforward answers in clear language. Visit www.eddietapp.com
Vincent Versace
Photographer, Trainer, and Contributing Columnist
Vincent Versace is a recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts & Entertainment and the Shellenberg fine art award, a six-time nominee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame and the best-selling author of Welcome to Oz a Cinematic Approach Digital Still Photography with Photoshop. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History. Vincent was the original host of the Epson Print Academy. He is the photographer of Immediate Assistants Medical Rescue Go team and one of the members of the photographic team of Eco-Challenge. He was commissioned by the San Francisco Presidio National Park to create a permanent collection of art for the park. He is an American Photo Magazine Mentor Trek instructor. and has led photographic workshops to San Francisco, Burma, Vietnam, India, Morocco, Costa Rica, Santa Fe, Egypt, Cambodia, Mongolia and Australia. Vincent is former member of the board of directors of Los Angeles chapter of the American Photographers Association and is also a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals "Instructor Dream Team" and teaches regularly at Photoshop World as well as being a regular instructor for the US Navy Combat Camera School, the Maine Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe Photographic and Palm Beach Photographic Workshops. He is a founding member of the Epson Stylus Pros, Xrite Colorotti, Lexar Elite Photographers and a Nikon Legeond Behind the Lens. He is the former artist in residence for Altamira Group and former consultant to the president of Kodak's Digital & Applied Imaging Group. Vincent is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and on the weekends is a part-time super-hero and short-order cook.
Terry White
Technical Resources Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Terry White- Director, North America Creative Pro Technical Sales for Adobe Systems, Inc. Terry has been with Adobe for over a decade and has extensive knowledge of Adobe’s Creative Professional product line.
In his current position, he leads a team of Solution Engineers and Product Specialists that focus on Professional Publishing, Web Authoring and Digital Video/Audio. Terry is an Adobe Certified Expert and Creative Suite Master. He has been active in the industry for over 20 years and is the founder and president of MacGroup-Detroit - Michigan’s largest Macintosh users group and is a columnist for Layers magazine and X-Ology Magazine. Terry is the host of the top ranked Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast. He is also the author of Secrets of the Adobe Bridge and co-author of The iPhone Book and InDesign CS/CS2 Killer Tips. Terry is a key presenter at major industry shows around the world.
Ben Willmore
Author, and Instructor
Ben Willmore is author of the award-winning, best-selling book, Adobe Photoshop Studio Techniques and co-author of another bestseller, How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography . His hit seminars, "Photoshop Mastery" and "Photoshop for Photographers", have established Ben as one of America's favorite Photoshop instructors. He has personally helped over 30,000 design and photography professionals make the transition from blindly following step-by-step techniques, to "Aha! I finally GET Photoshop!" His breakthrough teaching style of "not-just-how-but-why," has made Ben the in-house instructor of choice for companies such as Mercedes Benz, Adobe Systems, America Online, and Fisher-Price. He's a member of the Dream Team for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), a featured speaker at design and photography conferences in America, England ,and Australia, and writes for numerous digital imaging publications, including a monthly column for Photoshop User magazine. In 2004, Ben was inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.
David Ziser
Photographer, Lecturer, and Trainer
David Ziser, an internationally-renowned wedding photographer, has shared his knowledge with tens of thousand's of photographers in five languages and in 14 countries worldwide. Studio Photography acclaimed "Award winning photographer, David Ziser, is showing the world how to take wedding pictures." The Dallas Morning News extolled Ziser as "wedding photographer extraordinaire." David is one of 97 worldwide who hold the highest honor of "Fellow" bestowed by the American Society of Photographers.
David Cuerdon
Digital Photographer, Artist, and Trainer
David Cuerdon is an award-winning visual artist and a true digital pioneer, who was among the world's first digital fashion photographers. He is widely recognized for his rare combination of creative vision and advanced technical skills. His personal work has been showcased in fine art galleries internationally. David's clients have included Playboy, Glamour Magazine, Neiman Marcus and May Company. He is a digital evangelist; enthusiastically sharing his knowledge of digital photography and Photoshop worldwide through live and online training. He is author of the currently best selling Photoshop training DVD, David Cuerdon's Beauty and Portrait Retouching Kit, produced by Kelby Training. He is also a ridiculously handsome and attractive man.
