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Tom Bol
Dave Black Tom Bol is a freelance photographer based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Due to his passion for outdoor photography, Tom’s assignments have ranged from photographing Himalayan climbing expeditions to documenting a two month sea kayaking trip in Patagonia. Tom seems to find himself photographing interesting, precarious angles, including the bottom of a crevasse on Mt. McKinley to a grizzly bear’s mouth (as it dragged his gear away). Past assignments have taken him to Central and South America, Europe, Asia and throughout the U.S. Most recently he photographed stories in Belize, Baja and Alaska.

Tom regularly shoots editorial assignments for publications such as Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, Paddler, Runners World, Sunset and the Wall Street Journal. He is a contributing editor at Canoe and Kayak magazine, traveling the globe each year photographing stories. National Geographic Adventure listed Tom as one of America’s top 50 visionaries for his photography. Nikon has featured his work in Nikon World Magazine, as well as in their product catalogs and at tradeshows. In addition to his editorial work, Tom photographs a wide variety of commercial assignments from fashion lines for Columbia Sportswear to tourism images for visitor bureaus. Tom’s images are marketed worldwide by seven different stock agencies including Aurora Photos and Getty Images.

Tom has been teaching workshops for over 15 years, and is known for his dynamic teaching style and boundless enthusiasm, both during the day and at night!

www.tombolphoto.com

Jill Enfield
Jill Enfield is a respected artist whose book, Photo Imaging: A Complete Guide to Alternative Processes, was published by Watson-Guptill and won the Golden Light Award for Best Technical Book of 2002. In May 2003, Jill's web site was awarded one of the "25 Best Web-sites" by Photo District News Magazine. In 2004, Enfield received a Faculty Development Grant through the New School in New York City and embarked on melding historical and modern techniques to create a body of work. Her main subjects were new immigrants to the United States; she worked with both wet-plate collodion and digital processes to create the final prints. Nikon has honored Jill on two occasions selecting her as a "Legend Behind The Lens." New work can be seen in the March/April 2006 issue of View Camera Magazine, the May/June 2006 issue of Photo Techniques Magazine, and www.takegreatpictures.com. Jill Enfield's Web site address is www.jillenfield.com.

Andrew Hudson
Andrew Hudson won the Grand Prize in the National Self-Published Book Awards (1999). He has published 14 color photography books, including ten of his own work and three with National Geographic photographer Bob Krist. Andrew does everything himself, including the photography, writing, layout, financing, and arranging printing and distribution. All of his books are nationally distributed and still in print, including one that is in its eighth printing. He has written for Shutterbug's Outdoor and Nature Photography magazine and operates the popular Web site "PhotoSecrets" — How to take and sell travel photos.

In 1996 — following a round-the-world trip, and an amateur photography award in National Geographic Traveler magazine — Andrew quit his engineering job to pursue photography and publishing. His first project — PhotoSecrets San Francisco — won the national Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Book. Other Benjamin Franklin awards followed, including Best Coffee-Table/Gift Book, Best Publisher's Website, Best Photography Book (finalist) and Best Travel Guide (finalist). His latest book — A Photo Tour of Las Vegas — is currently a finalist in the photography category for the Book of the Year Award.
Andrew's Web site is www.photosecrets.com

Bob Krist
Bob Krist is a freelance photographer who works regularly on assignment for magazines such as National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian, and Islands. These assignments have taken him to all seven continents and have won awards in the Pictures of the Year, Communication Arts, and World Press Photo competitions. During his work, he has been stranded on a glacier in Iceland, nearly run down by charging bulls in southern India, and knighted with a cutlass during a Trinidad voodoo ceremony. He has won the title of "Travel Photographer of the Year" from the Society of American Travel Writers and in 2000, his work was honored at the Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography in New York City.

Bob's books include In Tuscany (Broadway Books, NY), which features 270 pages of his photographs of the region and is a collaboration with author Frances Mayes. It spent a month on the New York Times bestseller list. He also photographed the coffeetable books Caribbean and Portrait of the Caribbean and Low Country: Charleston to Savannah (Graphic Arts Center Publishing) , A Photo Tour of New York (Photo Secrets Publishing, San Diego), and Impressions of Bucks County (Old Mill Productions, New Hope PA).

An accomplished writer as well as a photographer, Bob is a contributing editor at both National Geographic Traveler and Outdoor Photographer, where he writes a travel photography column. His how-to book Spirit of Place: The Art of The Traveling Photographer (Amphoto Books, NY) was hailed by American Photographer magazine as "the best book about travel photography we've ever read." He lectures in Washington DC as part of the ongoing "Live at the National Geographic" series. He teaches photo workshops for the Maine and Santa Fe Photo Workshops, National Geographic Expeditions, Linblad Expeditions and the Olympic Mountain School of Photography.

A former professional actor, Bob hosted Nature's Best Photography, a 13-part series for National Wildlife Productions on the Outdoor Life Network, and Photography Close Up, one of Cablevision's "MagRack" series. Starting in May 2005, he will host the PBS special Restoration Stories. Bob lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania, with his wife Peggy and their three sons. Bob Krist's Web site address is www.bobkrist.com.

Bobbi Lane

Bobbi Lane

Bobbi 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. She is a regular contributing photographer to both Ridgefield and Bedford Magazines in Connecticut.

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 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 their Education Award.

Bobbi is a Contributing Editor to Photo Techniques magazine, and author of the book, Creative Techniques for Color Photography, published by Amherst Media. Advertising Photography: A Straightforward Guide to a Complex Industry by Lou Lesko with Bobbi Lane, published by Thomson Course Technology was released in Oct. 2007. Her instructional lighting DVDs, Portrait Lighting Techniques and Portraits Unplugged are available through Calumet.

Bobbi’s website is www.bobbilane.com

Martha Rial
Martha Rial is a staff photographer for The St. Petersburg Times. Before joining the Times in 2006, she was a staff photographer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for 13 years. Rial is a graduate of Ohio University's School of Visual Communication.

Rial has won a National Headliners Award, the Scripps Howard Foundation Award for Photojournalism and has been named Pennsylvania Newspaper Photographer of the Year. Her work has also been honored by the Society of Newspaper Design and Associated Press Managing Editors. Rial's photographs documenting the lives of Burundian and Rwandan refugees won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.

John Running
John Running has lived in Flagstaff, Arizona for the past 38 years. He has been making photographs for advertising, design and editorial clients for over 33 years. He specializes in photographing people either on location or in the studio. His photographs stand out because they have a style that is personally creative and graphically strong.

Give him 1/125th of a second and he will give you so much more.

Originally from Buffalo, New York, Running studied Earth Sciences at the New Mexico School of Mines and then spent four years in the United States Marine Corps, where he served in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and West Indies. Afterward he studied for and received a degree in Anthropology at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. Now he shares his downtown Flagstaff studio with his daughter Raechel Marie.

Photo assignments have taken him to Italy, France, Spain, The Netherlands, Scotland, The Galapagos Islands, Jordan, The West Bank, The Gaza Strip, and South America. His clients include Eastman Kodak, Polaroid, Nikon, Ilford, Coors Beer, Lee Jeans, U S West, Sterling Commerce and Canyon Records. He has also published seven books including Honor Dance, Pictures for Solomon, Dancer, Halo of the Sun and Navajo Weaving Way. John Running's Web site address is www.johnrunning.com

Eddie Soloway

Eddie Soloway’s photographs (www.eddiesoloway.com) are the expression of his passion and commitment to the natural world. His eye has developed during a lifetime of exploring the earth’s wild places. Former positions in educational workshop design, wilderness program development, and custom fine photographic printing have further honed his expertise.

In 1998, Eddie was the first recipient of the Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award presented by the Santa Fe Center for Photography. Today he divides his time between making fine-art prints, teaching, speaking on creativity and the photographic life, and furthering photographic publishing projects. His first book, One Thousand Moons, was published in the summer of 2004.

An impassioned teacher, Eddie brings experiences in both nature and photography to his workshop.

Tony Sweet
Joe McNally After 20 years as a professional jazz artist, Tony Sweet changed careers and directed his creative juices towards nature photography 15 years ago. The improvisational, spontaneous and abstract nature of jazz are also integral elements of nature photography.

Tony and his significant other, Susan Milestone (Instructor and professional photographer) conduct Visual Artistry photography workshops throughout the continental United States and Canada. Tony's articles and photography are featured in Shutterbug and Rangefinder magazines and as a contributor to Nikonnet.com. He is a staff writer for Nikon World magazine and maintains an active speaking schedule on the subjects of nature and flower photography and marketing, addressing professional photography organizations, universities, seminars, and workshops in the U.S. and Canada.

Today, Tony's work is published worldwide. His images are represented by the Getty Picture Agency. His photographic prints are exhibited at the Nikon Corporate office in NYC, Mercy Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Breast Center and in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. He also has two images on Apple Macintosh computers desktop patterns. Tony is a staff instructor on http://betterphoto.com and is a member of the Baltimore chapter of ASMP. He is honored to be a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens and is a member nikSoftware’s Team Nik.

Tony has authored three books on the art of photography: Fine Art Nature Photography, Fine Art Flower Photography, and Fine Art Photography: water, ice, fog (Jan. 2007). Fine Art Digital Nature Photography is due out January, 2009. All are published by Stackpole Books.

www.tonysweet.com

Brenda Tharp
Brenda Tharp is an award-winning outdoor and travel photographer who is recognized for her strong design sense and personal vision. She has been published in numerous publications, including those from Michelin, National Geographic, Sierra, Audubon, Nature Conservancy and Northwest Airlines. Brenda's book, Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography (Amphoto) was chosen as a textbook for a University of Long Island photography program. Brenda has written for Outdoor Photographer, Apogee, Photo Migrations and Nature Photographer magazines. Brenda was featured on Canon's Photo Safaris, KRON-TV news, and in Rangefinder and Studio Photography and Design magazines. Brenda's work is represented by Jupiter Images and Photo Researchers. Her work is in private collections around the country. In addition, she has had solo shows in California, Montana and Washington. Brenda is a highly regarded instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience and she is coming to Sundance Workshop to teach this special class in photographing nature. www.brendatharp.com

Nevada Wier
Nevada Wier is an award-winning photographer specializing in the remote corners of the globe and the cultures that inhabit them. She is recognized for her creative and intimate approach to people. She has been published in numerous national and international publications: National Geographic, Geo, Islands, and Outside. Nevada's work is represented by Getty and Corbis. Nevada's books include The Land of Nine Dragons — Vietnam Today (Abbeville Press), Adventure Travel Photography (Amphoto), Day in the Life of Thailand, and Mother Earth. Nevada has been featured on National Geographic Explorer, Canon Photo Safaris and the Travel Channel. She is a Fellow of The Explorer's Club and a member of the Women's Geographic Society. She is now teaching for Sundance Photographic Workshops in the magnificent setting of mountainous Utah! Nevada is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nevada Wier's Web site address is www.nevadawier.com.

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