Andre Amyot | Business Creativity for Success Let Andre show you that Business & Profits are not 4 letter words Andre Amyot, known world-wide as the PhotoCoach, had a 39 year career as a professional photographer. He served his first 10 years as photographer for the Air Force before opening his own studio in 1974. After early struggles, his studio grew at a rapid pace, generating revenues nearing $2 million annually, making his studio one of the most successful in North America.  In 1999, Andre sold his photography studio and began his new career as a speaker, coach, and author, focusing on both personal and business performance issues for the professional photographer. Some of his major speaking engagements have included: the 2000 PPA Convention in Las Vegas - the PPOC Conventions in Toronto, Victoria, Ottawa and Calgary - and repeated engagements at the Triangle Institute of Photography in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He just came back from teaching at the famous Texas School of Professional Photographers , the largest school of it's kind in the world. He has been invited to come back in 2006. He has also delivered numerous technical photography seminars in France and Luxembourg for several associations. Andre is quickly developing a strong reputation as a business performance coach. His services focus primarily on profit-building, cost-effective, high impact marketing strategies, and personal motivation - the key ingredients to optimum studio success. His ability to deliver outstanding results is becoming commonplace, recently achieving a 360% profit growth for one of his clients. Andre has written several articles, among them: "Adventures in Executive Portraiture" published in Professional Photographer magazine. His new book, The Art & Techniques of Business Portrait Photography has just been released. Published by Amherst Media Inc., this unique book covers both the technical and marketing aspects of "business portraiture." The 128 page book, including more than 100 full-color photos is currently available directly from Amherst Media (Amherst Media.com), and from major book retailers including Amazon.com. (ISBN: 1-58428-107-3) He also publishes a newsletter, "The Lumen Factor," which is free to subscribers and focused on studio management issues.  Andre has also served as president of a few photography associations including the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC). He is also a nationally accredited juror for photography exhibitions and currently serves as past chairman of the National Exhibition Committee for the PPOC. Andre still dabbles in photography - but his current mission is to help professional photographers achieve both personal and professional success.
	Bry Cox | Fashion Photography  Bry Cox (Master Photographer • Photographic Craftsman • Certified) Bry Cox has a hip and untraditional style that has been a hit with people like Capitol Records, musicians, filmmakers, celebrities, and TV anchors, as well as young brides and families. He has photographed many notables including Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner, Olivia Newton-John, Steve Forbes, Donny and Marie Osmond, and regularly covers events for past and present governors of Utah. Bryan Cox has a BS in business with an emphasis in Information Systems & Technologies. Bry has also earned both the titles "Master Photographer" AND "Photographic Craftsman" from the Professional Photographers of America, and regularly speaks and teaches other professional photographers in workshops and seminars across the US and Canada.
	Don MacGregor | Environmental Family Portraits Don MacGregor MPA, F/PPABC/A, M.Photog.Cr. Don MacGregor has been a leader in the people, lifestyle and wedding photography industry since he first began in 1974. MacGregor’s passion and commitment to his clients and profession over the years are reflected in the expansion of his studio from a small apartment-size space to 3000 square feet, becoming one of the most successful portrait and wedding photography practices in Vancouver, British Columbia. Don has earned his Canadian and American Photography Degrees - Masters, Craftsman, Fellow and Service. And he has been involved prominently in the photographic community, as past president of both the Professional Photographers of Canada and the Professional Photographers of British Columbia. In Salon Competition, Don Macgregor’s photography has received awards virtually every year since his obtaining membership. Over the years Don MacGregor has recieved: Best of Class, Gallery, Epcot and aggregate awards in almost every portrait and wedding photography category - in many cases the awards have been received numerous times. MacGregor Studios has specialized in portrait and wedding photography in Vancouver, British Columbia for over 30 years. Many of our creatively designed wedding albums and family portraits have been displayed throughout Canada, the United States, and the Commonwealth. Our work is included in the permanent collections of both the Canadian and American Professional Photographers Association Archives as well as the International Exposition of Photography at Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida.
	Hanson Fong | How To be a Complete Photographer Hanson Fong of San Francisco, California, is recognized as one of the premier wedding photographers in the industry today. With over 30 years experience, Hanson will share his techniques that apply to both fine art and photojournalistic photography. He will demonstrate the 10 classic pose techniques he pioneered, which will allow you to handle every bride and groom anytime, anywhere. A live shooting demonstration with models and instant on-screen projection will help illustrate Hanson’s flow posing and shoot around techniques. He will also show how to apply the same posing methods to group portraits. Hanson will also cover lighting and metering techniques. Learn how to photograph in any lighting conditions, indoors and outdoors, anyplace, anytime.
	Janice Wendt | Professional Polish Covering Digital Workflow, Nik Software, Nikon Capture NX, Photoshop Janice Wendt is the Channel Sales Manager for Nik Software, Inc., focusing on the photographic and imaging market. Janice works on educational issues for Nik Software and trains professionals in subjects related to the digital capture process and digital workflow. Janice offers a practical view of the transition from film to digital conversion process for professionals. Janice is an experienced commercial and portrait photographer with over 20 years of experience working in film photography and is an accomplished digital photographer and photo retoucher. Before joining Nik Software, Inc., Janice worked as a photographic Product Manager for OmegaSatter managing a broad range of products in their photographic product distribution division from cameras to paper products. Janice leads educational and training tours nationally, as a featured speaker at events including FOTOfusion, (Palm Beach Photographic Centre), Photo Dialogues (New England School of Photography) and numerous PPA events
	Kalen Henderson | Senior Portraits - Adapt or Die! Following almost 20 years as a successful studio owner, Kalen has moved to the next level and now serves as a consultant to studios across the U.S. and Canada.   Kalen purchased her photography studio in 1987 and fo   llowing four studio expansions settled just half a block off the square in this county seat community of just 8,000 in Southeast Iowa.   She holds the PPA Degrees of Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman, Master of Electronic Imaging, Certified Professional Photographer, Certified Electronic Imager and Approved Photographic Instructor.   In 2002 she was awarded the ASP Educational Fellowship for her thesis entitled, “Less is More”.   She serves on the Board of Governors of the American Society of Photographers and is a PPA Councilor for the State of Iowa. She has served on the PPA Certification Committee as well as CPP Commissioner for Iowa.
	Marilyn Sholin | Merging Portraits, Lanscapes and Art For 25 years, Master Craftsman Portrait Artist Marilyn Sholin has constantly and creatively set the bar, in an industry that she has always believed was REAL ART. Marilyn’s impact on the traditional photography industry is evident in her packed convention programs and workshops. She has inspired photographers and artists internationally to stretch their imaginations using digital art. Her methods of teaching have the students painting almost immediately giving them the satisfaction of knowing they can attain results quickly. Marilyn, who was always best known as the premier baby, children, and family Portrait Photographer is now-- Marilyn, the Portrait Artist and Painter Expert.
	Scott Condray | Photoshop for Photographers Scott has taught Photoshop to thousands of photographers throughout the country. Scott brings 30 years of experience as a photographer and photo editor to his Photoshop Classes and Workshops. His consulting clients include dozens of successful studios, photo labs and publishers. Scott was a founding partner in Photoworks Color Lab and Adstock Photos. He is currently the President of Visualville. www.visualville.com
	Tim Meyer | Basic Photography & Lighting Tim Meyer has worked as a professional photographer since 1979 and currently serves as the Chair of the Portrait Division of Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.  He holds the prestigious Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman and Certified Professional Photographer distinctions from Professional Photographers of America (PPA). With over 27 years of professional experience, a Masters Degree in Art and numerous one-man exhibitions of his fine art work, Tim brings a unique perspective to the portrait world.  His knowledge of the history of art and photography and their trends are fundamental to his understanding of the art.
	Tony Corbell | Power of Light  For Advanced Students only   In the past twenty-five years since beginning his photography career Tony has photographed three U.S. presidents, 185 World Leaders, 65 Nigerian Heads of State, about 550 brides and grooms, a couple of Astronauts and lots of famous and not so famous faces. In his travels he has photographed lions in Africa , sunflower fields in Tuscany , Mayan ruins and street vendors in Mexico and Volleyball players at the Olympics. Along the way Tony has spoken at over 300 seminars and workshops nationally and in Italy, Germany, Canada, England, Ireland, the Philippines, New Zealand and more. He is the recipient of the highest honor from the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International with their Lifetime Achievement Award and achieved the status of Photographic Craftsman from the Professional Photographers of America. In May 2005 Tony was awarded Photographer of the Year by the International Photographic Council, a non-governmental department of the United Nations, at a ceremony at the U.N. In 2006 Tony was invited to be a part of the Camera Craftsmen of America, a group of the top 40 photographers in thr world. Tony has been linked to photographic lighting and education since his collaboration with Dean Collins in the mid to late 1980’s, which lead to his teaching at Brooks Institute of Photography and the production of over 20 “How-To” videos and DVD ’s. His Basic Studio Lighting book from AmPhoto has been popular worldwide and is the basis for numerous photographic college lighting courses across the U.S. Tony has written articles in every major photographic magazine in the U.S. Japan and China. Today, Tony is the Senior Manager of Product Education and Planning for  Nik Software Inc., located in San Diego, California