Suzette Allen | Intermediate/Advanced Photoshop Suzette Allen, the Photoshop Diva herself...      Suzette Allen has quickly become a well-known instructor, teaching others how to master the tools of Photoshop. After years of graphic design work and working as a retoucher at a photo lab, Suzette is quite adept at the skills needed for efficiency, creativity and great composition. Pair that with her natural teaching style, and you have a winning combination!      Suzette has been a professional portrait photographer for over 24 years and has been teaching digital imaging for 8 years.       She has been an international speaker for Photographic Conventions, as well as a teacher at many of the PPA affiliated schools. She is the recipient of the Fuji Masterpiece Award for Digital and Commercial Photographer of the Year for California in 2002. She is currently the “Photoshop Expert” on ShootSmarter.com, a resource site dedicated to helping photographers survive the Digital Dive.      Suzette is best known for her patient and down-to-earth teaching style and extensive knowledge of Photoshop with an intense focus on efficiency.      Jon Yoshinaga, Suzette Allen’s class assistant and husband, has been working with her since 2003 teaching Photoshop around the nation.      Having worked in the photographic industry for almost 30 years, as a commercial, wedding and portrait photographer, a photo instructor, as well as in the digital department of a full service professional color lab, Jon’s experience gives him the insight and understanding to help the photographers navigate their way in the new territory that “Digital” has created.      A self-proclaimed “Techno-Geek” Jon keeps the class up to speed, troubleshooting computer and camera problems as well as helping the students who need it and keeping technical snags to a minimum.
	Arthur Rainville & Jennifer Hudson | Creative Views on Art & Portraiture      Arthur Levi Rainville has been called, “…one of our industry’s premier creative minds.”  Known for enticing photographers to be more innovative in their imagery and their business, Arthur continues to travel the country speaking with groups hungry for his inspirational message.       Working out of his studio in historic Whitinsville, Massachusetts for over 40 years, he is known for his soft, granular color work.  Refinements of this life’s passion lead to his lyrical Mansuesco style of today.  Defying a definable formula, Mansuesco, much like Impressionism, is a plurality of looks.  An innate quality of light coupled with a compositional choreography is akin to his signature style.  In a one-man show at the French Cultural Center, his work was astutely referred to as “…a synthesis of observation and imagination blended with a palette of gauzy colors.”  Returning photographic Portraiture to an art form is his muse.         Arthur serves as Director of the prestigious New England School of Photography in Boston, where he has taught Portraiture for 25 years.  As a prolific author and noted touring lecturer, he has work being shown throughout the United States, South America and Europe. JENNIFER HUDSON, M. Photog., Cr., CPP is one of the “now” generation of visualists creating beguiling images that are both artistically stylized and meticulously crafted.  Founder of Perry Aslyn Photography, Fort Worth, Texas’, premiere Wedding Studio, and now residing in Boston, MA with her new Studio, OliveAvonlea, Jennifer is a rising star in the PPA ranks, achieving sufficient merits for her Masters and Craftsman in just three years, along with a host of trophies and awards in every category.      She is in constant demand to teach her unique brand of Vintage and Haute Couture imagery.  Last year she wowed with her innovative approach to Fine Art Portraiture at Texas School, West Coast School and Image Explorations in Victoria, Canada.  She is currently Director of Portrait/Wedding at Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University.      With a classical music and orchestral background, she breathes life into her portraits with an air of subtly that only inspired thought and a delicate, inventive hand can achieve.  Dreamlike influences and stirring emotional demeanor truly separate her photographs from the mundane.       Her work offers up the drama that dwells in the human psyche.      She has been called: “….a gifted talent, her enchanting images are inexhaustible invitations to a romanticized reality.”
	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 | Retouch Like the Masters 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
	Ken Sklute | Ken Sklute has been honored as one of  Canon's Explorers of Light, a designation shared by only 78 top photographers worldwide. During his 34 year photographic career, Ken has been named Photographer of the Year a total of 26 times between Arizona, New York, and California. Ken has accomplished his Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees from the Professional Photographers of America;  Accolade of Photographic Mastery, Accolade of Outstanding Photographic Achievement, Accolade of Exceptional Photographic Achievement, Accolade of Highest Photographic Achievement, and the Accolade of Lifetime Photographic Excellence. In 2008, Ken was awarded the Wedding Photographer of the Year from the Professional Photographers of California. Recent years have Ken awarded Best in Show at the Western States Regional Print Competition, Photographer of the Year-Western States Regional Print Competition; Photographer of the Year-Silver Level from the Professional Photographers of America; The Year 2005 saw Ken receive the Drag Racing Photographer of the Year from CompetitionPlus.com., Wedding Photographer of the Year and Photojournalist of the Year from the Professional Photographers of California, as well as receiving the Heidi Mauracher Starlite award for Best Wedding Photograph. Ken as accomplished 14 Kodak Gallery awards and 15 Fuji Masterpiece Awards. Ken spends much of his time teaching and lecturing both Nationally and Internationally.
	Sherron Sheppard | Painter/Photoshop “Secrets to Dynamic Digital Art” Sherron Shepherd brings the eye of an artist and the heart of a photographer to her enchanting views on life ... Sherron Sheppard, PPA Master Photographer, PPA Photographic Craftsman, F-PPC, & Artist Sherron Sheppard began her career in photography 10 years ago after many years as a traditional artist.  As an artist, Sherron taught watercolor techniques for fifteen years and was a seasonal instructor for eight years teaching watercolor painting at Yosemite National Park. Sherron spent many years photographing weddings using unique and contemporary ideas to set her work apart from other photographers. In 2003 the Professional Photographers of California (PPC) awarded Sherron “Photographer of the Year” in the Journalistic Wedding Category. Again in 2005, PPC awarded Sherron “Photographer of the Year”, in a second category, the Illustrative.  Once again, in March, 2006, Sherron has earned her third “Photographer of the Year”, again in the Illustrative category.  Plus, she was awarded PPC’s 2006 overall “Photographer of the Year” with the highest print case total, and also Best of Show. In January, 2006, Sherron received national recognition when the Professional Photographers of America awarded her the prestigious 2005 “Platinum Photographer of the Year” with 3 Loan Collection Images. Also, in 2006, Sherron was inducted into the American Society of Photographers (ASP), a “by invitation” society of professional photographic artists who hold PPA degrees and honor others who have achieved the highest levels of photographic excellence. Sherron has earned 4 Fuji Masterpiece awards, 2 Kodak Gallery Awards, 4 Judges Awards and has exhibited her work nationally.  Sherron is now presenting programs and workshops to photographers on the creative world that digital has opened and how to make the most of the artistic opportunities opened to us all. Sherron is a PPA Certified Photographer and holds her Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees.  She resides with her family in the beautiful coastal city of Ventura, California. www.sheppardphotography.com sherron@sheppardphotography.com
	Tammy Mars | Burlesque, Fine Art Figure Study Tammy Mars found her interest in photography at the age of eleven.  She started her professional career at the age of seventeen photographing models and pageants.  Five months after high school graduation, she opened the Gallery la Roux.  Getting the opportunity to model  for Frank Cricchio in 2001 and traveling the country learning from the greatest masters of portrait art was not only very educational, but an exceptional experience as well.  Tammy started speaking on the circuit at the age of 22 accompanying Frank on lectures, then in 2004 she branched off to teach on her own.  She has lectured in over 20 states and in Canada.   Achieving her Craftsmen, ABI, and CBM through PPA  has made her business what it is today!  It is now the Gallery la Roux’s tenth anniversary.
	The Reinbold's | In The Beginning... Terry and Donna return to teach the basics of portraiture and lighting.      Terry Reinbold began his photography career in 1978, at a prominent Glendale studio. He specializes in weddings and his line of fine art photographs - "Altered Reality".        Donna Reinbold has had two of her portraits selected for publication in the exclusive Professional Photographers of America Loan Collection book. Her specialties are working with children, teens, and expectant moms, creating images that capture the heart in black & white, hand-colored, brown-toned, or traditional color prints.
	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.