Marc Adamus

In his session, "Looking Within", Marc speaks about his artistic philosophy, vision and how he creates powerful and engaging landscape imagery. 

Erin Babnik

In “Beyond Perfection: Balancing Artistry and Technique in Your Photography", Erin uses a unique approach of blending historical, philosophical, and instructional ideas, which has made her one of the most notable voices of landscape photographers today.

Wendy Bagnall

In "Authenticity and Vulnerability: A Path to Finding Personal Creativity in Photography”, this class will explore the themes of authenticity and vulnerability in photography, and how embracing these qualities can help us develop our own personal photographic style. Recommended activities will be shared, to help participants achieve personal creative growth.

Sean Bagshaw

Sean has joined us for two amazing sessions, "Photoshop Blending: Focus, Perspective and Dynamic Range" and "Seeing The Light: Learning About Light And How To Work With It".

John Barclay

In "Why B&W: Follow your Vision", John Barclay and Cole Thompson discuss their journey to find elements of their vision and then Cole will demonstrate his 7 steps to post-process your images.

John returns to NPC with "Expressive B&W Photography" (LIVE June 2025)!

Bruce Barnbaum

In "Expanding your vision and creativity... a lifelong process", Bruce discusses creativity in the arts, sciences, business, with an emphasis on photography. 

Sandra Bartocha

Sandra will talk about how she approaches her photography, the search for a project, the intuition and observation that determine the way she interprets and transforms a scene.

Alister Benn

Alister has joined us for two incredible sessions "Understanding the Landscape - The Emotional Language of Vision" and "The Creative Paradigm: The "You" in Photography!" Learn from Alister as he offers new ways to help creatives connect the dots in new ways.

Eric Bennett

Eric has joined us for two amazing sessions, "Adding by Subtracting: The Art of Exclusion" and “Listen to the Light". Eric shows how to make remarkable photographs at any given time of day.

Greg Benz

In "Dodging & Burning with Luminosity Masks", Greg teaches us the technical and artistic principles to use luminosity masks and selections to enhance the existing light in your images to help create depth and dramatic lighting.

Michael Bollino

In “In Search of Small Scenes”, Michael shares his process for discovering and capturing small scenes within the grand landscape, from mindset shifts to creative strategies, ending with an image processing demo to refine your visual storytelling.

Theo Bosboom

In "The Art of Intimate Landscapes", Theo shows us skills like, the art of seeing, how to achieve a balanced composition, how to incorporate moving elements, and so much more. 

Theo will be joining us again for “Seascapes: The Intertidal Zone” in May 2025. This is not to be missed!

Beth Buelow

In "Creating Personally Iconic Imagery (Epic Location Not Required)", Beth explores shifting from chasing iconic locations to creating personally iconic images, helping you overcome "epic location FOMO" and develop a body of work that reflects your unique vision.

David Cobb

In "Light, Color, Form and Expression", David dissects the four tenets of photography: light, color, form, and expression, and how they can help you on your photographic journey. 

Joshua Cripps

Joshua has joined us for two amazing sessions, "Stop Being a 1-Dimensional Photographer!" and “Telephoto Landscapes." Josh teaches how to harness the power of your telephoto lens in order to tell more effective visual stories. 

Chrissy Donadi

In "Photography Workflow Revolution: Unlocking Lightroom Classic's Full Potential", Chrissy offers insights into tailoring Lightroom Classic to fit your unique needs. We'll explore the art of efficient organization, making the most of Lightroom's capabilities, and streamlining post-processing. 

Albert Dros

In "Color & Depth in Landscape Photography", Albert will show us his post-processing techniques, including but not limited to how to make your photos look vibrant and saturated, but not cross a certain edge, how to work with colour contrast & harmony and how to use different white balances in one photo.

David duChemin

David has joined us for two sessions, "A Wilder Voice, Wildlife: Photographs That Are More Than Just Good" and “Photographic Storytelling: Hooking the Heart & the Imagination.” David teaches the ideas and techniques that make our photographs not only more compelling, and memorable, but explore and express our own perspectives and experiences of the wild.

Meredith Fontana

Join us for a special five-part workshop on "Organizing and Post-Processing from Start to Finish" hosted by Meredith herself! This is not to be missed!

Michael Frye

Frye has joined us for two powerful sessions, "Range Mask & Local Adjustments in Lightroom" and “A Sense of Mystery." Michael shows simple, yet dynamic, techniques to make your photographs come to life!

Franka Gabler

In “Conveying Mood and Capturing the Essence”, Franka analyzes several essential components that contribute to expressing and conveying mood such as choice of light, color, contrast, weather, and/or shutter speed exposure.

Charlotte Gibb

In "Composition Eats Subject for Breakfast", Charlotte teaches concrete composition skills to help you successfully compose in the field and post-processing techniques to make your images sing. 

Adam Gibbs

In "Forest Photography", Adam cover what inspires him about woodland photography, how he looks for compositions and the types of things he looks for in a woodland, and post-processing to bring scenes to life!

Francesco Gola

In “A Connection to the Sea: The Vision and Techniques of Impactful Seascapes” Francesco  shares his full creative process for capturing emotionally powerful seascapes—from gear and planning to composition, editing, and practical tips—while answering audience questions throughout. 

Michael E. Gordon 

In “Inspiration, Imagination & Intention: Fulfillment and Success in the Art of B&W", Gordon will discuss his decades of photographic work on American deserts and will detail how thematic work and projects have been transformative to his artistic experience.

Randall J. Hodges

Randall will cover the all-in-camera techniques he uses to capture his remarkable images without the need for post-processing. He will show some of his favorite images along with the techniques used to capture them.

Kai Hornung

In "Finding Small: Your Own Creative Journey", Kai shows your how to shape your own artistic voice, develop a unique style, build confidence in your own work and receive practical advice for improving your photography to make it more personal.

Huibo Hou

Huibo has joined us for two incredible sessions, "Getting to the Essence in B&W" and "Elevating the Visual and Emotional Impact of Landscape Photography in B&W." Huibo's classes are designed to inspire you towards creating impactful black and white images.

Brooks Jensen 

Brooks has joined us for two amazing sessions “B&W's Cousin: Toned Monochrome Images" and "The Power of Projects: Beyond the Single Image." Jensen teachs methods that match the image content to the toned aesthetic and how to effectively choose their best images, refine them through thoughtful editing, and create a compelling narrative through sequencing.

Stephanie Johnson

Join us for Stephanie Johnson's "Abstracting the Landscape with ICM” where we learn learn techniques for abstracting the landscape through the lens of Intentional Camera Movement, aka ICM, and Multiple Exposure ICM (ME ICM). 

Chuck Kimmerle

In "Creating Original and Compelling Landscape Photographs", Chuck walks through examples of his work, and that of others, to discuss best practices for creating unique work while staying true to our personal vision.

Jennifer King

In "Fine Art of Black & White Photography", Jennifer walks you through the creative process of defining your vision and creating dramatic images.

Jennifer returns to NPC with “Step into the World of Black & White” (LIVE June 2025!).

David Kingham

In "Rethinking Lightroom: A Unique Approach to Colors and Tones", David shows a unique method to achieve beautiful tones and colors with minimal effort. Say goodbye to blown out highlights and blocked up shadows!

Adrian Klein

In "Finding Success with Forest Photography", Adrian shares is successes and challenges for shooting forest and tree photography. 

Susan Magnano

Join us for Susan Magnano's "Illuminating Nightscapes: Mastering the Art of Light Painting" where we learn how to create captivating nightscapes and how to transform ordinary scenes into extraordinary works of art.

Sarah Marino

Sarah has joined us for four amazing sessions She teaches us how to take an "expansive view" of photography. Be sure to check out all of the insight and education that Sarah offers!

Richard Martin

Richard has joined us for two amazing sessions, “Towards Abstraction in the Natural World” and “The Expressive Power of Tones." He provides an opportunity to discover alternative ways to work creatively.

Len Metcalf

In “Monochrome Lens: Abstraction, Intuition, Nature and the Inner Landscape" Len shares his soulful approach to monochrome photography as a quiet, expressive, and deeply personal way of seeing - rooted in intuition, emotional depth, and reverence for the natural world.

Mike Mezeul II

In "Photographing the Beauty of Storms", Mike shows techniques for documenting unique storms. From forecasting to the technicalities of the camera and his vision for each frame, Mike shares what it truly takes to be at one with the storms!

Colleen Miniuk

In "Creating with the Creative Process: A Visualization - Driven Approach toMeaningful Photographs", Colleen will give you a creative jolt! Hear insights and skills that will you connect more deeply with your subjects and create more meaningful visual expressions.

Anna Morgan

In "Vision and Self Discovery: Reflexivity as Photographic Practice", Anna explores photography as a reflective practice, helping you slow down, embrace expression, and create deeply personal, meaningful work.

Charles Needle

Charles has joined us for two amazing sessions "Abstract & Expressionist Photography: Crafting Painterly Masterpieces In-Camera" and “Creative iPhone Photography." Charles teaches us how to transform everyday scenes into visual masterpieces using your smartphone.

Melissa Needle

In “Creative iPhone Photography", Melissa Needle, alongside Charles, will explore how making images with your phone can help you become a better photographer and review various apps you can use to craft mind-blowing imagery.

Paul Nguyen

Join us for Paul's "Time Lapse Photography: When the Pace of Life just isn't Fast Enough” where you will learn how to add a new dimension to your photography.

Alex Noriega

In "Simple Adjustments for a Big Impact", Alex uses the idea of simplification in post-processing to make my subjects stand out, giving even small or quiet subjects a large impact. 

Freeman Patterson

In "Call of Creativity", Freeman teaches us about the nature of creativity and the ways to nurture and develop the creativity with which each of us was born. This presentation is a real gem!

Nick Page

In "Advancing in Photoshop", Nick helps you advance your ability to work with Luminosity Masks. He also shows us powerful techniques utilizing luminosity masks and selections in a non-destructive Photoshop Workflow.

William Patino

In "Landscape Composition & Contrast for Depth and Visual Flow", William will share his approach for composing both grand and intimate scenes, using wide, mid-range and telephoto lenses, as well as his effective yet simple post-processing workflow,

Matt Payne

In "Finding and Leveraging a Connection with Place to Create Unique Grand Scenic Landscape Photographs", Matt delves into the power of connecting deeply with the landscapes we photograph.

Ian Plant

Ian has joined us for three inspiring sessions "Anatomy of a Grand Landscape Photograph", “How to Take Amazing Drone Photos" and "Making Artistic Wildlife Photographs." Ian teaches us how to make compelling grand landscape compositions.

Colin Prior

In "Finding your own Voice", Colin will advocate practical ways which will help photographers realise their own dreams, drawing on my own experiences over 43 years as a professional.

Jennifer Renwick

From the exciting, wide scenes to the smaller stories and unique abstract opportunities, Jennifer shares techniques and tips for photographing sand dunes in her session, "Dynamic Dunes."

Rachel Jones Ross

In "Mastering Night Photography", Rachel shares her technical approach to  photographing the night sky under a wide variety of light conditions, white balance, when and how to stack images for noise reduction.

Blake Rudis

Get ready to explore the world of color theory and its application in photography, presented from an artistic, painterly perspective in Blake's "Color Theory for Photographers."

James Rushforth 

In "Exploring the Italian Dolomites & Iceland: an unexpected career in photography and guidebook writing", James will show us how his career has led him to the creation of three photo-location guidebooks, and so much more.

Kristen Ryan

Join us for Kristen Ryan's “Expanding Creativity with Long Exposure Photography” where we will explore long exposure. Learn about filters, settings and conditions to really elevate your photography!

Nic Stover

Join Nic Stover, founder of NPC, for a special session on "Printing & Selling Your Work." In just four years, he has sold over $200K in prints, cards, and folios and will guide you through turning your photography into profit.

Tony Sweet

In "The Unique World of Infrared Photography", Tony covers the applications of practical and artistic considerations when photographing in infrared and so much more. 

Guy Tal

Guy has joined us for two amazing sessions, "Creativity and Expression in Photography" and "Be Extraordinary." There is so much to learn from Guy, as he continues to reinvent his work and connection to the natural environment.

Cole Thompson

Cole has joined us for two dynamic sessions, "Why B&W: Follow your Vision" with John Barclay and "Vision, Passion & Projects." Learn key ingredients of vision and passion in building projects, offer insights on how to generate ideas, and reveal the rules behind creating compelling portfolios.

Paul Sanders

In "The Soul of the Creator", Paul will shine a light on the process of collaboration with your subject, the expression of gratitude and an acknowledgement of the wonder in the ordinary lives of us, the photographers, that we ignore or judge as not good enough.

Michael Shainblum

In "Creating Impact & Avoiding The Landscape Photography Pitfalls", Michael will showcase a diverse range of landscape photographs, highlighting how he uses texture and contrast to create more impactful images.

Michele Sons

After taking "The Art of Fog", you will have a deeper understanding of fog, and more importantly, a greater appreciation of how you can employ it as a powerful artistic element to inject mood into your expressive photography.

Margaret Soraya 

Join Soraya for her inspiring talk “Finding Your Unique Style in Photography." Learn how to uncover your unique creative voice through self-discovery, mindfulness, and photography, as she shares her journey to authenticity and offers steps to help you embrace your passions and craft meaningful work.

David Southern

In “Out of the Ordinary”, David explores how commonplace moments and scenes can be translated from the ordinary into the extraordinary. By looking a little closer and deeper into the world around us we can find hidden beauty and fresh ideas.

Julie Steelman

In "Mastering Wildlife Action Photography: Predict, Anticipate, Capture", Jule teaches us how to nail wildlife action photos by predicting behavior and anticipating those fleeting, powerful moments. 

Talor Stone

Join Stone's session, "To the Edge of the Earth: Storytelling Through Long-Term Projects," to explore how photography can transcend moments, weaving powerful, time-spanning narratives that connect deeply and reveal complex stories.

Hans Strand

In "Waterscapes", Hans offers us a deep dive on his approach to photographing water with 35 years of experience.

Wayne Suggs

In "Finding your photography zen in the desert", Wayne shows us how to make meaningful compositions in a variety of desert locations and situations.

Andy Teasdale

In "Birding in my Backyard", Andy walks us through his first proper journey of learning to see birdlife in the great outdoors.

TJ Thorne

In "There is No Such Thing As Bad Light", TJ talks about how he uses approach, mindset, and exploration to create extraordinary midday images.

Bill Ward

In "Shooting Water", Bill offers an in-depth look at the building blocks of composition, use of aperture and depth of field, focal length, weather conditions, and reflections, as well as moving on to more abstract and creative photography later in the presentation.