Speakers

This year’s lineup of over 60 speakers, returning vets and newbies alike, are here to deliver an incredible experience for all ShutterFesters! 

SF25 Speakers

Abbie Gowin

Specialty: Brand Photography and Social Media

Abbie’s Classes

Adam Goldberg

Specialty: Pet Photography

Adam’s Classes

Alain Martinez

Specialty: weddings, boudoir, IPS

Alain’s Classes

Amber Henry

Specialty: Lighting and posing comprehension

Amber’s Classes

Andre Brown

Specialty: Wedding, Studio Lighting, Maternity

Andre’s Classes

Ayla Quellhorst

Specialty: Marketing & Sales

Ayla’s Classes

Barkha Agarwal

Specialty: Maternity Photography

Barkha’s Classes

Bethany Ellen

Specialty: Maternity Photography

Bethany’s Classes

Brandon Hunter

Specialty: Lighting

Brandon’s Classes

Candace Connor

Specialty: Wedding Photography

Candace’s Classes

Cara Jonas

Specialty: Business, Lighting, Posing across seniors, corporate, and boudoir as well as Personal branding in and outside of the photography industry.

Cara’s Classes

Carolina Waldroff

Specialty: Creative Concepts & Branding Portraits

Carolina’s Classes

Casey Patrick

Specialty: Lighting, Sales

Casey’s Classes

Cathy Anderson

Specialty: Sportrait and adventure portraits with OCF, client interactions and building trust, sales

Cathy’s Classes

Chris Fritchie

Specialty: Fine Art & Themed Sessions

Chris’s Classes

Christine Tremoulet

Specialty: Marketing with the help of AI, Social media, Content Planning

Christine’s Classes

Clay Souza

Specialty: Lighting, Posing, Composition for weddings and portraits

Clay’s Classes

Craig Lamere

Specialty: lighting and posing

Craig’s Classes

CURTISS BRYANT

Specialty: Marketing, Seniors, Weddings, Lighting

CURTISS’s Classes

Danielle Chudolij

Specialty: Posing/Portraiture

Danielle’s Classes

Dauss Miller

Specialty: Client experience, efficiency/automated systems/efficiency, shoot production.

Dauss’s Classes

David Scott Bowles

Specialty: Weddings, Off Camera Flash, AI implement

David Scott’s Classes

Dez Merrow

Specialty: Real Estate (Negotiations)

Dez’s Classes

Dorie Howell

Specialty: business and marketing

Dorie’s Classes

Douglas Weittenhiller

Specialty: Weddings, Families, Technology

Douglas’s Classes

Esteban Gil

Specialty: Weddings, Lighting, Storytelling

Esteban’s Classes

Fabio Laub

Specialty: Business, Real Estate Photography and Video

Fabio’s Classes

Fernando Ordonez

Specialty: Quinceañeras / Weddings / Portraits

Fernando’s Classes

Gary Hill

Specialty: Lighting, Posing, Editing and Workflow

Gary’s Classes

Gary and Kim Evans

Specialty: Weddings, Business, IPS, Lighting

Gary and Kim’s Classes

Gretchen Willis

Specialty: Volume Photography

Gretchen’s Classes

Heather Larkin

Specialty: Kids, lenses, maternity, dance, macro

Heather’s Classes

James and Apryl Napier

Specialty: Boudoir, Family Sessions, High Volume, Event Photography

James and Apryl’s Classes

Jasmin Jade

Specialty: Boudoir, Emotive Portraits, Post Production, Social Media, Marketing, Email Marketing, Digital Products

Jasmin’s Classes

Jeff Rojas

Specialty: Fashion and Portraits

Jeff’s Classes

jeff tisman

Specialty: Weddings

jeff’s Classes

Jen Stitt

Specialty: Workflow, Weddings, Posing, Engagements, Lightroom

Jen’s Classes

Jenn Lewis

Specialty: High School Seniors, Business/Sales

Jenn’s Classes

Jenn Maesen

Specialty: Boudoir

Jenn’s Classes

Jenny Pollitte

Specialty: Editing

Jenny’s Classes

Jeremy Braggs

Specialty: Commercial Fashion Photography

Jeremy’s Classes

Jess Hess

Specialty: Avant Garde, Conceptual Portraits, Fine Art, and Fantasy

Jess’s Classes

Jesse Rinka

Specialty: Lighting & Posing

Jesse’s Classes

Jewels Gray

Specialty: Wedding

Jewels’s Classes

Joey Thomas

Specialty: The Business of Photography

Joey’s Classes

Jordan Taylor Bunch

Specialty: Cinematic Lighting

Jordan Taylor’s Classes

Josh Russell

Specialty: Portraits & Weddings

Josh’s Classes

Josh and Jen Thompson

Specialty: Artificial Intelligence Digital Marketing, Wedding Videography, and Commercial Videography

Josh and Jen’s Classes

Kelsey Freeman

Specialty: Maternity, newborn, portraits, lighting

Kelsey’s Classes

Kiamarie Lambert

Specialty: Weddings, Social Media

Kiamarie’s Classes

Kristen (Ris) Mittlestedt

Specialty: Creating Enchanting Fantasy Sets and Portraits of Women

Kristen (Ris)’s Classes

Kristin Jones

Specialty: High School Seniors

Kristin’s Classes

Kristina McCaleb

Specialty: Food Photography, Work/Life Balance

Kristina’s Classes

Laura Dark

Specialty: Conceptual

Laura’s Classes

Mandy Wright

Specialty: Weddings

Mandy’s Classes

Marci Worlton

Specialty: Newborn Photography

Marci’s Classes

Margo Franklyn

Specialty: Boudoir

Margo’s Classes

Mark Boughton

Specialty: Boudoir

Mark’s Classes

Mary Vance

Specialty: High school senior photography and videography; business systems and operations

Mary’s Classes

Mena Darré

Specialty: Branding, Content, and Email Marketing

Mena’s Classes

Michael Anthony

Specialty: Weddings, Pets, Business/Marketing

Michael’s Classes

Mike Fox

Specialty: boudoir, seniors, marketing

Mike’s Classes

Montoya Turner

Specialty: weddings, boudoir, lighting, videography, hybrid

Montoya’s Classes

Myrna Daramy

Specialty: Organic Growth Marketing, Digital Marketing

Myrna’s Classes

Newborn Nerds

Specialty: Newborn + Baby

Newborn’s Classes

Ning Wong

Specialty: Weddings, corporate, photo, video

Ning’s Classes

Olivia Smith

Specialty: Boudoir Posing

Olivia’s Classes

Pam Fields

Specialty: Erotic Art and Boudoir with couples, men, and women

Pam’s Classes

Rabih Madi

Specialty: Weddings

Rabih’s Classes

Rafael Serrano

Specialty: weddings, quinceañeras, social media, business

Rafael’s Classes

Raph Nogal

Specialty: Portraits / Lighting / Weddings

Raph’s Classes

Ray Alvarez

Specialty: Lighting, Creative Portraits, Camera settings, Weddings

Ray’s Classes

Ric Lewis

Specialty: Boudoir, maternity, portraiture, beauty, fine art, underwater, retouching, compositing

Ric’s Classes

Roland Scott

Specialty: Lighting techinques, Gels and Photography shoot planning

Roland’s Classes

Russ Turner

Specialty: Portrait and Conceptual Photography

Russ’s Classes

SaDabrie Taylor

Specialty: Real Estate Photography and Videography

SaDabrie’s Classes

Sal Cincotta

Specialty: Marketing & Lighting

Sal’s Classes

Scott Detweiler

Specialty: Boudoir and AI

Scott’s Classes

Seth Miranda

Specialty: Technique

Seth’s Classes

Sondra Miltenberger

Specialty: Weddings, Off Camera Flash

Sondra’s Classes

Stephen Johnson

Specialty: Marketing

Stephen’s Classes

Tauran Woo

Specialty: Weddings, Portraits

Tauran’s Classes

The Grondes

Specialty: Marketing, Business, HS Seniors

The’s Classes

Vanessa Joy

Specialty: Marketing, Weddings, Social Media, Lighting, Posing

Vanessa’s Classes

There's still time to get

Early Bird Tickets

April 22-25 2024 | St. Louis MO.

SKILL LEVELS

Beginner: Just starting out or relatively new to a given subject matter. Basics will be covered and the course will move at a slower pace. The instructor will spend a little more time trying to explain concepts to ensure everyone is following. On a scale of 1-10 consider this level a 1-3 on the given topic.

Intermediate: Has a grasp of some basic concepts. This course level will move at a faster pace and assume you have basic knowledge covered on the given subject matter. On a scale of 1-10 consider this level a 4-6 on the given topic.

Advanced: You have working knowledge of the given subject matter, but are looking for more fine-tuning and some advanced topics to take your work to that next level. DO NOT expect instructors to explain basic concepts in this course. On a scale of 1-10 consider this level a 7-10 on the given topic.

Class Types

Hands-On

These are shooting courses. You will be shooting and working. Bring your camera, gear, or whatever you need for the course and to create create images. Expect to have some level of shooting.

Live Demonstration

These are instructor-led courses where you will see a live demonstration of what the instructor is teaching. You can still bring your camera to these courses and you can photograph, but the goal of the course is NOT for you to shoot or to ensure you get a shot. The goal is for you to see how and why the instructor does what he/she does in order to get the final result.

Lecture

These are non-shooting courses. Typically classroom-based, bring your laptop and notepad and focus on learning!