Speakers

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

SF26 Speakers

Abbie Gowin

Specialty: Brand Photography and Social Media

Abbie’s Classes

Adam Goldberg

Specialty: Pet Photography

Adam’s Classes

Alain Martinez

Specialty: Portraiture: Studio, Weddings and Boudoir

Alain’s Classes

Amber Henry

Specialty: Weddings, Seniors, Gels, People Relationships

Amber’s Classes

Amy Guenther

Specialty: Newborns

Amy’s Classes

Andre Brown

Specialty: Wedding, Studio Lighting, Maternity

Andre’s Classes

Angelica Pompy

Specialty: Marketing, CRM/Systems, Social Media Marketing

Angelica’s Classes

Annie Marie

Specialty: Fine Art, Studio Lighting, Retouching

Annie’s Classes

Anthony Romano

Specialty: Men’s Portraiture

Anthony’s Classes

Apryl & James Napier

Specialty: Boudoir, Bodyscapes, Maternity, Newborn, Portraits

Apryl & James’s Classes

Barkha Agarwal

Specialty: Maternity Photography, Business

Barkha’s Classes

Belinda Richards

Specialty: Studio Pet Photography, Compositing/Editing

Belinda’s Classes

Bethany Ellen

Specialty: Maternity Photography, Creative Photography, Business, Sales

Bethany’s Classes

Bonnie Cornelius

Specialty: Newborn Photography

Bonnie’s Classes

Brandon Hunter

Specialty: Lighting, Weddings, Fashion

Brandon’s Classes

Candace Connor

Specialty: Business, Marketing, Weddings

Candace’s Classes

Carolina Waldroff

Specialty: Creativity: Concepts and Lighting

Carolina’s Classes

Casey Patrick

Specialty: Senior, Lighting, Sales

Casey’s Classes

Charlene Sligting

Specialty: Real Estate Multimedia

Charlene’s Classes

Curtiss Bryant

Specialty: Marketing, Seniors, Weddings, Lighting

Curtiss’s Classes

Dan Dalstra

Specialty: Weddings, Seniors, Lighting

Dan’s Classes

Danielle Chudolij

Specialty: Weddings, Portraits, Posing

Danielle’s Classes

DeShon Gales

Specialty: Educating AI-Powered Creativity, Photography, and Visual Branding

DeShon’s Classes

Dez Merrow

Specialty: Real Estate

Dez’s Classes

Douglas Weittenhiller

Specialty: Weddings, Portraits, Technical Skills

Douglas’s Classes

Eli Infante

Specialty: Portrait Photography

Eli’s Classes

Emma Finch

Specialty: Female Portraiture & Boudoir

Emma’s Classes

Enrique Vega

Specialty: Fashion & Beauty Photography

Enrique’s Classes

Fabio Laub

Specialty: Business, Real Estate Photography and Video / Wedding Photography Business

Fabio’s Classes

Fernando Ordonez

Specialty: Wedding, Quinceaneras, General Portraits, IPS, Business

Fernando’s Classes

Fox and Vixen Boudoir

Specialty: boudoir, seniors, marketing, AI

Fox and Vixen’s Classes

Gary Hill

Specialty: Portraiture

Gary’s Classes

Gary + Kim Evans

Specialty: Weddings, Business, IPS, Lighting

Gary + Kim’s Classes

Giovanni Logrono

Specialty: Weddings & Engagements

Giovanni’s Classes

Heather Larkin

Specialty: Kids, lenses, maternity, dance, macro

Heather’s Classes

Henry Batdeleg

Specialty: Portrait

Henry’s Classes

Jean Carlo Penaloza

Specialty: Content Creation

Jean Carlo’s Classes

Jeff Tisman

Specialty: Weddings

Jeff’s Classes

Jeff Goldberg

Specialty: Portrait

Jeff’s Classes

Jen Stitt

Specialty: AI, Post Production Workflow, Weddings, Engagements

Jen’s Classes

Jenn Lewis

Specialty: sales, seniors, influencer teams, headshots

Jenn’s Classes

Jenny Pollitte

Specialty: Families, Seniors, Children, Editing

Jenny’s Classes

Jeremy Braggs

Specialty: Commercial/ Fashion

Jeremy’s Classes

Jewels Gray

Specialty: Styled shoots

Jewels’s Classes

Joey Thomas

Specialty: Sales, Marketing, Pricing, Branding

Joey’s Classes

Joseph “JC” Carey

Specialty: Beginner Lighting

Joseph “JC”‘s Classes

Josh Russell

Specialty: Portraits, Lighting

Josh’s Classes

Josh and Jen Thompson

Specialty: Videography and AI

Josh and Jen’s Classes

Justin Benson

Specialty: Weddings

Justin’s Classes

Katie Swatek

Specialty: Seniors and Senior Athletes

Katie’s Classes

Katrina Cross-Daniels

Specialty: boudoir, email marketing

Katrina’s Classes

Kenny Kim

Specialty: Marketing for destination weddings

Kenny’s Classes

Kristin Jones

Specialty: Posing, Creative Lighting, Client Communication, High School Seniors

Kristin’s Classes

Kristina McCaleb

Specialty: Food Photography, Business – ADHD Specialized, Work/Life Balance

Kristina’s Classes

Marci Worlton

Specialty: Newborn, Maternity, Family and baby

Marci’s Classes

Mark Boughton

Specialty: Boudoir, Business, Lighting

Mark’s Classes

Michael Anthony

Specialty: Business, Sales, Automation, Portraits, Weddings

Michael’s Classes

Miguel Quiles

Specialty: Portrait, content marketing

Miguel’s Classes

Montoya Turner

Specialty: Hybrid Shooting

Montoya’s Classes

Myrna Daramy

Specialty: Marketing / Business Strategy

Myrna’s Classes

Nik Pekridis

Specialty: weddings

Nik’s Classes

Ning Wong

Specialty: Weddings, Corporate, Video

Ning’s Classes

Paige Griffith

Specialty: Legal – Contracts and Intellectual Property

Paige’s Classes

Pam Fields

Specialty: Erotic Art, Boudoir, Marketing (specifically marketing w/out social media and lead/client cultivation)

Pam’s Classes

Patience Szutkowski

Specialty: Babies & Children

Patience’s Classes

Paul Cole

Specialty: weddings, portraits, studio

Paul’s Classes

Paulina Gwaltney

Specialty: Making and Styling Wardrobe

Paulina’s Classes

Rabih Madi

Specialty: Weddings, Lighting

Rabih’s Classes

Rafael Serrano

Specialty: Quinceañeras, Weddings , Business , Social Media

Rafael’s Classes

Ray Roman

Specialty: Luxury Weddings

Ray’s Classes

Ray Alvarez

Specialty: OCF, Lighting, Creative Lighting and Gels

Ray’s Classes

Ric Lewis

Specialty: Editing, retouching, maternity, portraiture, underwater, fashion

Ric’s Classes

Roland Scott

Specialty: Lighting techinques, Gels and Photography shoot planning

Roland’s Classes

Russ Turner

Specialty: Portraits

Russ’s Classes

Ryan Eda

Specialty: weddings

Ryan’s Classes

Sal Cincotta

Specialty: Marketing & Lighting

Sal’s Classes

Shane Michael

Specialty: Boudoir

Shane’s Classes

Sharon Marie Wright

Specialty: Corporate/Commercial Lifestyle

Sharon Marie’s Classes

Sheryl Bashore

Specialty: Volume Cheer, Dance, Gymnastics and More

Sheryl’s Classes

Stacy Kennedy

Specialty: Business Foundations, Senior Portraits

Stacy’s Classes

Suzanne Claire

Specialty: Working with women specializing in boudoir, beauty and Branding

Suzanne’s Classes

T MIDD

Specialty: Travel Content Creation for Portrait Photography

T’s Classes

The Grondes

Specialty: Marketing, Business, Seniors

The’s Classes

Tori Bornholdt

Specialty: High school seniors and families

Tori’s Classes

Ty Harper

Specialty: Neon photography and low-light environmental portraits

Ty’s Classes

Zach Dalin

Specialty: Weddings, Commercial

Zach’s Classes

Zsanee Gaines

Specialty: Portraits

Zsanee’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!