January 31 - February 2, 2027 • Charlotte, NC

Speakers

Sharpen your technical and business skills with the help of these experts!

We're adding speakers and classes as they're confirmed. Check back later this fall for the full schedule of events and classes!

Ray Alvarez

Shoot With Ray

Ray Alvarez

Ray Alvarez is a Florida-based photographer and educator who helps photographers simplify their workflow, master lighting, and improve client experien

Ahmad Barber

ABDMSTUDIO

Ahmad Barber

Since forming their creative bond, AB+DM,  Ahmad Barber and Donté Maurice have developed a creative world that gives an endearing approach

Sophia Barrett

Sophia Barrett Studios

Sophia Barrett

Sophia Barrett is the owner and creative director of Sophia Barrett Studios, a Black-owned boutique portrait studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. Wi

Shawn Black

Courture Black / Shawn Black Photography

Shawn Black

Shawn Black is an internationally award-winning boudoir photographer, educator, author, and industry advocate based just outside of Boston, Massachuse

Samuel  Bouret

Samuel Bouret Productions

Samuel Bouret

Samuel Bouret is a New Jersey–based cinematographer, photographer, creative director, and educator with more than a decade of experience creating im

John Branch

John Branch IV Photography

John Branch

John is a Wedding Photographer, YouTube Content Creator, and educator. After 10 years of photographing weddings in the NYC and Raleigh, NC areas, John

Andre Brown

Andre Brown Photography

Andre BrownCr.Photog.

Andre Brown is an award-winning wedding photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work has been featured in top publications and been awarded by org

Sveta Butko

Sveta Butko Fine Art Portraiture

Sveta Butko

My name is Sveta Butko and I'm a self-taught professional child and family photographer based in Israel.In late 2016 I gave up my career as an archi

Pete Coco

PETE COCO PHOTOGRAPHY

Pete Coco

Pete Coco is a New York-based portrait photographer and musician known for creating bold, engaging images that defy convention. He strives to capture

Tiffany Crenshaw

Imaging USA Speaker

Tiffany Crenshaw

I’m Tiffany, the artist and boss babe behind Animal House Photography and Tiffany Crenshaw Edu. I am a lifestyle newborn and family photographer pas

Arica Dorff

Arica Dorff Pet Paintings & Photography

Arica DorffCr.Photog.

Arica Dorff is a Traveling Pet Photographer who treks across the country every fall in her campervan for her annual Pet Photography Road Trip. After a

Sarah Edmunds

Imaging USA Speaker

Sarah Edmunds

Sarah Edmunds is a British portrait and wedding photographer based in Lake Garda, Italy. A Fellow of The Societies of Photographers and Double Master

Matias Ezcurra

Matias Ezcurra Photography

Matias Ezcurra

I’m Matias Ezcurra, a Maui-based wedding photographer with 15+ years of experience. I photograph destination weddings across Hawai‘i and love teac

Steve Foisy

Milestones Photography

Steve Foisy

Steve has been involved in volume and social photography since 1981. After spending nearly 17 years photographing fraternity and sorority events, he j

Shiloh Getz

Champion City Photography

Shiloh Getz

Shiloh Getz is the co-owner of Champion City Photography, an award-winning high-volume photography studio she has built alongside her husband, Rodney,

Kenneth Hines Jr

Zeiss Camera Lenses

Kenneth Hines Jr

Kenneth “Professor” Hines, Jr. is the definition of a multi-hyphenate creative—photographer, educator, industry ambassador (ZEISS Photo & Vi

Andrew Hiorth

FABLE Studios

Andrew Hiorth

Andrew Hiorth is known for his boundary-pushing work in the Toronto photography scene. His list of collaborators is as diverse as his portfolio, inclu

Eli Infante

Eli Infante Photography

Eli Infante

Eli Infante is a passionate photographer and educator from the beautiful Rio Grande Valley! Eli well-known for his unique high-speed sync outdoor port

Ruby Jean

Imaging USA Speaker

Ruby Jean

Ruby is a Maine-based photographer, content creator, and the owner of Ruby Jean Photography. With more than a decade of professional experience, she h

Sanjay Jogia

Imaging USA Speaker

Sanjay Jogia

Sanjay Jogia is an internationally award-winning photographer, creative director, and Canon Emeritus Ambassador with nearly two decades of experience

Scott Johnson

Imaging USA Speaker

Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson is a multi-award-winning photographer, Grand Master of The Societies, Icon Master, and the first non-US photographer to win the PPA Diam

Richard Johnson

Imaging USA Speaker

Richard Johnson

Rich Johnson is a seasoned photographer, boasting over two decades of experience since his debut in 2004. Armed with a Master’s degree in Photograph

Vanessa Joy

Vanessa Joy Photography

Vanessa JoyCr.Photog.

Since 2002, Vanessa Joy has been photographing luxury weddings and corporate marketing initiatives, and educating photographers worldwide. She focuses

Jeahn Laffitte

Jeahn Laffitte Photography

Jeahn Laffitte

Jeahn Laffitte is a commercial photographer, educator, PPA Photographic Craftsman, and Westcott Top Pro  based in Wyoming. Known for bold, intent

Jenn Lewis

Jenn Lewis Photography

Jenn LewisCr.Photog.

Jenn is an award-winning portrait photographer based in Clemmons, North Carolina who concentrates on seniors and headshots. She began her photography

Meg Loeks

Imaging USA Speaker

Meg Loeks

Meg Loeks is an international award-winning portrait photographer based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where she lives on a hobby farm with her fami

Ashley Lowder

Ashley Lowder Photography

Ashley LowderCPP

Ashley is a portrait photographer and educator teaching photographers how to think like creators and build sustainable visibility through practical, r

Bill Manning

Studio C-41

Bill Manning

Bill Manning is an Atlanta-based portrait photographer and host of the successful Podcast and YouTube channel, “Studio C-41: One Hour Photo.’"Bill

Donte Maurice

Imaging USA Speaker

Donte Maurice

Since forming their creative bond, AB+DM,  Ahmad Barber and Donté Maurice have developed a creative world that gives an endearing approach

Joe McNally

Joe McNally

Joe McNally

Joe McNally is an award-winning photographer and world-renowned educator. McNally is often described as: Authentic, empathetic and articulate, an exce

Tina Meerloo

Imaging USA Speaker

Tina Meerloo

Tina Meerloo is a boudoir and portrait photographer who helps people feel confident, seen, and empowered. Since 2017, she has built a reputation for c

Misty Moss

Imaging USA Speaker

Misty Moss

Misty Moss is a Canadian boudoir photographer, self-portrait artist, educator, and burlesque performer who has spent the past decade exploring th

Daniel Norton

Imaging USA Speaker

Daniel Norton

I've spent the last decade as a photo educator and photographer, the previous two decades as a fashion and advertising photographer working in Miami a

Matthew Orbaugh

Matthew Orbaugh Photography

Matthew Orbaugh

Matthew Orbaugh is a luxury senior photographer, speaker, and creative force known based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Matthew started his business at 15�

Gustavo Pomar

Gustavo Pomar Fotografía

Gustavo Pomar

Nació en Capital Federal el 27 de noviembre de 1964 y vive en Esperanza, provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina. Comenzó con la fotografía en el año 198

TJ Rak

Skylab Tech

TJ Rak

TJ is a photographer and technology enthusiast passionate about the intersection of creativity and innovation. With a background in photography and a

Chloe Ramirez

Nikon Inc.

Chloe Ramirez

Chloe Ramirez is an award winning photographer, creative director, and educator known for crafting cinematic, emotionally charged imagery that feels a

Jeremy Saffer

Jeremy Saffer Photography

Jeremy Saffer

Jeremy Saffer has been a photographer in the music industry for over 20 years providing countless visually stunning album covers, magazine covers, edi

Abhi Sarkar

Imaging USA Speaker

Abhi Sarkar

Abhi Sarkar is a Philadelphia-based photographer known for bold, vibrant imagery and an experience that feels as personal as it is refined. Clients of

Cate Scaglione

Life as Fine Art Studio and Spa

Cate Scaglione

For nearly two decades, Cate Scaglione has stood among the photography industry's original boudoir artists—and remains one of its most decorated. He

Ab Sesay

Imaging USA Speaker

Ab Sesay

Ab currently resides in the NY area and enjoys working productions both large and small with ideas both simple and complex. As a multidisciplinary com

Ian Spanier

Ian Spanier Photography

Ian Spanier

Ian Spanier is an award-winning portrait photographer who began taking photographs at six years old when his parents gave him his first point and shoo

Travis Stitt

Fox & Brazen

Travis Stitt

Travis has always loved business, processes, and organization. Earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Rochester Institute of Techn

Glynns Thomas

Glynns Thomas Portraits

Glynns ThomasCPP

Glynns Thomas is the owner of Glynns Thomas Portraits, specializing in high-end corporate and leadership headshots for service-based companies. With a

Roberto Valenzuela

Roberto Valenzuela Photography

Roberto Valenzuela

Roberto Valenzuela is a world-renowned fashion, portrait, and wedding photographer. He is celebrated for his dynamic artistry and practical teaching s

Glen Varhagen

Imaging USA Speaker

Glen Varhagen

Glen VarnHagen is a passionate, lifelong traveler and photographer dedicated to capturing the world's beauty through his lens. He began his career in

Lindsay Walden

Lindsay Walden Photography

Lindsay Walden

Lindsay Walden is an award winning and internationally featured fine art photographer based in Colleyville, Texas, near Dallas/Fort Worth. As a photog

Jennifer Wilson

PPA

Jennifer Wilson

Jennifer Wilson, CPA, joined Professional Photographers of America (PPA) as Chief Financial Officer in May 2026, becoming the organization's first fem