Speakers Forum

Craig Lewis

I’ve been involved in photography since I was ten. That’s more than fifty years, although I was away from photography for twenty years, from 1978 until late 1998.

After deciding to return to photography, I looked at the 35 mm families that were available and easily narrowed my choice to Canon or Nikon. I decided to cast my lot with Canon because I thought then, and still do think, that Canon has an edge in technology due mostly to its larger size and budget.

Since moving to Colorado, I’ve decided that I should be a landscape photographer, despite having been a photojournalist for much of my early experience.

I’ve found membership in camera clubs to be a valuable experience, both for the sharing of knowledge and the friendships.

I’ve been a teacher for many years, although never in a formal academic situation. That’s why I decided to offer photography workshops that are a combination of photographing interesting places and sessions where I give instruction in digital photography. All of my current workshops feature instruction in high dynamic range (HDR) photography. For more information about my workshops, go to my Workshops page. I hope you enjoy this site. [Photo © Russ Burden Photography Used with permission"]

Jeff Johnson

Having been a professional photographer for over 34 years Jeff has earned the PPA Degrees of Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman and Certified Professional
Photographer. Jeff has also been honored with three Fellowship Degrees from the Professional Photographers of Colorado. He earned the title of Master Photographer of the Year in 2006, 2010 & 2011. He received the prestigious PPA National Award in 2011 for his continuous contribution and service to the photography industry. Jeff has also been honored by several Loan Collection selections thru PPA. He was a two-term President for the Professional Photographers of Colorado and currently the Director of the Imaging Workshops of Colorado, a PPA Affiliate school.

You can spend a day or two, or even a week with Jeff on one of his photographic
workshops and road trips at various locations around the US including Death Valley,
Canyonlands, Yosemite and more. These workshops include hands-on photography and
classroom opportunities. Find out more at www.soulroadtrips.com.

You may see some more of Jeff’s imagery at www.soulimagesgallery.com and www.jjportraitart.com.

Cliff Lawson

Cliff Lawson is a professional photographer based in Parker, Colorado. He specializes in individual and family portraits, but also does limited sports photography—mainly motorsports and swimming.

He is a retired airline pilot, having spent 34 flying for United Airlines and retiring in 2003. A hobbyist since his college days, he soon realized that he had to do something interesting after retirement—something to keep him busy. A concept with which his wife would heartily agree.

Cliff is a member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), Professional Photographers of Colorado (PPC) and became a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) in 2010.

He has won numerous awards including the Fuji Masterpiece Award in 2011 and 2012. Both his sports and portrait photos are included in is six PPA merit images with two PPA Loan Collection images. For more information, visit Cliff’s website at http://www.CliffLawsonPhotography.com.

Glenn Randall

Since 1979, Glenn Randall has combined his love of wilderness with a passion for photography.  His intimate knowledge of atmospheric optics, weather and the landscapes he photographs allows him to find the intersections of magical light and stunning subject matter that produce exceptional images.

His work has been published in Audubon, Avalanche, Barnes & Noble, Brown Trout, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy and Runner’s World calendars and in Audubon, GEO, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, SKI, Los Angeles Times Magazine, National Geographic Adventure,  New York Times Magazine, and many others.  Prints of his fine-art landscape photographs can be found in several Colorado galleries, including Art Mart in Boulder, The Canyon Gallery in Montrose and Grizzly Creek Gallery in Georgetown.

His photographs have also been used in books published by Falcon Press, Lyons & Burford, New Readers Press, Reader’s Digest General Books and Scribner’s.  His corporate clients include Avago Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Colorado Outward Bound, Cobe Laboratories (owner of over 100 prints) and many outdoor-equipment companies.

At age 54, he has accumulated over 1,000 photo credits, including 67 covers, and sold over 10,000 prints.  He was the sole photographer for two books of landscape photographs, Rocky Mountain National Park Impressions and Colorado Wild & Beautiful, both published by Farcountry Press.  He teaches landscape photography workshops through the Rocky Mountain Nature Association and Santa Fe Photographic Workshops.  For more information, please visit http://www.glennrandall.com.

Russ Burden

Russ is the owner of Russ Burden Nature Photo Tours and runs workshops around the country to the best locations at the times they appear in their utmost glory. He also does stock work that is sold through Photo Library; these often show up in magazines and advertisements around the world. Russ’ website may be found at http://www.russburdenphotography.com

Russ teaches classes of all levels for the Panasonic Digital Photo Academy in addition to writing all the curriculums for the national program. Russ has been published numerous times in Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, and Petersen’s PHOTOgraphic. He writes a weekly Photo Tip and a monthly Photoshop column for Take Great Pictures.com. He has two books to his credit.

Russ is a multiple time winner of the prestigious Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Award in the Art In Nature category in addition to the Backyard Habitat category. He also won Highly Commended honors in a number of other categories. As a result, his images have appeared in the Smithsonian in Washington, DC.