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Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua

Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua has been professionally involved in the creative industries since 1992, after growing up in a house full of creatives and spending far too many years in college and graduate school. Her first full-time foray into the industries was as a photographer's studio manager and marketing rep, where she also served as an officer of her local creative club. From there she went to the "other side," working for an interactive design firm and an advertising agency. But her passion was always with the individual creative professional.

She launched the oddly-named Burns Auto Parts (her grandfather sold auto parts) in September of 1999, originally to rep photographers. However, in a few years (thanks to the internet) her expertise was demanded by larger audiences; so she transitioned to consulting to respond to that need. Focused on helping creative professionals make their livings doing what they love, she still works primarily with commercial photographers, using skills honed from her years on both sides of the photo business equation, her constant personal studies and research, and even a bit of her graduate education.

In addition to her consulting and coaching work, Leslie has written chapters in both the 2003 and 2006 Photographer's Market and has published her own beginning photo business book. She produces regular articles for her own website, and she writes a regular column in Picture magazine. She has taught Photo Business at the Columbus College of Art & Design, lectured at Brooks Institute, and her participation on photo-related forums is well known. She also lectures to ASMP and other creative groups across the US, blogs often, and produces a monthly podcast, Creative Lube. Learn more at http://www.burnsautoparts.com.

Blake Discher

Blake Discher specializes in people photography for editorial, advertising and corporate clients. He combines his photographic knowledge with today's technologies, mastery of lighting and people skills to provide images to leading editorial publications and Fortune 500 corporations for advertising and annual reports.

Blake's fascination with photography began in the eighth grade and he's been hooked ever since. He unselfishly shares his knowledge of photography and marketing with students and other photographers through web marketing and negotiating workshops presented nationally.

It's Blake's keen ability to make subjects feel at ease in front of the camera that takes him around the world to produce award-winning photographs for clients such as General Motors, Chrysler Corporation, American Airlines, and Oracle. "Marketing our product, photography, is becoming more and more of a challenge because of the many options to choose from. Through intelligent website design and the use of internet technologies such as Universal Search, your efforts marketing can be highly targeted. The internet is a superb supplement to the marketing tools you already have in place, and will help you reach potential clients worldwide," said Discher.

A professional photographer for 20 years, he shares his home with his wife Lesley and his four-year-old son Blake. When not working, he's usually tinkering with one of his British-made vintage Triumph automobiles.

John Harrington

For nearly two decades, Washington DC-based photographer John Harrington has covered the world of politics, traveled internationally, and negotiated contracts along the way. A 2007 recipient of the United Nations' Leadership Award in the field of photography, Harrington's work has appeared in Time, Newsweek and Rolling Stone, and his commercial clients include Coca-Cola, XM Satellite Radio and Lockheed Martin. Harrington has produced three commissioned books for the Smithsonian. He has lectured on business practices to numerous trade groups on the importance of solid business practices and has published the well-received Best Business Practices for Photographers in 2007. Learn more about John by visiting http://www.johnharrington.com.

Judy Herrmann

Since 1989, Judy Herrmann of Herrmann + Starke has specialized in producing still life and lifestyle photography primarily for advertising. Her studio's work has won acclaim from Lurzer's Archive, Graphis Digital Photography Annual, PDN/Nikon Self Promotion Awards, How International Design Annuals, and Pix Digital Annuals and been featured in Communication Arts, How, American Photo, Digital Imaging, Digital Capture, Digital Photo Pro, Studio Photography & Design, Digital Photographer, Pro Digital Imaging and Rangefinder, among others. As a recognized expert on digital photography, she has written numerous articles and given over 50 seminars targeted to professional photographers. Since 2000, she's been recognized as an Olympus Visionary, an elite cadre of acclaimed digital photographers. An active member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), Herrmann currently serves as President for this 6000-member international trade association. Examples of her work can be found at http://www.HSstudio.com.

Keynote speakers

Sean Kernan

Sean is the keynoter for the Los Angeles and Atlanta conferences.

Sean Kernan has made a study of the ways creativity works in artists and non-artists alike. He has taught and lectured at Art Center (Pasdena), Maine and Santa Fe Workshops, The New School, ICP University of Texas, etc. His books include The Secret Books (with Jorge Luis Borges), Among Trees, and Ritratti Romani. His work has been exhibited at the Biblioteca Alexandrina, in Egypt; the Centre Regional de la Photographie, France; the William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs; Photosynkiria, Thessaloniki, Greece; Sala Bustos, Guanajuato , Mexico; the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe; Friends of Photography; Wesleyan University; and the Whitney Museum (New York). Magazine publications include The New York Times Magazine, Communication Arts, Graphis, Lenswork, Photo World (China), Camera Obscura (Greece), Camera (Switzerland), and Polyrama (Switzerland).

He was awarded a First in the Polaroid International Awards and a First in Photosynkyria in Thessaloniki, Greece. Commercial clients include ATT, Ramada Inns, Hilton Hotels, Pratt & Whitney, American Stock Exchange, Dow Jones, GE, and the Boston Globe.

Joyce Tenneson

Joyce is the keynoter for the Philadelphia and Chicago conferences.

Internationally lauded as one of the leading photographers of her generation, Joyce Tenneson's work has been published in books and major magazines worldwide.

As critic Vicki Goldberg states: "Tenneson possesses a unique vision which makes her photographs immediately recognizable. She creates enigmatic and sensuous images that are timeless and haunting. Whether a classically draped nude or a mysterious portrait of a young child and an aged man, her photographs speak to the fragility of life, its poignant beauty -- and its pain. The images are deeply affecting, often evoking forgotten memories."

Tenneson is among the most respected photographers of our time. Her work has been shown in exhibitions worldwide and is part of numerous private and museum collections. Her photographs and portraits appear frequently on covers for such magazines as Time, Life, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire and _The New York Times Magazine.

Tenneson is the author of twelve books, including the best-selling Wise Women, which was featured in a six-part Today Show series. She is also the recipient of many awards and, in a recent poll conducted by American Photo Magazine, readers voted Tenneson among the ten most influential women in the history of photography.

The Lucie Awards named Joyce Tenneson as Fine Art Photographer of the Year 2005.

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