Over the course of the year-long project we’re calling the Aperture Nature Photography Workshops, we’ll be assembling a first-rate crew of working professionals to inspire both the amateur winners of our contest and our community at large. Here’s the first bunch. We’ll be adding to this list throughout the year so check back.
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Scott Stulberg is a travel and stock photographer who often journeys to distant lands looking for unique stock opportunities. He is represented by many stock agencies including Corbis and Getty Images. A contributing writer for Shutterbug, he teaches many classes in digital photography and Photoshop at UCLA Extension and the Julia Dean Photography Workshops. From Microsoft, Newsweek and the New York Times, to greeting cards, calendars and book covers, his photographs are used internationally. His photographs are in collections all over the world, including the newly opened UCLA Medical Center, with prints displayed in over 60 patient rooms.

Steve Simon is an award-winning photographer who graduated from Concordia University in Montreal with a degree in Communications/Journalism. He has participated as a guest lecturer and workshop leader at various photography and arts events in Canada, The United States, and Argentina. He has had solo shows in New York, Buenos Aires, Toronto and Montreal and his work has been featured three times at the Visa Pour L’Image Photography Festival in Perpignan, France. His work is in the permanent collections of The George Eastman House, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Comune Di Verona. He’s also the author of several photography books.

Scott Bourne is a digital media pioneer and has been involved in photography for more than three decades. He’s the co-host and founder of This Week in Photography and the author of four photo books and three photography-related titles for Lynda.com.
Scott’s led workshops and seminars for, Palm Beach Photographic Center, Cooperative Communicators of America, WPPA, The Professional Photographers of America, Seattle Art Center, and Olympic Mountain School of Photography. He holds the designation Apple Certified Professional Trainer (T3) for Apple’s Aperture.
Over the course of the four workshops, we’ll also be joined by staff from Apple who will not only demonstrate some outstanding photographic techniques, but will also teach Aperture to all the attendees.
