Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic — 2015 Speakers — ROB KNIGHT Travel and nature photographer Rob Knight has been a professional artist for nearly 30 years. He’s been a photographer for more than half that time and an educator since 2010. Rob is a member of the Panasonic LUMIX Luminary team and a Manfrotto Ambassador. He is the host of the weekly “Your Itinerary” travel photography podcast on the TWiP network. Rob is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroom, and he was a finalist for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals’ “Photoshop Guru” award for photography in 2008 and 2009. He authored “Snapshots to Great Shots: LUMIX GX7 and GM1” for Peachpit Press in 2014 and is currently working on “The Enthusiast’s Guide to the LUMIX LX100” for Rocky Nook publishing. Rob is best known for his destination photo workshops, his easygoing teaching style and his informative critiques. While he enjoys teaching in a classroom setting, he prefers the hands-on learning offered by working with students on location. Rob founded Digital Photo Adventures workshops in 2010 to provide all-inclusive photo workshops in Costa Rica. He now offers trips in the United States to destinations like Route 66 and coastal Maine. www.robknightphotography.com | www.digitalphotoadventures.com BRENT WALKER Brent Walker is the photographer and storyteller behind The Hidden South, an online photo journal that documents conversations with the unseen in society. He travels the southeastern United States talking to anyone willing to tell him about the reality of their lives. Brent was born and raised in the Atlanta area. After experiencing several life- changing events, in his early 30s he picked up a camera for the first time and has never looked back. He started The Hidden South in September 2014. His work has been featured on HLN, the cover of “The Tennessean” newspaper and “The Atlanta Journal- Constitution,” to name a few. www.thehiddensouth.com JERRY WOLFORD Jerry Wolford first picked up an old Zeiss rangefinder camera his stepfather brought back from the Vietnam War as a teenager, and since then, cameras have been his ticket into the lives of North Carolinians. A 28-year photojournalist for the News & Record in Greensboro, Wolford made the heartwrenching decision to leave his position in July and now works full-time with Perfecta Visuals, which he co-founded with fellow photojournalist Scott Muthersbaugh. In 2015, Wolford was named the National Photojournalist of the Year by the National Press Pho- tographers Association (smaller markets), was the N.C. Press Photographers Association portfolio Photographer of the Year for the fourth time and earned the title of N.C. Press Photographers Association Hugh Morton Photographer of the Year (daily newspapers). His photos have been published by magazines, newspapers and websites around the world. Although his work has kept him an arm’s length from history hundreds of times, he feels his strengths are in photographing everyday people. Wolford approaches his work with the concept of “real photos from simple moments.” www.perfectavisuals.com | www.jerrywolford.com DONNIE ROBERTS Donnie Roberts earned an A.A.S. Degree in photojournalism from Randolph Community College in 1983 and is now into his 26th year as the staff photographer at The Dispatch in Lexington, N.C. Prior to Lexington, Donnie worked four years at the Lancaster News in South Carolina and two years at The Robesonian in Lumberton, N.C., along with a one-year stint as university photographer for UNC-Pembroke. He has won a few dozen press photo awards and has served multiple terms on his alma mater’s photography curriculum advisory board. Career highlights include attending the 45th Annual Missouri Photo Workshop, meeting generous photojournalists who have been mentors in various ways, and having a photo of the band Pearl Jam that he secretly made from his seat in Milan, Italy, published in Spin Magazine. Donnie has two sons: Damon, 28, of Greensboro, and Jordan, 25, of Asheville. Find Donnie’s work at www.the-dispatch.com THANK YOU! The Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation wishes to express deep gratitude of each of our speakers, who volunteer their time to share their talents and insights with our audience. Thanks is also due to Woody Marshall, who diligently selected these speakers to present a range of styles to increase our understanding of the art and science of photography. Have a suggestion for a future presenter? Look for our email survey following the event to share your thoughts!.