Photo Fest Schedule

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Doors Open/ Registration Desk Open (Parker Hall)

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Classroom Session: “In-Depth Infrared” with Tony Sweet (Burt Alumni House)*

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Classroom Session: “Organize and Optimize—Streamlining your Processing Workflow” with Tim Grey (Burt Alumni House)*

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Classroom Session: “Photographing Wildlife” with Jennifer King (Burt Alumni House)*

7:00 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. Ghost Photo Shoot with Gabriel Biderman, sponsored by B&H Photo (Lake Milner area)

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Doors Open / Registration Desk Open

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Trade Show & Swap Room Open

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Main Stage: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Main Stage: “Personal Space: Macro to Close-up to Intimate Scenics” with Tony Sweet

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Main Stage: “The Photographer’s Eye in Black & White” with Jennifer King

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Speaker Round Tables (Searcy Hall)

• Four Decades of Lessons Learned, Kevin Adams

• Artificial Intelligence in Processing, Tim Grey

• Finding Photographic Inspiration, Jennifer King

• Embracing Your Own Voice, Colleen Miniuk

• National Parks as Photo Destinations, Chris Nicholson

• Tools, Techniques and Photographic Philosophy, Tony Sweet

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Main Stage: “What Do You Do Before You Print? (sponsored by Canon)” with Ross Joseph

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Main Stage: Photo Contest Winners Announcement

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Photo Fest Social (Searcy Hall)

7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Light Writing Demo & Photo Shoot with Kevin Adams & Chris Nicholson (Lake Milner area)

8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Doors Open / Registration Desk Open

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Trade Show & Swap Room Open

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Main Stage: Morning Welcome

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Main Stage: “Photographing Waterfalls Like You Never Imagined” with Kevin Adams

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Main Stage: “Perfecting Tone and Color” with Tim Grey

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Main Stage: Panel Discussion: Photo Contest Image Review

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Main Stage: “From Chaos to Clarity: Composing the Photograph” with Jennifer King

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Main Stage: “The Wide World of Panoramic Photography” with Tony Sweet

5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dinner (on your own)

7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Main Stage: “Visualization: Picturing the Possibilities,” Colleen Miniuk

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Field Shoot: Looking Glass Falls with Paul Van Allen, sponsored by Nikon

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Doors Open

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Trade Show & Swap Room Open

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Field Shoot: Autumn Waterfalls with Jennifer King*

8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Field Shoot: Autumn Stream Walk with Tony Sweet*

8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Field Shoot: Eastatoe Falls with Colleen Miniuk*

• three time slots:

  • 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

  • 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Field Shoot: Birds of Prey with Naturalist Carlton Burke*

• four time slots:

  • 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

  • 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

  • 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

  • 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Classroom Session: “Image Repair: Removing Blemishes and Distractions” with Tim Grey (Burt Alumni House)*

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Main Stage: Panel Discussion: Lightning Round with the Speakers

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Main Stage: “Total Control with Targeted Adjustments,” Tim Grey

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Main Stage: “Three (Or So) Keys to Learning Night Photography,” Chris Nicholson

5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dinner (on your own)

7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Main Stage: “In Perfect Harmony: What I’ve Learned about Photography by Making Music” with Colleen Minuik

8:30 p.m. Closing Session: Door prizes and Outlook to 2027 Photo Fest