Speakers/Presenters

Joey Terrill began his career as a photographer for the Los Angeles Times before moving to magazine and advertising photography for clients that include American Express, Coca-Cola, Disney, Golf Digest, Major League Baseball, Nikon, Red Bull and Sports Illustrated.

His career has included a range of specialties including editorial portraiture, advertising and corporate photography, golf course landscapes, and architecture and interior design.

But it's the rich potential within macro photography that has always been a deep fascination. Using his cameras and lenses to magnify and explore has lead him to experiment with unusual subjects, a variety of liquids, exotic flowers, and then shape what he discovers with careful illumination. His macro studio is dedicated to exploring new possibilities.

Joey presents at seminars and workshops including the Summit Series, PhotoPlus Expo, WPPI, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, UPAA Symposium, Popular Photography Mentor Series, Imaging USA, BILD Expo, Consumer Electronics Show, World in Focus, and the prestigious Alexia Workshop at Syracuse University.

Joey is a Nikon Ambassador in the United States. His presentation is sponsored by Nikon.

His work can be seen at www.joeyterrill.com

Brian Storm is the founder of MediaStorm, a media company focused on documentary film and interactive design known for publishing diverse narratives, advancing the craft of visual storytelling through training, developing innovative publishing tools, and collaborating with leading organizations worldwide.

MediaStorm’s work has earned some of the industry’s highest honors, including 17 Emmy Award nominations (4 wins), 30 Webby nominations (6 wins), three Online Journalism Awards, three World Press Photo Awards, two Alfred I. duPont–Columbia Awards, two Overseas Press Club Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and more than 50 honors from Pictures of the Year and Best of Photojournalism.

Before founding MediaStorm in 2005, Storm served as Vice President of News, Multimedia & Assignment Services at Corbis, the digital media agency founded by Bill Gates. There, he led the company’s global strategy for its news, sports, entertainment, and historical archives, and directed multimedia projects with some of the world’s foremost photojournalists.

From 1995 to 2002, Storm was the first Director of Multimedia at MSNBC.com, a joint venture between Microsoft and NBC News. He oversaw the site’s audio, video, and photography initiatives, and in 1998, launched The Week in Pictures, a pioneering visual journalism feature that became one of MSNBC’s most popular franchises.

Storm earned his master’s degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where he also directed the New Media Lab and taught Electronic Photojournalism. His first iteration of MediaStorm began in 1994 as an interactive CD-ROM production company.

He currently serves on the advisory boards of Reporters Without Borders, the Alexia Foundation for World Peace, the Stan Kalish Picture Editing Workshop, and Pictures of the Year.

A frequent speaker on the future of storytelling, Storm also leads product vision for the MediaStorm Platform, designed to empower the next generation of visual storytellers.

Born in Minnesota, Storm is a long-suffering Vikings fan. He lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California.

Gilmar Smith is a Venezuelan-born photographer, creative director, and Nikon Ambassador based in Orlando, Florida. Known for her vibrant use of color, cinematic lighting, and imaginative set design, she creates bold editorial and commercial imagery for brands, entrepreneurs, and publications. Her work blends storytelling with high-impact visual style, producing images that stand out in a crowded visual landscape.

In addition to her client work, Gilmar is an internationally recognized photography educator. She teaches for KelbyOne and has presented at major industry conferences including WPPI, Imaging USA, Photoshop World, BILD Expo, The Photography Show UK, and The Lightroom Conference. Her presentations focus on creativity, lighting, visual storytelling, and helping photographers develop a distinctive voice in their work.

Through her photography and teaching, Gilmar encourages photographers to experiment fearlessly with light, color, and perspective, empowering them to push beyond technical limits and create images that are both visually striking and deeply personal.

 

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