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Training and Background Info
Don and his wife Ines opened The Edge Photography Studio eight years ago in historic Leesburg Virginia adjacent to Dodona Manor. . The studio conducts regular and highly popular photography classes, workshops, and digital darkroom classes. Don and Ines have already won nine International Accolades of Excellence for their portrait and wedding photography. They have also judged several photography competitions.
Don’s love of photography dates back to grade school when he developed and printed his own black and white prints in a home darkroom. He later graduated to color darkroom work and moved from a second-hand Kodak Brownie instamatic to an Agfa SLR while living in England.
Don was the team photographer for a number of National Speleological Society (NSS) Caving Expeditions lasting up to a week underground and presenting the most difficult challenges for a photographer. He also obtained his first Nikon camera and accumulated an extensive collection of lenses and lights for every photographic situation.
Later his photographic work expanded to scientific photography including ultra thin slicing of geological specimens for publication. The most notable was the publication of microscopic algae specimens that are approximately 2 billion years old. He also published early images of cardiac ultrasound images revealing the heart in a new modality.
Don has photographed and produced a number of underwater presentations and also taught underwater photography and wreck diving to scuba divers.
Don has studied with a number of leading photographers including Tony Corbell “The Master of Light”, Jim and Cathy Church innovators in underwater photography, Rick Ferro romantic wedding photography, Joyce Wilson family portraits, David Anthony Williams from Australia contemporary wedding photography, Larry Peters high school senior photography, and Bob Grove at the National Gallery of Art Recent work includes workshops with Bambi Cantrell and Will Crockett. All are acclaimed photographers in their fields and Bob recently won an Emmy for his Adobe Photoshop work in the PBS special “Vermeer, the master of light”
Don says he has graduated from photography in the most difficult environments, to the most challenging subjects; Portraits of people and their pets. Their equipment is based on a large format digital Hasselblad system and creative lighting.
Don & Ines reside in a quaint Victorian house dating back to 1852 and located in historic Leesburg. It’s an easy walk from their home to The Edge Photography Studio at 312 East Market Street where they conduct photography sessions by appointment.
About Ines Harper
Represents an important part of the creative energy you can find at The Edge Photography Studio.
In her role as artistic director she coordinates backgrounds, costumes and lighting ideas to create a unique portrait for each client.
Ines has won awards for her album designs in two very competitive international competitions in both Las Vegas & London. Her creative skills really do transform a bride’s wedding album into the Edge work of art.
Ines’s Digital Darkroom skills rival those of any Fashion Magazine allowing customers to benefit from the best digital botox, liposuction and other beauty enhancing touch-ups for photographs. Ines’s coffee table album designs are the best illustrations of editorial wedding photography available. There is great demand for her artistic photographic collages and painterly photographs in particular by seniors and pet owners wanting a unique piece of art.
Her background in the arts can be traced to her family atelier that creates oil paintings sold in the best European art galleries and frequently featured on German television.
Ines helps with instruction at The Edge Digital workshops and classes.
She has trained with Bob Grove, from the National Gallery of Art, Katrin Eismann, and Julianne Kost amongst famous Adobe Photoshop artists.
Call The Edge for more information or to schedule an appointment. (703) 669-1000
About Richard Warren, fashion photographer. Our November 2006 Guest Lecturer
Richard works out of his studio based in the Manhattan fashion district. The results have won international publication and acclaim.
At the age of 26 he won his first big assignment in Milan shooting a 30 page editorial spread for Italian Bazaar magazine highlighting the creations of leading fashion designers such as Valentino. Richard continued refining his style in Milan and Paris before working in Australia with work published in Australian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Dolly, and Follow-Me. The year 1990 found Richard creating a splash in New York with work for the following clients:
Vera Wang, Neiman Marcus, Coach, Jantzen, Lancôme, Land’s End, Lord & Taylor, Bill Blass lingerie, American Express, Alexander Julian, Cover Girl, Macys, and dozen’s more.
See Richard’s websites http://www.richardwarrenphotos.com/ & http://www.lingerie-photographer.com/richardwarren.html for more details, but in his climb he assisted such photographers as Helmut Newton, Bill King, Denis Piel, & Robert Mapplethorpe. Of course Richard knows digital with a 22 megapixal digital back for his studio camera.
About David Williams, our Guest Lecturer for November 2005
Australian photographer David A Williams M.Photog. FRPS ALPE is a ‘photographer’s photographer’. His interests, concerns and passions revolve around how we make pictures, and how we involve ourselves in the whole Portrait and Wedding experience.
After being thrown into digital capture three years ago, David has embraced the process wholeheartedly. He brings to it much of the ‘film’ mentality we are all familiar with. As he says “My biggest desire is to ‘de-bulls***-ify digital’ – get us away from the nonsense, and back to using this fabulous tool – simply”.
Simple is an approach David embraces for all procedures. “It’s not about quoting pixel counts anymore than film is about grain size. It’s about the image.” He sees a return to the self-sufficient studio, only with no boundaries as to the products we can now produce.
Drawing influences from over twenty years involved in all sides of the industry, David’s approach is based on making the simplest of images special. Placing people casually, working quickly and efficiently, enhancing the photographer’s position within the wedding by simple acts of random kindness.
An acknowledged specialist with inkjet, all David’s Awards over the last five years have been won with superb prints made on the Epson 1290, a tool he considers essential for any studio. He has now been chosen to work closely with Epson and their Epson 4000 Professional printer.
Kodak Professional in Australia chose him as the mentor for the Kodak ‘Portra’ film range, and more recently Fuji Professional in Australia chose him to speak for the Fuji S2 and its capabilities for the wedding/portrait industry. Many superb images he created for both companies are etched in the memory of many photographers.
His desire to learn more about the Wedding experience led him to become an authority on Detail Miniatures and story-telling support pictures, their fundamental importance, and how they work in an album presentation – adding a richness so appealing to the customer.
David is very conscious of the influences of other art forms on photography as shown in his popular ‘MasterWorks’ images. He shows clearly and concisely how a broader study base can equip photographers with better understanding of image making.
Having said that, David takes his work very seriously – but not himself. That learning should be fun is a fundamental part of any presentation by David. Audiences in America, UK, Australia, India, Thailand and New Zealand have all shared in the experience that makes photographers do two of the most important things in David’s eyes…..smile and think.
About Bill Reckert
Bill Reckert has photographed hurricanes,glaciers, and government dignitaries. More importantly he has proved his popularity as a local instructor who can promise students an understanding of all the essentials of photography.
Bill's work has been shown on CBS evening news "Eye On America", CNN, The Discovery Channel and French & Japanese National TV. Bill's portfolio also includes commercial work in the music industry arena for such artists as Tori Amos. Join Bill Reckert's exciting class; although he won't be hanging out of a helicopter like previous assignments, he will have you on The Edge of your seat at our studio.
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