Owner and Lead Instructor
Future Light Digital Workshops are primarily taught by Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Brad Polt-Jones, MFA. He has more than 20 years experience as a pro photographer and 10 years as a digital media artist. In addition to developing the Future Light workshops, Brad continues to teach digital photography classes for UCLA Extension and San Francisco City College.
"My philosophy is simple; I am passionate about the future of art and photography and want to bring the power and elegance of a new generation of tools to a wider audience. Digital photography allows everyone to participate in the image making process with an unprecedented ease of use and with total control."
- Brad Polt-Jones
Professional photographer for over 20 years. Mark's clients include agencies, designers and retail corporations nationwide. In addition to photography Mark is a consultant in digital workflow and has participated at numerous national venues as an educator in digital imaging.
Mark is a former board member of the APA-SF and cofounder of SFDIG. Visit Mark online at: mrutherford.com
What's Mark Teaching?
Hands-On Lighting for Digital Photograph
Ben Long is a freelance writer, photographer, and videographer based in San Francisco. A long time contributor to a number of computer magazines, his hundreds of reviews, how-to’s and essays on graphics, video, 3D, and photography have appeared in MacWeek, MacUser, MacWorld, MacWorld UK, eMediaWeekly, Computer Graphics World, 3D Artist, Maximum PC and more. Currently, in addition to being a regular contributor to Macworld magazine, he is a senior editor for CreativePro.com where he writes “Framed and Exposed” a regular digital photography column.
He is the author of many books on digital photography including Complete Digital Photography (now in its third edition), Getting Started with Camera Raw, the Apple Pro Training Manual for Aperture, and the forthcoming Real World Aperture. He has taught photography classes around the world, and is a regular speaker at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco and Mac Expo London. He runs the web site completedigitalphotography.com, where you can read articles, follow along with how-to’s, and download free software.
What's Ben Teaching?
The Complete RAW Workflow Introduction to Apple's Aperture
Joseph Seif is a filmmaker and video installation artist based in San Francisco. He kick-started his career as a producer for the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He co-wrote and edited twenty short documentaries about inventors and fifteen museum installation pieces. His work is currently on display at the US Patent and Trademark Office Museum in Alexandria, VA. He has written and directed two short narrative films: "Worried Well", and "Shaping Clouds" for the festival circuit. Joseph holds a bachelor's degree in Film and Media Production, and an M.A. in Arts Management.
What's Joseph Teaching?
Basic Video Editing with Final Cut Pro
