Alchemists Assemble!
Find out more about our all star instructors.
Richard Terborg
Richard Terborg is a People Photographer. In every sense of the word. He loves creating interesting images around people and stories he meets and photographs.
Besides taking pictures he loves to share what he knows. Coming from the teachings of the streets and the internet. He loves to give back the knowledge he has learned and little tips and tricks picked up along the way. Add a drive for getting people to ‘stop talking and start doing’, and you’ve got Richard Terborg in a nutshell.
Creature of Habit
Hi, my name is Vanessa and I am a fairytale gown and accessories designer. I love playing fairy godmother to all sorts of performers, creatives, artists, celebrities and beyond. In addition to designing and hand making intricate pieces, I love to art direct photo shoots to breathe life into what I create, and inspire everyone to be swept up into magical realms!
Tina Eisen
Tina Eisen is an editorial and commercial beauty and fashion photographer based in London, UK.
With over 10 years of experience in the industry, Tina has worked with clients such as MaxFactor, Sephora, Ciate, Superdrug, Harvey Nichols, ASOS, Marks & Spencer, ITV, Amazon, Barbour and numerous other well-known global brands and magazines.
Bekka Björke
Hi! My name is Bekka Bjorke, and I’m a photographer and digital artist currently based out of Washington, USA. Visual art is inherently a kind of storytelling, and the tales that I want to tell are what our childhood bedtime stories have evolved into. I grew up under the tropical skies in Hawai’i on a hearty diet of classical art, folklore, literature, and video games. My youth was spent working in hospitality & marketing in the hustle and bustle of the Silicon Valley. I am now settled amongst the mountains and forests of the Pacific Northwest, my environment and eclectic experiences are a constant influence in my images. It affects how I relate to people, visualizing where fantasies and our reality collide. Helping bring to life their stories and projects through meticulous concept design, cover art, and portraiture.
Kate Woodman
Born in Darmstadt, Germany, Kate Woodman was brought up in Connecticut and currently calls Portland, Oregon home. A structural engineer by training, Kate developed her love of photography in 2011 while investigating earthquake damage in New Zealand. What began as a compulsion to document the environment expanded into a fascination for narrative storytelling, with a conceptual twist. Her engineering background serves her well in her photography, provoking a sense of balance and attention to detail and engendering a creative approach to the technical challenges of creating an image. Kate currently works in the commercial and editorial worlds, with a client list including Airbnb, Nike, Harman Kardon, Marie Claire and British Vogue. Kate is a PROEDU instructor and teaches workshops around the world focusing on color theory and storytelling.
Joel Robison
Joel Robison is a Canadian creative conceptual photographer based out of British Columbia. His work is a blend of whimsy and surrealism mixed into honest storytelling, often using self-portraits that allow the viewer to follow the creative narrative in his images with him as the main character. He has spent the last decade developing his creative style and his work has been featured in publications and galleries worldwide. He is a strong supporter of community, especially within the creative world, and teaches workshops and classes that focus on developing the creative identity and exploring the creative destiny.
Kelly Robitaille
Kelly Robitaille is a photographer, retoucher and artist who lives and works in Ontario Canada. Kellys distinctive style coined "Surreal Retouching '', focuses on creating an out of the box artistic experience utilizing storytelling, post production and photography. She uses her creative processes to help explore self expression, personal insight and a way to cope with a chaotic past. Although Kelly's work is sometimes dark and melancholy, she finds it an essential element used to showcase the imperfections of life, the fragility of the mind, and the true beauty that lies within pure emotion. Kelly is an award winning photographer whose work has been featured at the Gallery At KelbyOne, Photoshop User Magazine, Maria Menunos's Female Entrepreneur of the month, Shondaland, and as an instructor at Pro Edu. Her retouching can be seen in People Magazine, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, among many others.
Curtis Jones
Curtis Jones is a Canadian outdoor and adventure photographer who spends most of his time in climates rarely inhabited by people. Working for both the private and public sector, his portfolio spans environmental initiatives, literacy programs, Canadian National Parks, tourism, and commercial sets. Collaborating with world-class athletes, production teams, and local communities, he has built his career delivering an intimate view of the raw, wild, and often untamed.
A seasoned photography guide, Curtis is often found leading photography workshops in Greenland, Antarctica, Mongolia, and Newfoundland – sharing his appreciation for adventure, tents, and solid punchlines with others.
Renée Robyn
Growing up surrounded by the vast prairie of the Canadian north and tales of faraway places, Renée Robyn has chased the perfect backdrop around the world. Approaching photography like a treasure hunter, her compositions are uniquely cinematic, often becoming pieces of a bigger world represented beyond reality. Renée’s style is easily recognizable and distinctly her own. Expertly blending fact, fiction, and a little digital alchemy, she has worked with industry-leading brands like Wacom, SmugMug, Corel, Capture One, Viewsonic and Intel.
Comfortable facing down gale force winds, climbing fog-shrouded mountains or fast pace commercial studios, her work is impressive and committed. An expert retoucher, Renée applies the same level of commitment to post-processing leveraging her mastery of colour theory, editing, light, and shadow in the digital realm of Photoshop.
Clinton Lofthouse
Clinton Lofthouse is a creative director, photographer, and creative artworker who resides in the north of England.
He has been solving visual problems for businesses, brands and agencies for the past 8 years, including Nike, Crypt TV, Warwick Castle and York Dungeon.
Working within the Advertising and Entertainment sectors, Clinton has evolved a style that can demand a customer's eye whilst making sure the clients message is delivered with accuracy.