Dusty has enjoyed speaking engagements and providing training to university and corporate groups for nearly thirty years. His style is energetic, engaging and aimed at inspiring audiences for personal, professional and artistic development. He is a frequently requested presenter by photographic groups for a variety of topics focusing on creative expression and inspiration.
If you're interested in scheduling Dusty for a speaking engagement, please contact him here.
" I just wanted to say THANK YOU for the excellent presentation you made last night at the SANP meeting. I truly enjoyed it and came away wanting much more. I have never heard a presentation on composition delivered in the format that you used and for me it came across in a clear and concise manner. Your structured, systematic approach to taking a picture is outstanding. Your photo examples and the questions you asked about each of them really helped drive home the two points you emphasized all night-Design elements and Composition strategies. I have a few books on composition and they don't even come close to presenting the subject the way you did last night. " -Jim J.
Presentations for General Audiences
Chasing the Light: Lessons Learned from Photographic Adventures
Vision Quest: Establishing a Personal Vision for Career, Art and Life
Presentations for Photographic Audiences
Composition: Art in the Landscape
Forest and Trees: Composing for Mystery and Magic
The Creative Life: Visual Tools for the Photographic Artist
Art of Black and White in the Landscape
Accelerating the Learning Curve: Taking Your Photography to the Next Level
Chasing the Light: Lessons Learned from the Field
Northern Light: Photographic Adventures in the Arctic
Digital Print: The Art and Craft of Print Making (1/2 day workshop)
Digital Darkroom: The Art and Craft of Image Making (1/2 day workshop)
Previous Presentations to Photographic Audiences
Forests and Trees: Composing for Magic and Mystery, Durham Photography Club
Out of Chicago Live 2023: Forest and Trees: Composing for Mystery and Magic
Out of the Great Smoky Mountains Conference (2022). Fuel for the Journey: Inspiration and Daily Practice
Composition and Personal Expression, Brentwood Photography Group
Becoming a Photographic Artist: Refining Your Vision and Style, Tennessee Prof. Photographers Assn.
Composition and Personal Expression: Brentwood Photography Group
Vision and Style: Becoming and Photographic Artist, Tennessee Professional Photographers Assn.
Art of Black and White in the Landscape, Brentwood Photography Group
Composition: Art in the Landscape, West Tennessee Shutterbugs
Accelerating the Learning Curve: Taking Your Photography to the Next Level, Nashville Photography Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Foothills Photography Group
Chasing the Light: Lessons Learned from the Field, Memphis Camera Club
Image Critique Session: Morton Arboretum Photographic Society
The Digital Darkroom: The Art of Craft of Image Making, Huntsville Photographic Society
The Creative Life: Tools for the Journey, Huntsville Photographic Society
Art and Adventure in Chasing at the Light, Georgia Nature Photographers-Pine Mountain
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Paulding Photography Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Roswell Photographic Society
Iceland: Land and Fire and Ice, Big Canoe Photography Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Georgia Nature Photographers-Smyrna
Art and Adventure of Chasing the Light, Cookeville Camera Club
Art and Adventure of Chasing the Light, Huntsville Photographic Society
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Memphis Camera Club
Art and Adventure of Chasing the Light, Sunny 16 Camera Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, LeConte Camera Club
Art of Black and White in the Landscape, Charlotte Camera Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Hendersonville Camera Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Georgia Nature Photographers-Pine Mountain
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Western North Carolina Camera Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Georgia Nature Photographers-West Central
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Southern Appalachia Nature Photographers
Digital Print: The Art and Craft of Print Making, Huntsville Photographic Society
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Nashville Photography Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Sunny 16 Camera Club
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas
Digital Darkroom: The Art and Craft of Image Making, Huntsville Photographic Society
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Huntsville Photographic Society
Composition: Art in the Landscape, Louisville Photographic Society