meet the

instructors

Stephanie

Newbold

Stephanie is located in sunny Tucson, Arizona, where she loves spicy salsa, guacamole, flip flops and lip balm, and spending time with family on their houseboat at Lake Powell. She is an award winning, nationally published senior portrait photographer and industry educator specializing in providing a boutique experience for teen and senior girls. Stephanie is best known locally for offering her clients an exclusive, one of a kind senior portrait experience that highlights their individual charm and style and amongst the industry for her expertise in business coaching and developing effective, profitable senior spokesmodel programs. Consistently named one of the Top 25 Influential Teen Photographers and Hot 100 Senior Photographers in the nation, Stephanie's work and education articles have been featured in Senior Style Guide, Modern Teen Style, Lemonade & Lenses, Denim & Grace and Mozi magazines as well as numerous online publications. 

Sean

Brown

Sean is based out of Vancouver, WA and specializes in high school senior photography. Along with being published in numerous magazines, he has been named four years running as one of the Top 100 High School Senior Photographers in the nation by Senior Style Guide Magazine and one of the Top 25 Up & Coming Senior Photographers by The Twelfth Year and Modern Teen Style Magazine. Sean has been asked to speak at photography conferences and is an educator to other photographers. He loves teaching and helping other photographers by giving them the necessary tools to take their business to the next level.

Thomas

Nguyen

Thomas Nguyen lives in Cincinnati, OH., but travels around the country as his senior photography allows him to do so. He has a unique approach at what he does. He believes in keeping things fun and fresh! He genuinely cares about every senior he works with. His intention is unwavering: to create a unique and memorable experience that each senior will fall in love with forever.

And our

SPECIAL GUEST

Ariel

PERRY

Ariel Perry is a nationally renowned high school senior photographer based in Charlotte, North Carolina and has a passion to capture her clients’ personalities through their portraits. In addition to being an incredible photographer, she is also an educator to fellow photographers and the co-founder of the Born to Shine Conference. 

She will be teaching on How to Build a Diverse Clientele!