Instructors
Leslie Fisher
Leslie Fisher is an internationally acclaimed presenter specializing in digital photography, editing, and workflow. Leslie's career began at Apple Computer where she was an engineer during the Internet and digital photography boom. Leslie started up her own company in 1997 to focus on presenting and training about emerging technologies. She is hired by Adobe to demonstrate and train on their digital editing product line at many conferences. Her relationship with Adobe lead her to some of the top photographers and companies in digital where she has photographed and edited reality television, sporting events, award shows and more. She also works with many Fortune 500 companies teaching their employees how to capture, edit, store and share their work more effectively.
Mark Reis
Mark Reis is a graduate of Iowa State University and has been working as a photojournalist for 30 years. He is passionate about photojournalism and loves to tell peoples’ stories through his photographs. Mark has been Deputy Photo Director at the Gazette in Colorado Springs since 1986. He has covered seven Olympic Games and five Superbowls and won the Olympic Media Association Gold prize for his coverage of the Nagano Games. His career has given him a ringside seat to everything from local news and features to the 2004 Asian tsunami. In 2009 he was the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Regional Photographer of the Year. Mark lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Wendy and two daughters.
Benny Migliorino (manager)
Benny Migliorino began his creative photographic journey in the 8th grade and has been a working professional photographer since 1999. Blending finesse and artistry Benny’s work is sure to intrigue the mind and invoke passion in the heart. He refers to this mode of expression as “shooting from the heart”, rather than shooting from the eye. At the 2006 WPPI Las Vegas convention he earned the respect of his peers when he won the grand award in the Portraits category of print competition with a perfect print score of 100%.Then followed up with his 2006 PPA photographer of the year award and PPA Masters Degree in 2010. In 2011 he joined the creative team of artist at Popular Photography. He is now the manager of Digital Days and is here to help you become the photographer.
