Rob Galbraith

As a staff photographer at the Calgary Herald in Calgary, Canada, Rob was dragged along kicking and screaming into the electronic age when the paper began its conversion to all-NC 2000 digital photography in mid-1994.

A trip to Rwanda in December of that year, shooting and transmitting nothing but NC 2000 images, convinced him that digital was the future of photojournalism. In fact, Rob shot the first picture captured with a digital camera to be nominated for a prestigious National Newspaper Award, one of journalism's highest honours in Canada.

In the summer of 1998 he left the safe cocoon of a staff job at the paper to pursue digital photography education full time. Since that time he has consulted to over 200 news organizations, top-tier photographers and digital product manufacturers worldwide and has led dozen of seminars on the use of digital photographys in professional photography. He is also the author of The Digital Photojournalist's Guide, a book on use of digital photographys in photojournalism that spanned 4 editions.

Today, he works as a freelance editorial photographer, digital photography trainer and workflow consultant and is the publisher of Rob Galbraith Digital Photography Insights (www.robgalbraith.com), a web site for serious and professional digital photographers.

Kevin T. Gilbert

Kevin is a 21-year veteran photojournalist based in the Washington, DC area, where he has covered superpower summits, professional sports, national political campaigns, as well as the news of Washington and the nation.

Kevin was a five term President of the White House News Photographers' Association (WHNPA), and is the winner of more than 35 photography awards from the 85-year-old association. The National Press Photographers Association, The Society of Newspaper Design, and the Maryland-DC Press Association have also honored him for outstanding photojournalism and design.

Kevin spent 14 years at The Washington Times newspaper, including five years as Chief Photographer. In 1998, he left to become a freelance photographer, becoming the first contract still photographer for Discovery Communications, Inc., the owners and distributors of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, The Learning Channel, and the Travel Channel. Shooting for Discovery, he traveled the world capturing promotional and design photographs for all four networks, including five years of coverage of the Eco-Challengeœ Adventure Race. He formed and taught for the Corcoran College of Art and Design's digital photojournalism department.

Kevin is a frequent speaker and lecturer at digital photography conferences and universities. He provides consulting services to some of America's leading photographic companies, colleges and Day in the Life series. His work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, books and advertising campaigns throughout the world. His most recent work has been shooting still photographs for the hit TV show "The Apprentice" and the "The West Wing", both on NBC.