The Team
Joseph Rossbach  Joseph Rossbach is a full time profession nature and landscape photographer, author, guide and workshop instructor. His work has appeared in a number of books and calendars, as well as national and regional magazines, including PHOTO Techniques, Outdoor Photographer, Mountain Connections, Blue Ridge Country, Digital Camera World and The Nature Conservancy. Joseph’s fine-art prints have appeared in national collections, galleries, personal collections and one-man shows. Joseph is also the co-author and photographer for 50 Amazing Things You Must See or Do in the Greater Washington D.C. Area (Mountain Trail Press) and The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography (Mountain Trail Press). www.josephrossbach.com View Joe's Portfolio Ian Plant  Hailed by Outdoor Photographer magazine as "an emerging talent in nature photography," Ian Plant has been photographing our natural world for over fifteen years. His photographs and instructional articles have appeared in a number of books, calendars, and magazines, including Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, National Parks, Blue Ridge Country, Adirondack Life, Wonderful West Virginia, and Chesapeake Life, among others. Ian is also a Contributing Editor and online instructor for Nature Photographers Online Magazine. Ian is a Managing Partner of Mountain Trail Press and Mountain Trail Photo. Ian is the photographer/author of eight books, including Chesapeake: Bay of Light (2007), which received critical acclaim from the Washington Post, Washington Times and Baltimore Sun, among others. The Washington Times said "Plant's sensational lens work . . . is a smash hit." Ian is also one of the lead authors and designer of The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography (2009). www.ianplant.com View Ian's Portfolio Richard Bernabe  With thousands of publishing credits since 1998, Richard Bernabe has become one of the top outdoor photographers in the southeastern United States. His images have been licensed to magazines, advertising campaigns, calendars, and large format photography books. A partial list of his varied clients include: American Rivers, Audubon Society, Backpacker Magazine, Blue Ridge Country, Canon Global, Costa Del Mar, National Geographic Society, National Parks, Nature, Orvis Corporation, Outside, Outdoor Life, Patagonia, Rock and Ice, South Carolina Wildlife, Trail Runner Magazine, Trout Unlimited, Wildlife in North Carolina Richard is also a writer, teacher, and adventure traveler. He pens several monthly columns on outdoor and adventure topics and conducts dozens of hands-on photography workshops each year with Mountain Trail Photo as well as occasional classroom study programs at select local colleges and schools, such as the University of North Carolina at Asheville and the John C. Campbell Folk School. The recipient of the 2005 National Trout Unlimited Conservation Award in Communications in the field of photography for his contributions to coldwater conservation and watershed protection, Richard also uses his photography to bring public awareness to the environment and the detrimental impact humanity often inflicts upon it. His first book, South Carolina Wonder and Light, was published by Mountain Trail Press in 2006 and featured the natural landscapes and wildlife of his home state of South Carolina. In 2007, Richard successfully crossed the state of South Carolina in an open canoe to help raise awareness of the environmental and historical significance of the South Carolina places not accessable by roads and highways. The 21-day, 270-mile expedition was filmed for South Carolina Educational Television and was followed real-time by hundreds of viewers online via SCETV's Riverventure Journal. Canon's 2009 corporate calendar, Portraits of Wind, exclusively features thirteen of Richard's images of the Southeastern United States and was printed in seven languages and distributed worldwide. Richard is also a managing partner of Mountain Trail Press and currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Nature Photographers Online Magazine (NPN). www.richardbernabe.com View Richard's Portfolio |
