“Talking Pictures”

Over 40 years of professional photography experience

will be on display as Rick McCawley discusses how learning to talk about your work can make you a better photographer.

Professor Rick McCawley is a photographer, designer, author and Program Director of Graphic Design at Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

In 12 years as a staff photographer for the Miami Herald (1980-1992), he got shot at during riots, dived to capture the first photos

of the rediscovered treasure ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha, and lived in a trailer photographing the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew (part of the public service Pulitzer Prize team).

Other favorite assignments include shooting the Miami Dolphins, the first space shuttle launch, and four Presidents and the Pope.

His photos have appeared in The New York Times, Bunte, Der Spiegel, and countless other publications.

Rick is a Photoshop expert and has written two books on Photoshop, seven books of graphic design, five travel books and, six books based on various bodies of his work.

His consulting firm Digital Renaissance specializes in training and creating digital arts curriculum for universities in the Southeast U.S.

Rick has an Masters Degree in photography from Barry University, and an MFA in graphic design from Florida Atlantic University.