Finding Your Photographic Voice
Finding Your Photographic Voice is a four-part speaker series exploring the deeper questions behind how—and why—we create.
Across these conversations, we move beyond technique to examine the forces that shape our work. In How Important is Location to Your Photography? – Two Perspectives, Beth Buelow and Sarah Marino challenge the role of place in defining our images. David duChemin explores Defining the Creative Value in Bodies of Work and How to Approach Your Work, helping photographers move from isolated images to meaningful, cohesive expression. Dusty Doddridge’s Personality Type and Photographic Approach looks inward at how who you are influences what you create, while Andrea Pozzi’s Decontextualize to Find Your Inner Voice pushes beyond the literal to uncover deeper, more personal interpretation.
Together, these sessions explore the intersection of vision, intention, and self-awareness—key elements in developing a photographic voice that is both authentic and evolving. This series invites photographers to reflect on their own approach, question assumptions, and become more deliberate in the choices that shape their work.
Each session stands on its own, but together they form a broader exploration of creativity—one that encourages you to look inward as much as outward. Whether you’re refining your direction or searching for it, this series is designed to help you better understand your work and the creative path you’re on.
Series Schedule
- September 2 — How Important is Location to Your Photography? – Two Perspectives (Beth Buelow & Sarah Marino) — 4:00 PM PT
- September 16 — Finding & Your Voice Through Bodies of Work (David duChemin) — 4:00 PM PT
- September 21 — Personality Type and Photographic Approach (Dusty Doddridge) — 4:00 PM PT
- September 26 — Decontextualize to Find Your Inner Voice (Andrea Pozzi) — 9:00 AM PT
Recordings will be available on-demand starting the day after each LIVE seminar, so you can watch (or rewatch) anytime.
Are you an annual or monthly member? You’ll gain access to all these sessions the day after they’re streamed live!
Nature Photography Classes offer a unique opportunity to hear from and interact with people that rarely speak with audiences and are considered some of the best photography educators in the world.
Beth Buelow & Sarah Marino – How Important is Location to Your Photography? Two Perspectives
Beth Buelow & Sarah Marino
How Important is Location to Your Photography? Two Perspectives
LIVE September 2, 2026 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET and available on-demand beginning on September 3rd.
Location, location, location. We’ve long heard that it’s the make-or-break factor from stores to gas stations to restaurants. For many photographers, it’s also the make-or-break for their portfolios. Landscape and nature photographers often value—and even become synonymous with—certain locations. Should we assume, then, that where we photograph is as important as what we photograph? Through sharing their personal perspectives and engaging in lively conversation, Sarah Marino and Beth Buelow will explore the role of place in our photography, with Sarah making the case for the benefits of a place-focused approach and Beth sharing the reasons behind her “location agnosticism” practice.They will touch on the advantages and drawbacks of emphasizing place, how location intersects with our creativity, how to be more deliberate about the role of place and location in your work,and how you can experience the landscape with openness and curiosity, no matter where you are.
Bios:
Beth Buelow is a Michigan-based artist, coach, and educator specializing in abstract and minimalist photography. Beth's creative philosophy is simple: If you’re not amazed, you’re not paying attention. Inspired by Walt Whitman’s words, "I am large, I contain multitudes," Beth's photography reflects a multifaceted approach, both in subject matter and aesthetic. If there’s one constant, it’s her playful, often unexpected perspective on nature, architecture, and everyday objects. She is the host of the PIXELS podcast, runs creativity mastermind groups and photography retreats, and teaches and mentors with a focus on abstract approaches. In addition to photography, she loves creating cyanotypes, Zentangles, and alcohol ink art.
Sarah Marino is a nature photographer, nature enthusiast, and writer based in rural southwestern Colorado in the United States. Sarah values open-mindedness, adaptability, and a dedication to the craft of photography in her creative practice, taking a slow and quiet approach focused on exploration, connecting with nature, and seeing opportunity in any landscape.
David Duchemin teaches "Finding & Your Voice Through Bodies of Work"
Finding & Your Voice Through Bodies of Work
LIVE September 16, 2026 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET and available on-demand beginning on September 17th.
A brilliant single image, like a hit song, is a beautiful thing, but, like a great album, where an artist really gets to find, hone, and express their voice is in bodies of work or personal project. Join David as he explores what makes a good body of work, and how the pursuit of that can not only help you find and galvanize your voice as an artist, but help you grow creatively and make stronger single images as well.
Bio:
David duChemin is a Canadian photographer, author, educator, amputee and adventurer. A former comedian turned humanitarian photographer, duChemin now spends his time behind the camera focused on wilder subjects. To his great delight and surprise, his books, among them Within The Frame, The Soul of the Camera, and The Heart of the Photograph, have been published in over a dozen languages and are celebrated for their focus on vision and creativity. His work and teaching can be found here, and his books—including A Beautiful Anarchy, Start Ugly, and his newest title, Light, Space & Time, Essays on Camera Craft and Creativity—can be found on Amazon or your local bookstore.
Dusty Doddridge teaches "Personality Type and Photographic Approach"
Dusty Doddridge
Personality Type and Photographic Approach
LIVE September 21, 2026 at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET and available on-demand beginning on September 22nd.
We'll take a deep dive into how personality type shapes what and how you photograph. We’ll also look at a practical, step-by-step approach for using self-awareness to clarify your creative instincts, strengthen your visual voice, and make more intentional photographs.
Bio:
In the early 2000s, I had a unique opportunity to explore the pristine wilderness of Arctic Sweden and Norway on a couple of extended backpacking trips. Things would never be the same as photography and creative expression became the primary driver for future outdoor adventures. Since then, I’ve been able to explore places in the world that I could not imagine and never even knew existed. The main regions of my photographic explorations have been the surreal beauty of the Western US, the pristine wilderness of the Arctic and the diverse mountain scenery in my home state of Tennessee. I enjoy the excitement and adventure of exploring new places but also the chance to develop a deeper relationship and portfolio of images by returning to landscapes over time.
In 2010 I launched a photography business which allows me the opportunity to share outdoor adventure and creative expression with others through photographic tours and workshops, writing/speaking, and making fine prints.
Andrea Pozzi teaches "Decontextualize to Find Your Inner Voice"
Andrea Pozzi
Decontextualize to Find Your Inner Voice
LIVE September 26, 2026 at 9:00 am PT / 12:00 pm ET and available on-demand beginning on September 27th.
In "Decontextualize to Find Your Inner Voice”, Andrea will discuss photographic evolution—how moving beyond being "just landscape photographers” can lead to a deeper self-discovery and a more intimate connection with nature. He will explore the genre of photography we should all aspire to: autobiographical photography.
Bio:
A full time landscape photographer and adventurer, Andrea is also an expert and renowned tour leader who works in the most diverse environments across all seven continents.
Over the years, his adventures have taken him to approximately 70 countries. He has earned several awards in the most important international competitions of nature photography, including the most prestigious in the world: the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
He graduated in Environmental Architecture in 2009, and since 2005, he has also been a ski instructor, a skill that often allows him to reach unspoiled places.
