Zoom – WPCC Guest Presentation: Through the Lens: 50 Years of Professional Photography

Celebrating 50 years behind the camera, professional photographer Ron Wyatt takes audiences on a behind-the-scenes journey through a career spanning corporate, editorial, and event photography. From photographing the Olympic Games and NFL events to corporate assignments, healthcare photography inside operating rooms, architectural projects, and more than three decades of work with Six Flags, Ron shares the real world experiences that shaped his work.

The presentation features images from three international tours with the Moscow Ballet, assignments for marketing and PR firms, national conferences, and government work, including photographing the President of Turkey and the First Lady during their visit to the United Nations in New York.

Ron also demonstrates how digital photography has transformed his workflow in recent years, sharing practical insights into how images are created for marketing and PR departments, newspapers, magazines, press releases, ribbon cuttings, and corporate storytelling. Along the way, he reveals how these assignments were secured, and the unexpected situations that happened while creating them.

Today, Ron continues to share his passion for photography through his company, Photo Adventures with Ron, where he leads hands-on photo tours for photographers to inspiring destinations including Cuba, Tanzania, Rome, Venice, Alaska (bears catching salmon), covered bridges in Pennsylvania and Vermont, and lighthouse tours along the coast of Maine.

This program offers inspiration, education, and an honest look at building a lasting career in professional photography.