Whether it's a new photographic technique, new processing ideas, new software, or simply keeping up with the rapidly changing technology, there is always something new to learn!
The events below offer a variety of ways to learn an array of topics. Some events are on-line and some are in-person, on location events.
I hope to see you at one or more of these – online or in the field – in 2025!
From Snap to WOW!
The Ultimate iPhone Photography Workshop!
Madeline Island
July 14 - 18, 2025
Join photographers Melissa Needle, Charles Needle, and me, Rad Drew, for this unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a 5-day iPhone photography workshop for advanced and beginning mobile photographers.
With the beautiful and picturesque Madeline Island as our backdrop, Missy, Charles, and I will guide you through not only the technical ins and outs of your device, but also in the artistic, imaginative aspects of creating with your mobile camera.
Out of Chicago Live! 2025
February 7-9
An On-Line Event
50+ photographers, 100+ live sessions, unlimited inspiration
I'm excited to be on the instructor roster again this year for Out of Chicago LIVE! 2025.
Learn, share and engage with some of the most creative photographers in their field. With 100+ sessions and 50+ instructors covering a wide range of genres, from landscape and nature to travel, street, architecture, and post-processing, immerse yourself in new ways to improve your photography. Connect with a community as passionate about photography as you.
Out of Chicago Botanic! 2025
August 24 - 28
An In-Person, on Location Event
Spark your creativity in a diverse botanical paradise with five days of flower and garden photography, with extensive hands-on learning alongside a team of supportive instructors.
I'm honored to be on the instructor roster with some wonderful photographers and instructors for this event next August.
I hope you can join us as we immerse ourselves in the Chicago Botanic Garden's 385 acres with 27 individual gardens full of a diverse range of dahlias, roses, waterlilies, lotuses, hummingbirds, butterflies, and native plants, along with three greenhouses that feature desert plants, tropical and semi-tropical plants.
I hope to see you next summer!