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ViewFinder Instructors and Staff
Bryon and Kellie McCartney founded The ViewFinder Center. We share a love of photography, even if our taste in music and ice cream differ.
Bryon Paul McCartney Co-founder and director of the ViewFinder Center for Photography. Bryon develops and teaches classes and workshops, and regularly leads group photography get-togethers. An award-winning professional photographer with a passion for creative photography, Bryon developed an eye for powerful images during his career as a graphic designer. (more)
Kellie Nolan McCartney Co-founder and program director of the ViewFinder Center for Photography. Kellie organizes ViewFinder classes and events and is responsible for marketing. She has enjoyed photography as a hobby ever since picking up her first film SLR camera in high school. (more)
Steve Ellington Video and imaging techniques instructor. A professional filmmaker and photographer, Steve has always had a love for photographic media. That love led him to the Brooks Institute of Photography (Santa Barbara, California) where he received a degree in Film and Video Production. (more)
Philippe Wiget Photography and Photo projects instructor. Philippe was born in Switzerland and grew up near Lucerne. He discovered photography at the age of 12; it was just the thing to make boring family vacations more interesting. By the time he was 15 he had already founded a photography club.