Celebrating over forty years in professional photography, Tim Kelly, M.Photog.Cr., F-ASP, has participated in the cutting edge of several of photography's landmark advances. A teacher and mentor to portrait photographers for a generation, he has worked in nearly every specialty of the industry. Before soloing as a portrait only artist, there were thousands of high end weddings, large scale product and advertising photographs, NYC area fashion, corporate and industrial images for the very biggest companies, seniors and undergrads by the tens of thousands. In addition to all this, Tim has always owned a lab, processing, printing and retouching all of his own work in-house with the help of full time staff. Tim still produces his entire signature bearing portraits himself, assuring their collectable value. Most of professional photography knows Tim's name and reputation; he has contributed to, or been featured in all the major trade magazine and over two dozen books. Tim has been one of the industry's most prolific and sought after authors and experienced educators, influencing much of today's top talent. He recently launched his new mentoring website, wwwphotoportraitGURU.com and maintains www.timkellyportraits.com, where his educational DVDs are sold worldwide. Tim is an artist who has enjoyed success in several mediums including graphic design, oil painting, drawing and etching in addition to music and photography. He considers himself a "blessed man”, having been able to sustain a great career doing the very thing he loves the most: photographic fine-art portraiture. Among Tim's honors are being inducted into Cameracraftsmen of America, the International Society of Portrait Artists, a three-time recipient of the Kodak Gallery Elite Award, dozens of Kodak Gallery Awards, multiple Epcot Awards, and is a two-time recipient of the Becker Award, Florida's highest imaging honor.