Mentors

Mannie Garcia

Freelance Photojournalist & Independent Video Producer

Mannie Garcia is a freelance photojournalist and independent video producer based in Washington, DC that covers the Congress and the White House

Nicholas Kurtz

Defense Media Activity

TSgt Nicholas Kurtz is an active duty US Air Force Public Affairs Broadcast Journalist, working for the Defense Media Activity.

Dusan Ilic

Navy Office of Information

Dusan is a US Navy active duty officer and currently the Afloat Media Systems Officer at the Navy Office of Information (CHINFO) in Washington D.C.

Dan Wiltshire

US Border Patrol

Dan Wiltshire Is an Army veteran and is currently a Video Producer with the United States Border Patrol.

Chris Pyles

Defense Media Activity

I have been an Air Force Broadcaster for six years and an ENG Field Reporter for the last four years with DMA.

Jay Hernandez

Defense Information School

I'm an active duty Air Force Staff Sergeant currently working in Broadcast Operations and Maintenance at the Defense Information School. I teach Video
Skills in the Basic Combat Correspondents Course.

Kayla Miller

U.S. Marine Corps

Kayla Miller, an Upstate New York native, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps as a combat videographer in 2009. She was assigned to Marine Corps Base Quantico and worked as a video journalist, producing high quality audio visual stories for 5 years, where she shared her expertise and knowledge with those around her. Kayla’s passion is to tell stories that aren’t typically shared and she has a strong bond with those in the Wounded Warrior program. She specializes in HD-DSLR videography and photography.

This video workshop is part of the National Association of Naval Photography and their “Shoot Off Visual Media Workshops”, a not-for-profit program for military civil service photographers.