As a partner with the Summit Series of Photography Workshops for over 25 years, Nikon empowers photographers of all skill levels and helps them to realize and achieve their creative visions. Nikon is the world leader in digital imaging, precision optics and photo imaging technology and is globally recognized for setting new standards in product design and performance. The unique strength of the Nikon brand is attributable to the company’s unwavering commitment to quality, performance, technology and innovation.Nikon is committed to giving back to the photographic community by fostering education and providing opportunities and support through grants, scholarships, contests, promotion, workshops, equipment donations and financial contributions. Nikon inspires photographers from all disciplines and encourages those organizations that use photography as a medium to directly impact the lives of others. For information on Nikon products and services, please visit www.nikonusa.com

As professional photography has moved full-force into the digital world, Apple computers have become the "darkroom" of the new century. Apple brings a supply of MacPro desktops and Intel iMacs, MacBookpro laptops as well as a variety of their leading photographic and rich media software including Aperture 2, their professional photographic workflow application. Whether you're trying Apple for the first time or looking to unlock the latest features and benefits, staff members are ready to help with instruction on the latest Mac hardware and software. You can see Apple's latest developments by going to www.apple.com.

Exceptional educational experiences in photography and creativity have been the hallmark of the 29 years of Summit Workshops as well as the 64 year history of the Brooks Institute -- one of America's premier schools of high level photography, film and video. Combining forces, Brooks Institute will be the new home of a Summit Workshop in Travel Photography this July. Headquartered in the school's facilities in the Santa Barbara area, the summer Summit will draw on both the classrooms and faculty of Brooks as well as their continued involvement in the rest of the Summit Series.

Founded by the late Ernest H. Brooks Sr., the institute stands as a premier school in professional photography, visual journalism, film and video production and visual communication. Located in beautiful facilities in Santa Barbara and Ventura, Ca., the area is well known for their beaches and vibrant artist communities that are rich incubators for creativity. A reinvigorated Brooks has moved into the digital and new media era while still emphasizing the basics that produce excellence.

The entire family of Summit Workshops will draw from the Brooks tradition of high level career development. www.brooks.edu

The Aperture Users Network is an international user association for photographers, designers and other creatives who use Apple hardware and software to develop their artistic, commercial and editorial projects. As the name implies, the group specifically advocates Apple's groundbreaking program, Aperture, a software tool designed to manage and simplify all phases of a photographer's workflow. Learn more about AUPN at www.apertureprofessional.com.

Lexar - The leader in the development of storage cards for digital cameras, Lexar has just announced a eight-gigabyte capacity CompactFlash Type II card, the fastest recording card yet, as part of their line of storage devices. This is their fourth year as a workshop sponsor, and they provide cards for all participants to use at each workshop. You can learn more about their new cards at
www.lexar.com.

Roberts Distributors, a competitive national mail order company based in Indianapolis, supplies photographic equipment to top photographers, newspapers and major magazines, including Sports Illustrated, throughout the country. Roberts is always onsite during the Sports Photography Workshop taking orders for equipment shown by the many manufacturers, and is willing to offer special deals and ship onsite to our other workshops. To learn more about the company and their offerings, go to www.robertsimaging.com.

The Jackson Hole News and Guide has been a longtime sponsor of the Summit Workshops, continuing the tradition of support of fine photography. One of the nation's better newspapers, the News-Guide publishes a small daily principally for vistors to Jackson Hole, an elegant weekly for the community and a beautiful high-end three-times-a-year magazine about the valley. The newspaper won "best use of photographs" for the nation several years ago in the NPPA "Pictures of the Year" competition. Publisher Mike Sellett is resonsible for the Summit Workshops moving to Jackson from its original site in Steamboat Springs, Co.

The National Museum of Wildlife Art hosts our Digital Photography at the Summits, providing our workshop classroom and spacious auditorium, all surrounded by a rotating international collection of wildlife art, a perfect setting to invigorate the creative juices of both the workshop faculty and attendees. www.wildlifeart.org

Bogen and it's umbrella brands, Gitzo, Elinchrom, Gossen, Metz and Lastolite are longtime sponsors of the Sports Photography Workshop, bringing arena lighting equipment, tripods and monopods and portrait lighting equipment for attendee use and will have representatives on hand all week to answer questions. For more information, go to www.bogenphoto.com.

The MAC Group, distributing Pocket Wizard, Profoto, Sekonic, Tenba and Toyo brings their line of medium and large format cameras, strobe units, light meters and popular radio remotes to the Sports Photography Workshop for use by all attendees and will have representatives on hand all week to answer questions. For more information, go to www.macgroupus.com.

Chimera supports the Sports Photography Workshop with a wide variety of softboxes and other light shaping tools for student use during the week. For more information, go to www.chimeralighting.com.

Wacom supports the Sports Photography Workshop with their pen tablets for greater control in Photoshop and expanded creativity in working with your digital images. For more information, go to http://www.wacom.com/index2.cfm.