Upcoming Winter Conference

The 2025 Winter Conference will take place February 21-22, 2025 in Arlington, TX at the University of Texas at Arlington. Registration will open on January 1. Early bird registration is $45 and will apply through February 5. Registration will increase by $10 after February 5. It includes lunch on both Friday and Saturday. Registration is capped at 300 students.

Hands-on classes will include our regulars, including portrait, food photography and architectural photography, but at UTA we will also be able to offer Tintype, Cyanotype, Photograms and Sports Photography.

Full details for the conference will be available online in early December. Check back here for class and contest details and links to registration.



Tentative Schedule


Tuesday, February 18, 2025

6 p.m.

  • Deadline to upload Picture Package, School Portfolio, Beginning and Advanced Portfolio Reviews, Environmental Self-Portrait and Cropped first-round entries
Friday, February 21, 2025

9:30 a.m.

Registration Opens

10:30 a.m.

Information meeting (for students competing in on-site contests)

11 a.m.

On-Site Contests

  • Digital Image
  • Scavenger Hunt
  • Video
  • Faculty

11-11:50 a.m.

  • Sessions

noon – 1 p.m.

  • Lunch (provided)

1:15 p.m.

  • Digital Image and Scavenger Hunt contests due

1:30 p.m.

On-Site Contests

  • Cropped
  • Digital Editing

1:30 – 2:20 p.m.

  • Sessions

2:30 – 3:20 p.m.

  • Sessions

3:30 – 4:20 p.m.

  • Sessions

5 – 6 p.m.

  • Keynote Speaker

11:59 p.m.

  • Video Contests due
Saturday, February 22, 2025

9 – 9:50 a.m.

  • Sessions
  • Portfolio Reviews

10 – 11:50 a.m.

  • Hands-On Classes (pre-registered)

noon – 1 p.m.

  • Lunch (provided)
  • ATPI Business Meeting

1:15 – 3:05 p.m.

  • Hands-On Classes (pre-registered)

3:15 p.m.

  • Group photo

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

  • Awards and conference concludes

ATPI Keynote Speakers


Feb 1998 – Julie Newton
Feb 1999 – Dennis Darling
Feb 2000 – Judy Walgren
Feb 2001 – Keith Carter
Feb 2002 – Danny Turner
Feb 2003 – Dirck Halstead
Feb 2004 – Susan Kae Grant
Feb 2005 – Chris Rainier, sponsored by Canon
Feb 2006 – Robb Kendrick
Feb 2007 – David Hume Kennerly, sponsored by Canon
Feb 2008 – Bill Fortney, sponsored by Nikon
Feb 2009 – Jay Kinghorn, sponsored by Olympus
Feb 2010 – Gregory Heisler, sponsored by Canon
Feb 2011 – Robb Kendrick

Feb 2012 – Sam Abell, sponsored by Canon
Feb 2013 – Elizabeth Kreutz
Feb 2014 – Kirk Tuck, sponsored by Precision Camera and Video
Feb 2015 – John Isaac
Feb 2016 – Stan Godwin
Feb 2017 – Dixie Dixon, sponsored by Nikon
Feb 2018 – James Balog, sponsored by Nikon
Feb 2019 – Brandon Thibodeaux
Feb 2020 – Donna DeCesare
Feb 2021 – Pete Souza
Feb 2022 – none
Feb 2023 – Rick Trujillo
Feb 2024 – William Snyder

Sponsors Have Included