Digital Photography Series

Mike Petrose and Paul Rybold are co-owners of Fairborn Camera & Video. Both have been at the store for over 20 years. They were the first in the Dayton area to embrace digital technologies for photographic equipment and have stayed abreast of the technologies all these years.

After graduating from the Ohio Institute of Photography, Kim Coughnour worked five years as a commercial photographer with clients including Folgers Coffee, Duncan Hines, and Sunny Delight plus many other recognizable large companies. Then she moved on to instructing at the Ohio Institute of Photography for over 13 years. She taught Camera Skills, Black & White Photography, Color Concepts, Lighting Techniques, Medium Format, and Advanced Commercial Photography courses. She was instrumental in the school's transition from traditional photographic methods to today's digital technologies. For the last five years, Kim has headed her own portrait studio, Red Leaf Photography, in Oakwood, Ohio.