Peter Read Miller a legend in sports photography, who shoots exclusively for Sport Illustrated, told us tales from the sidelines.

Ray Carfano a master black and white printer, who often uses a Holga toy camera showed students how to split tone an image.

An exceptional food photographer who is a Long Beach native, and has appeared on the Martha Stewart show and extensive food publications Matt Armendariz. He also has a foodie blog Matt Bites.

And Randall Slavin, who planned to become an actor, but ended up becoming a highly esteemed celebrity photographer.

I was amazed at how nice all the photographers were who came out to Photo Fest. They generously shared some of their trade secrets with everyone. Instructor and LBCC Photo Dept. Coordinator Anne Mitchell did such a fantastic job at organizing the event and getting these experts to come to LBCC! Here is her photo a day blog.