Brian, formerly just a photographer and educator in northern Virginia, added filmmaker to his resume during the pandemic years

While still enthralled with still photography, he is using video to expand his storytelling options and range of subjects. When shooting stills, his favorite subject is the elegance and majesty of nature, particularly landscapes. When filmmaking his favorite subject is the human condition-telling the unique and unusual

stories of the everyday person. In addition to his favorite genres,

Brian Zwit he dabbles with photographing and filming protests, dogs,

travel adventures, and street life. Brian has been teaching photography more than ten years for workshop companies and non-profits including the Ward Museum, Chincoteague Bay Field Station, and camera clubs in the mid-Atlantic. He is an exceptional Lightroom instructor and he has had more than 1,000 students attend his Lightroom training. Brian also speaks to camera clubs, schools, and other organizations on creativity and other photographic techniques. He is well known for his ability to distill complex topics to their essence and explain them in

simple, easy-to-understand ways. Brian’s favorite assistant is Dingo, a Parson Russell Terrier, who really is not very helpful, but is always ready for a walk in the woods. She also reminds him not

to get too obsessed with work, photography, and filmmaking and just enjoy life.

Brian’s website is Images by Brian J Zwit. Brian has been a speaker for NVPS and a frequent reviewer for the Portfolio Project’s final reviews.