Rick Ferro Bio:

In the last forty years, Rick has impacted the photographic community by being one of the leading wedding photographers in the nation.  In addition to wedding photography, his clients have included 7-UP, Sprint, the Miami Dolphins, Master Card, and Mercedes Benz.
 
In 1993, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, approached Rick to create for Disney a wedding photography department. Rick became the Senior Wedding Photographer for Disney. Rick was a photographer for ABC’s “Weddings of a Lifetime” and the “Regis & Kathie Lee Show”. Rick currently has photographed “Weddings of a Lifetime” for Disney’s “Free Form” channel.

Rick has owned and operated over five photography studios and operated a photography concession for an international cruise line for three years.

In 1999 Rick wrote his first book, “Creative Techniques For Lighting and Posing”, published by Amherst Media. Since then, Rick has had over eight books published.

Because of Rick’s experience as a photographer, author and teacher, he is asked to speak at professional guilds, conferences and conventions and has taught in the United States, Canada and internationally in the UK, Scotland, and Ireland.

As a member of Professional Photographers of America, Rick has received his PPA Master Photographer & Craftsman degree.  He has also earned the honor of his images meriting the Loan Collection and Showcase Collection.  Rick has an Associate of Science Degree and is a WPPI Master Photographer. In 2006 Rick received, along with his wife, the United Nations Leadership Award from the International Photographic Council at the United Nations in New York City.
Currently Rick is a Senior Photographer and trainer for Walt Disney World’s Fine Art Department.

Rick Ferro, author and international speaker is a Certified PPA Master Craftsmen Photographer.
From 1993 through 1996, he was commissioned to help develop the wedding photography department for the Walt Disney Corporation in Orlando, Florida.