Club Leadership
The elected club officers are listed below.
Committee chairpersons and members are appointed as necessary by the board.
Tom Myers
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Tom Myers received a B.S. in Entomology at Purdue University. His graduate work was in Entomology and Insect Pest Management at Iowa State University. His research has been published in Scientific Journals and Industry Trade Magazines. He is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences, training courses, university classrooms and seminars. Tom has made hundreds of presentations to local school groups, scout troops, civic groups and other professional groups.Tom Myers is a Board Certified Entomologist and president of All Rite Pest Control. Tom and All Rite have worked with the University of Kentucky in research programs in termites, mosquito control and bed bugs. His early work in bio-diversity studies took him to the rain forests of South America, Africa and Asia. His more recent work has included travel to the Polar Regions at both ends of the earth to look at endangered species and habitats in these areas. He is a photographer and has traveled to all seven continents to document our world and the people and wildlife in it. Tom’s work has appeared in numerous magazines, calendars, newspapers, textbooks, TV broadcasts and scientific guides. His images have won both local and international honors. |
Parham Baker
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Parham Baker started in photography when he was in Junior High, with a makeshift darkroom in the utility room processing primarily black and white and learning to dodge and burn using his black and white enlarger.
Most of his years have been spent owning companies in the computer software industry, so when the digital photography age arrived, he was excited! He shoots Canon equipment and is fairly fluent in Photoshop and numerous plugins and addons. He has a small, DIY studio and enjoys doing still life but his passion is food and nature photography. Parham occasionally puts together somewhat impromptu shoots at various places as well as offering photography workshops. He is also a member of several other camera clubs where he often conducts presentations on different aspects of photography. He’s always happy to answer any questions or provide assistance to anyone, as others in the club have for him. |
John Snell
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After a computing career spanning nearly 30 years, John W. Snell shifted his focus to photography. He is very much in his element while toting 30 pounds of camera gear and trekking around Kentucky’s Red River Gorge or other equally photogenic venues in the Smokies, North Carolina and West Virginia that are within easy driving distance. He also enjoys photographing cityscapes and thoroughbred horse racing. This award-winning photographer’s style is characterized by saturated colors and he attempts to represent his subjects in ways that evoke smiles of wonder from those viewing his work.
John’s work has appeared in Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography and Keeneland magazines, TIME books, McGraw-Hill books, as well as numerous local publications. His Red River Gorge, The Eloquent Landscape, a 168-page coffee table book of photographs, was introduced in late 2006 and is quickly went into a second printing. Nearly 100 of his photographs grace the pages of Through the Eyes of Lincoln, A Modern Photographic Journey, which was released in April, 2008. John’s images are marketed through galleries and gift shops throughout Kentucky. He also sells his work at art fairs throughout the region. Corporate buyers of his work include Kentucky American Water Company, Norton Brownsboro Hospital (Louisville, KY) and Eli Lily (Indianapolis, IN). His photographs are displayed in hotels, hospitals and other public and private venues throughout the country. In addition, he conducts photographic workshops and provides digital printing services for other artists and photographers. A native Kentuckian, he resides in Lexington. Visit his website at www.johnsnellphoto.com or call him at (859) 254-1929 to make an appointment to visit his Lexington gallery. |
Jan McKinney
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After graduating from Malone College with a BS in Education, Jan McKinney’s first job was with the Head Start program in Poughkeepsie, New York. When she and her family moved to Kentucky in 1975, Jan was employed as a teacher with Broadway Baptist Preschool in Lexington. She followed that with a teaching position in the S.A.F.E. program at Morton Middle School. Eventually she embarked on an 18 year adventure into research at the University of Kentucky, first in the Agronomy Department and finally at the Gluck Equine Research Center. While employed by the University she went back to school and in 2000 graduated with a MA in Education. She was lastly employed at the Kentucky Horse Park as the Curriculum Development Coordinator with the Licensed Officials Department for the United States Equestrian Federation. Jan is retired and lives with her husband on a small farm where she enjoys her dogs, cats, horses, chickens and all manner of wildlife. Nature photography is her passion and living on a farm gives her plenty of photographic opportunities. If it has feathers or fur she is going to shoot it (with her Nikon of course). She and her husband share an interest in photography and enjoy going to National and State Parks. They have two married children and three grandchildren who also share an interest in photography. Their children and grandchildren living in Lexington are also members of the Creative Camera Club. Jan is honored to have been asked to serve as the Secretary for Creative Camera Club since 2016. |
Kathy Davis
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Kathy Davis and her husband Clay visited Lexington KY for a weekend in 1997 and fell in love with the people, culture, and horses of the bluegrass. They moved to Lexington in 2003. She became passionate about horses and picked up a camera in 2004 and started photographing them. Prior to that she was a professional interior designer in Pittsburgh. She holds a degree in interior design for Syracuse University, taught design for the extension program at Cornell University and Art Institute of Pittsburgh. |
Jack McKinney
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Jack McKinney is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University (BS EE ’64) and Akron University (MS EE ’68.) In a 50 year carrier, he has a number of publications on semiconductor chip design and software development, in addition to 2 patents. He has lived in Lexington since 1975 with his wife Jan. His interest in photography starts in 1968 with the purchase of a Minolta SLR and this blended nicely with professional work in semiconductor photo-lithographic processing. Photographic interests include Macro, Flowers, and Landscapes. Membership in the Creative Camera Club has provided an opportunity to develop an artistic sense that makes use of his technical understanding of the photographic processes. |
Ward Ransdell
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Ward Ransdell is a retired optometrist, having practiced for 44 years in Lexington. He has been a member of the Creative Camera club for 25+ years. His interest in photography began in college and he has been active ever since. While his children were in school he concentrated on youth soccer. He was fortunate to obtain credentials to shoot the women’s world cup soccer team during games in the U.S. in 2003 and 2004. As a member of the medical team at the Special Olympics International Games in New Haven, CT, Ward took an image which was one of the winning pictures of the Parade Magazine national photo contest in 1995. Since then he has been a regular photographer for the Special Olympics of Kentucky. Since retiring he is using some of his time to attend photo workshops. His interests continue to be Special Olympics, and nature, wildlife and photojournalism. He is married with 3 children, and 6 grandchildren. |
Bill Cole
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I began my photographic journey at 8 years old in 1970 in Newport News, VA. I used my camera all through high school and college, working my way through hustling images, managing two photo studios (one traditional and one making tintypes) and as a paid photographer shooting NCAA Women’s sports. Moving to Kentucky to pursue a Ph.D. in Sociology required that I put my film cameras and darkroom away. I spent 15 years teaching Statistics and Criminology at UK, EKU and Morehead State, then 10 years in real estate, then, after retirement and a bad bicycle crash, my wife told me to get a hobby. Biggest mistake of her life. I bought a Canon T5 and never looked back. Today I am an instructor at the Lexington School of Photography and a partner in Three O Studios. My photographic interests include primarily bourbon lifestyle images, some landscapes, and still life and fine art. As a partner in Media Unlocked I have about 70K YouTube subscribers. I look forward to learning more about my art every day of the year. |
Karen Higdon
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I am a native Lexingtonian and a graduate of Lafayette and UK. I retired in 2014 after teaching math for 24 years and being a high school librarian for 8. I began my photography journey a long time ago with a Kodak Instamatic, moved to an SLR around 1982, and to a DSLR around 2005. I point my Nikons mostly towards all things nature and wildlife. My husband Paul acts as my roadie when I decide to hit the trails. |
