David Litschel is a noted educator, photographer, author, and consultant to industry and education. He is the Provost at Brooks Institute with campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. Prior to taking his current administrative role, he was a faculty member at Brooks Institute for over 15 years. During that time he created two courses, Architectural Photography and Web Site Development and taught those and other courses. He is the co-author of two books on photography, Black and White Photography published by Delmar a division of Thompson Learning, Inc., now in its second edition, and Digital Photographic Capture published by Focal Press in 2005. He has been active in many professional organizations, including serving as President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA). David is a member of the Advisory Board for Photographer's Forum magazine, and has served on the Board of Directors of Photoaccess.com, in Seattle, Washington. David earned the Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Michigan and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Colorado where he was awarded Phi Beta Kappa.