Meet our Photographers!

Bonnie Madre, CPP

Bonnie is an award-winning photographer, based in Poquoson, Virginia, in the beautiful Hampton Roads area. Her love of photography started in the film days, more than 50 years ago with a completely manual 35 mm camera. Over the years, her diverse photography experience has included horse shows, track meets, rock climbers, skiers, and developing and printing electron and optical micrographs at the metals research lab in Pennsylvania where she was employed.

Bonnie's "people" specialties are storytelling portraits, headshots (professional, personal and audition), event and family photography. She also has a long history of landscape and nature photography.

In 2013, Bonnie retired from Jefferson Lab in Newport News, and in 2019, she joined the Virginia Professional Photographers Association (VPPA). In 2020, she joined the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and became a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP). That same year, she rediscovered photographic competition, and has been having success on the local, district and international level. Bonnie continues to attend classes and workshops and is currently working towards PPA's Photographic Master degree.

She has participated in group and solo exhibits at local galleries. Bonnie is pleased to be working with friend and mentor, Skip Barber.

Skip Barber, CPP, Cr. Photog.

Skip has been a member of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) for over 7 years and the Virginia Professional Photographers Association for over 4 years.

Skip started his photography career as a freelance photographer for a military newspaper in Europe over 40 years ago. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1988. 

He is an active sports photographer, covering high school and middle school sports for almost 15 years with a local school photography company. Skip also is proficient in portraiture, family photos, headshot and event photography.

Skip regularly competes in and has merits from photo competitions. He has attended several photography workshops, both locally and across the country, and has completed several photography courses at the local community college. 

Skip has also taught classes at his local photography club and for the Professional Photographers of America. He also provides individual instruction when requested. Skip is a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP), and Photographic Craftsman (Cr.Photog.).