Before Bobby Deal was known for his stock and commercial photography, he held a corporate job. Through trial and error, he taught himself photography on weekends and jumped into the professional photography ring in 2001. He has since shot 50,000 images a year for publications such as Maxim, American Curves and For Him Magazine.

Deal says if he can learn photography as a second career, others can, too. That's what prompted him to start a weekly workshop two months ago inside his photography and production studio, Vegas Vision Studios.