Forest Chaput de Saintonge is a Montana-based photography educator and Subject Matter Expert who currently works full-time with the Adobe design team. In this role, he is responsible for creating in-app tutorial content and reviewing upcoming features for their value and real-world usage. His expertise as a Photoshop teacher extends across the Adobe ecosystem, where he provides strategic guidance to the Firefly and Premiere Pro teams.

As the founder of Everlight Education and the former Director of the Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Forest has spent over two decades making technical workflows accessible to everyone. He has helped more than 150,000 creators move from digital chaos to confident library management through his YouTube channel and deep-dive courses. Whether he is consulting on the next generation of AI tools or teaching a student how to find a lost file, Forest's mission remains the same: Making the technical side of photography accessible to everyone.