Cope and his wife, Barbara, own and operate Creative Photography, in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. He is a full-time instructor at Northern Oklahoma College in photography and digital imaging.

Currently at NOC, he teaches traditional photography courses Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced Photography courses, Light and Lighting, and Digital Imaging/Photoshop, and humanities courses.

Having taught photography for the past 25 years, Cope calls upon his experiences as a studio owner in Memphis, Tenn., and Tonkawa, Okla., and as a freelance photographer. Outside of Oklahoma, he has led tours and taught workshops in England, Cancun, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming.

Cope serves on the Professional Photographic Certification Commission (PPCC) as the Chair. He is a liaison for certification serving Oklahoma in this capacity for 15 years. He is an elected PPA Council Member and has served PPA on various committees, action teams, and volunteer positions.

He serves on the board for the Professional Photographers of Oklahoma (PPO) and has served as Secretary, Second Vice President, First Vice President, and President. He is the Director of the PPO School, a PPA Affiliated School. Click here for more information.

He was selected to the PPA Training Class of 2003. Cope serves on the board for International Association of Panaramic Photographers.

Cope holds the B.A., M.A., and M.Th. from Harding University; a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary; and the Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America.

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Cope offers "Fine Art" images, notecards, and a book of Southwest Images. For more information click here.

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