Roger A. Dallman Jr. Roger started in photography in 1979, as a secondary job in the Army. He shot "grip and grins" and Army events. He began shooting portraits and weddings on the side for extra camera gear money. He won several photo contests and an Army journalism award. After career assignment changes, he put the cameras aside and sold his darkroom equipment. In 2006, he bought his first digital camera before a trip to Europe and was hooked again.
Today he is a dedicated Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop user-advocate and NAPP member. He is active in photography groups and teaches digital darkroom techniques. He prefers to shoot portaits away from seamless paper and static lighting. He is also a photo retoucher and restores old photos - a handy skill when working on his genealogy hobby.
Mark B. Segal. Mark started shooting when he was 13 and has done it off and on since then. As a Navy brat and then Naval Officer, I got to go to interesting places. I wish I had taken my camera more often. I love the way the camera allows you to dissect the world and shape what people see of it. Photoshop and Lightroom are great tools to help capture what you thought you saw from behind the lens.
I love helping people salvage and restore their photographic memories as links to their past. The patience and dedication needed are usually far beyond what the images are worth, except to the person who owns the picture. Seeing the smile or tears from when you've brought back an image from the cracked, torn and faded pile is a reward in and of itself.
I can remember the days of shoeboxes full of pictures and negatives which were waiting for that never coming day when they would find homes in photo albums destined for closets. Boxes of 36 Kodachrome slides dragged out once in a blue moon. The great thing about digital cameras is the fact that you can...
This past weekend, we did a quick family trip to Williamsburg; always a fun time with our big family. (I drove down, so I packed the big and small Tenba!) The hotel we stayed in had an indoor water park, and we planned a couple of days in Busch Gardens. With the grandkids along on...
I’ve been traveling my whole life; it is something I love to do. Whenever I can, I tote a camera along. This can be troublesome at times: how do I get my cameras, lenses, flashes, tripod, computer, extra hard drives, and, oh, by the way, I may need to change my clothes some time during...
Howdy folks, Roger and I really enjoy the whole photowalk experience for a lot of reasons, but especially for how it showcases just how differently photographers can look at the same territory and capture totally different things. We’ve been friends for a long time and despite having wildly differing political views thrive on the things...
You should consider joining a local photography club; it is a good way to learn more about photography and meet like-minded folks. There is probably one in your town looking for new members. Our photo club, Viewfinders, (http://www.pbase.com/viewfinders) is probably pretty typical. We have about 25 members and meet in the Warrenton hospital a couple...
To kick off the blog here at Efcubed, I want to state the obvious – we haven’t got this thing totally figured out, yet. We need to work out all the kinks in this blog thing, but it was time to get started, so the little things like how to order the menu will get...
We’re kicking off on Monday with our reviews of the Worldwide Photowalk. There are over 27,000 photographers registered to participate in more than 900 cities. We intend to discuss projects, both personal and as Efcubed Photography; opinions on various photographic topics, products, and news; and provide some tips and tutorials. We encourage readers to send...
We’re getting closer to completion. We’ll probably do a real post next week. This weekend is the second worldwide photowalk, so I’m sure we’ll have a few words on that. We are going to the Culpeper, Va., photowalk. More on that later. Thanks for your patience.
