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.
Well , the Pre-conference workshops are done and we start PSW this morning. We had signed up for the Photo Safari with Moose and Joe and have to report that it was just OK. Not as spectacular as my fevered imagination had built it up to be. Still we managed to get some decent pictures. ...
Just quick notes this week while we’re down at Photoshop World, in Orlando. Any pictures we post will be rough drafts since we won’t have the time to do any serious post-processing. Please excuse any rough edges on these shots. I arrived early, visiting family in Cocoa Beach over the weekend and got up at...
I have taken some photos of animals through the years, and my approach is to photograph them with techniques very similar to portraits of people.
Roger and I have written about what incredible resources the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) are for aspiring creative artists. Just the discounts alone from becoming a member are more than worth the $99 annual membership fee. http://www.photoshopuser.com/ Twice each year, in the spring on the East Coast and the fall in Lost Wages,...
