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Welcome to the Efcubed Photography Blog!

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. 

Faces of Greece

Monday, July 19, 2010 at 10:49pm Posted in Travel

Burro Driver on Santorini

 

Not all good faces are human

 

It is no secret that Roger is a better people photographer than I am.  He has been making environmental portraits for a long time.  One of the reason’s our partnership works is that we are um, slightly competitive, but always in a positive way.  We each try to learn from the other without admitting that we are. One of my goals while traveling in Greece was to take more pictures of people.  

When in a different place, whether it be another country or a region of the U.S., you can capture elements of culture and history in the faces of the people.  It is a good thing to ask your subjects for permission to take their picture.  In some cultures, there are still very strong superstitions against letting your spirit be taken away.  If you intend to use the picture for any commercial purposes you have to get a model release.  If they are just for your own use, or like here, there is no requirement to have one.  

Soldier at the Tomb of Unknowns

So here are the my favorites from the trip.