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.
While you’re out there becoming a better photographer, take some time, now and then, to learn about aspects of photography beyond the mechanics of capturing an image and processing it.
Well we went to NYC this last weekend on our honeymoon and got to see lots of the usual tourist sights. I will be building a couple of blogs from some of the pictures I took during the weekend. I hadn’t been atop the Empire State building since I was 5 or 6 years old,...
This is a sad tale of the big guy crushing the little guy. Mark and I started scheduling our blogs, so that we could be more consistent. Today, I was scheduled to discuss the X-rite ColorChecker Passport and the importance of ensuring your color balance is adjusted correctly. The ColorChecker Passport is a great, inexpensive...
Those who have read my facebook posts know that I am out this week enjoying my honeymoon. I knew I needed a blog for the week, so I asked my friend Aneda Smith from McAlester, OK to fill in for me. My wife and I have known her since high school. She recently picked up...
Besides the wonderful training and seminars at Photoshop World, the exhibitor booths are my favorite things to visit. They have all the newest gadgets you simply must have to make your photography better. (Yes, that is a joke.) The vendors run product-specific training for more in-depth coverage on that new widget or software you’ve...
