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.
Last weekend my wife and I went down to New Orleans to see my lovely daughters. While we were there we went to visit the Audubon Zoo. The animals were pretty darn smart, as most of them were resting comfortably in the heat. Sometimes it is a challenge to get clear photos of the animals,...
You want to make a little money, on the side, to pay for new gear. How do you know what to charge?
Roger and I recommend that everyone shoot in Camera RAW mode all the time. It just gives you so much more flexibility in post processing. One of the few drawbacks I’ve heard is that when you download them into your computer, they don’t seem as vibrant as they appeared on the LCD on the camera. ...
There are a few things to think about when it comes to selling or giving away your images. You have to determine which course you want to take.
In NYC, and in fact every city, there are unusual details just waiting to be captured with your lens. We just have to tune our eyes to see them. One of the best things about photography is how you alone get to choose what is actually in the frame and what is left out. It...
