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 it is proposal season again, which means that my shooting opportunities are a bit limited right now. So I had to reach back a couple of months to draw upon some images for the blog. One of the questions we are often asked, is “How do you see the things you take pictures of? ...
Alaska is a beautiful state, with huge, wild areas, filled with wild animals.
A few weeks ago we finally made it down to the Marine Corps Museum at Quantico VA. It has been open for a few years now, but I’d never managed to visit. I was thoroughly impressed; the entire facility captures the proud history of the Marines in a very entertaining and educational fashion. Although I...
Using big glass is a different experience. It takes a little practice getting used to it.
I just got back from ten days in Alaska, so today’s blog is a catch up of short topics. This year’s Kelby Worldwide Photowalk is scheduled for 1 and 2 October. I am leading the photowalk in Williamsburg, Va. I got the word from Kelby right before I left for Alaska and just activated the...
