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.
This week we observe and commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Al-Qaida attack on the United States. For all Americans it was a watershed event. For those of us who lost friends or family in any of the incidents, it marks another year they will not see, and it is up to us to keep...
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? ...
You want to make a little money, on the side, to pay for new gear. How do you know what to charge?
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.
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...
