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.
Frankly, we have been working stupid hours for a long time and we needed to regain what little mental stability we have.
One of the best things about our digitally connected world is the opportunity to share the photographs we take. One of the questions I get asked often is “What is the best place online to put my photos?” Just like the answer to what camera should I buy, the response is “What do you want...
At the beginning of the new year, another task to complete is the review and deletion of unnecessary images. Those of you who never delete any images will probably want to leave the room…this is not for you. These images take up room on my hard drive. Yes, I know storage is cheap these...
So Roger announced that I “won” the photo contest and while I enjoy gloating as much as the next person, I have spent the last few days contemplating what that really means. To me, photography is a very personal way of sharing how I look at the world. Since it’s invention, people have questioned whether...
This past weekend I traveled to Norman Oklahoma to attend the Navy ROTC reunion. I had the pleasure of meeting up with old classmates, and the privilege of meeting the huge unit of 120 Midshipmen. We graduated 7 of us, way back in 82, and 4 of us made it there. These two, Dan Churchman and...
Every year at NAPP’s Photoshop World, there are two sessions that have nothing to do with Photoshop and yet, are some of the most important. Midnight Madness is just that, fun and games and a donut. Too whacky to be described, but lots of fun, just the same. Earlier on that same evening is “The...
For me, one of the greatest advantages of shooting digital is the ability to change your “film speed” from picture to picture. Being able to adjust your ISO from picture to picture gives you incredible control in changing light situations. I used to shoot slides, and usually bought Kodachrome 64. It was beautiful-when there was...
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day…
Paul Simon
Well what happens when those nice bright colors have all faded to a dull shade of gray? As I am working through scanning all my family slides and negatives for the last 50 years,...
