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.
Lately, I’ve been working on a special project that is important to my son and his world. It is taking longer than I planned to work the images that Mark and I took for the project. I wanted to post it tonight, but it isn’t ready. And, it is affecting my writing. Every topic I...
My favorite Virginia fall festival takes place in October in the quaint little town of Waterford. The village was established in 1733 and grew into a largely Quaker community by the time of the Civil War. The buildings have not changed much since then, and the historic preservation society does a great job in keeping...
This is our last Williamsburg blog.
The next time you’re out walking with your camera, try taking images of folks out doing whatever they’re doing. You might be surprised at the variety of photos you can get.
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...
