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.
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.
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. ...
Besides the wonderful training and seminars at Photoshop World, the exhibitor booths are my favorite things to visit. They have all the newest gadgets you simply must have to make your photography better. (Yes, that is a joke.) The vendors run product-specific training for more in-depth coverage on that new widget or software you’ve...
My last photoshoot of the year was a tough one. I had to travel to Orlando and DisneyWorld to photograph my granddaughters’ breakfast with Cinderella in the Magic Kingdom castle.
Self-portraits are nothing new and have been done throughout antiquity by artists in painting and sculpture.
