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Several years ago, photographer and author Matt Bamberg decided to submit his photography for the articles he was writing while working for the alternative paper, the Desert Post Weekly. His writing had focused on popular culture - essays about topics from the Santa Cruz, California, surf culture to the mid-century modern architecture revival around the world. While a graduate student in the Inter-arts Center of San Francisco State University, Matt got his start in composition by studying interaction of text and image on video and within children's multimedia software programs. He received his MA degree in 1997. After he graduated he moved to film and then digital photography.
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Few people are able to spend most of their time pursuing their passion in life. Jim Zuckerman is one of them. His career has taken him to over 60 countries, while photographing wondrous things. He specializes in wildlife and nature, international travel, and digital effects. Jim Zuckerman is the author of 12 books on photography! His work is sold in 30 countries around the world, and his images have appeared on scores of magazine and book covers, calendars, posters, national ads, trade ads, brochures, and corporate promotions. Jim has led photography tours to exotic places. including Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Burma, Greece, The Czech Republic and Slovakia, Spain, Morocco, and Peru.
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After 20 years as a professional jazz artist, Tony Sweet changed careers and directed his creative juices towards nature photography. The improvisational, spontaneous, and abstract nature of jazz are also integral elements of nature photography. He has authored three books on the art of photography: Fine Art Nature Photography , Fine Art Flower Photography , and Fine Art Photography: Water, Rain, Fog (Jan. 2007). Tony's work is published on greeting cards, calendars, post cards, posters, annual reports, catalogs, and electronic mediums. His photography is represented by The Getty Picture Agency. He maintains an active speaking schedule on the subjects of nature and flower photography and marketing, addressing professional photography organizations, universities, seminars, and workshops. Tony has been named a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens!
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Brenda Tharp knows about travel photography! Brenda followed her passion years ago when she quit her corporate job to pursue a career in outdoor and travel photography. She has llama-trekked, sea-kayaked, flown in helicopters and hot-air balloons, cycled, and hiked to create her photographs. Brenda's images have appeared on the pages of Alaska Airlines, Audubon, Discovery, National Geographic, Northwest Airlines, Sierra, Sunset and Travel Holiday magazines. She has images included in books produced by Chronicle, Michelin, National Geographic, and Sierra Club.

Brenda's keen eye for design and use of natural light and color are a signature in her work - both with travel photos and her nature photography. She has a reputation for being an instructor with unlimited energy, and compassionate yet honest approach to critiquing. Brenda is known across the country for her inspirational and informative online classes and workshops. She is the author/photographer of the book Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography.
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Ellen Anon is the co-author of the popular book Photoshop for Nature Photographers: A Workshop in a Book (Sybex, 2005) and Aperture Exposed: The Mac Photographers Guide to Taming the Workflow (Sybex, 2006)

Ellen's articles and/or images have been published in numerous publications including Shutterbug, eDigital Photo, Nature's Best Magazine, Apogee,.naturescapes.net and Sierra Club's book, Mother Earth and Photoworkshop.com, and various calendars, billboards, and more. Her fine-art images are in private collections in both the US and Europe.

Ellen is passionate about photography and the digital darkroom. She leads Photoshop workshops for Joe and Mary Ann McDonald, as well as the Art Wolfe digital Institute, and has her own Photoshop-in-the-Field workshops. She presents seminars in various locations and is an instructor for the high school scholarship programs at the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) summits. Recently, she was honored to be one of the Apple VIP Pro Photographers.
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Lewis Kemper specializes in nature and wildlife photography. He is a contributing editor to Outdoor Photographer and PC Photo magazines. Lewis's work is represented worldwide by Getty Images, Index Stock Imagery, Stock Connection, AFLO Japan and DRK Photo. Lewis also runs a custom digital printing service to create fine art prints for photographers. Lewis has been honored to be included into Canon's Explorers of Light program, which recognizes 70 of the country's most influential photographers.
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Ibarionex R. Perello is a writer and photographer who has over 15 years experience in the photographic industry. He is currently an associate editor and course advisor for BetterPhoto.com.
For six years, he was associate editor for Outdoor Photographer, PC Photo, and Digital Photo Pro magazines. He was a technical engineer for Nikon Inc. for 8 years where he provided technical support and training on both film and digital technologies. Ibarionex also hosts and produces "The Candid Frame", an audio podcast where he interviews the best professional and emerging photographers in the world. The bi-weekly podcast is available by visiting www.thecandidframe.com.

His personal photographic projects include a 5-year documentary project that focused on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. He is currently producing a series of portraits on established and emerging writers of Southern California.
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, Jay Dickman has shot more than 25 assignments for National Geographic. His work appears in "Through the Lens-the Greatest Photos of National Geographic".
His client list includes: National Geographic, LIFE, TIME, Conde Nast Traveler, American Way, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, and is a contributing photographer to Traveler Overseas.
Winner of the World Press Golden Eye, Jay has been named Sigma Delta Chi Journalist of the Year, and his work has been featured in Communication Arts and Graphis journals.
Jay operates his own highly acclaimed digital photography workshops, "FirstLight Workshops" ( www.firstlightworkshops.com) hosting events in Auvillar, France, the Western Highlands of Scotland, Chesapeake Bay and Dubois, Wyoming.
As an Olympus Visionary and a Lexar Elite Photographer, Jay has been using the latest technology from those companies.
Jay is a co-author of "Perfect Digital Photography."
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Sean Arbabi is a commercial photographer specializing in adventure, lifestyle, nature, & travel - for advertising, corporate, & editorial clients. He has had freelance & contracted assignments with over 250 publications and 125 companies worldwide.
His assignment travels incorporate much of the US, with international locations including Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, & South America His stock image files have been published in advertisements, books, brochures, magazines, newspapers, trade shows, & websites around the world.
Credits include American Express, Backpacker, California Division of Tourism, Endless Vacation, Fuji Film USA, GEO Germany , Microsoft, National Geographic Adventure & Traveler, The New York Times, Nikon Inc., The North Face, Outside, Random House, REI, Runner's World, Sports Illustrated, Timex, & Via magazine. Sean has shot over 200 assignments for Sunset, & authored numerous feature articles displaying his photography.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Commercial photography from Brooks Institute of Photography, & began his business Arbabi Imagery thereafter combining outdoor, on-location, and studio photography.
Recently , he landed two travel guidebook covers, a pair of magazine covers, a catalog cover, & wrote four feature articles, all the while beginning work on a television pilot about photography. He is also writing a 300-page book entitled "Exposure Photo Workshop" , due to appear on the shelves in August 2007
BetterPhoto Course: Exposure A to Z: The Ins and Outs to Metering
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Guest: BetterPhoto Instructor - Jenni Bidner
Jenni Bidner is an instructor with BetterPhoto.com. She has 20 years experience in the photo industry as an editor, author, and photographer. Jenni is the former editor of Petersen's PHOTOgraphic magazine and Outdoor & Travel Photography magazine. She is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) with a BS from their Professional Photography Department.

Jenni Bidner is the author of 20 books! Three of which are about dogs:

· LOVE YOUR DOG PICTURES: How to Photograph Your Dog with Any Camera

· IS MY DOG A WOLF? This Children's book came out last fall, and has been nominated by several awards.

· DOG HEROES: SAVING LIVES AND PROTECTING AMERICA: An award-wining book which has just been released in paperback features her photographs and stories of search and rescue dogs.

In addition, Jenni's words and pictures have been published in numerous major magazines and newspapers worldwide.

In her spare time, Jenni Bidner is a K-9 Handler with a volunteer search & rescue unit, working with her two dogs Ajax and Yukon to find lost and missing people.

Courses: Photographing Your Dog, Photographing Your Dog with an SLR Camera.

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After 20 years as a professional jazz artist, Tony Sweet changed careers and directed his creative juices towards nature photography. The improvisational, spontaneous, and abstract nature of jazz are also integral elements of nature photography. He has authored three books on the art of photography: Fine Art Nature Photography , Fine Art Flower Photography , and Fine Art Photography: Water, Rain, Fog (Jan. 2007). Tony's work is published on greeting cards, calendars, post cards, posters, annual reports, catalogs, and electronic mediums. His photography is represented by The Getty Picture Agency. He maintains an active speaking schedule on the subjects of nature and flower photography and marketing, addressing professional photography organizations, universities, seminars, and workshops. Tony has been named a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens!

Courses:

· 4-Week Short Course: Mastering the Nikon D200

· 4-Week Short Course: Mastering the Nikon D2X/D2Xs

· 4-Week Short Course: Image Design: The Art of Photographic Interpretation

· Image Design: Revealing Your Personal Vision

· Fine Art Flower Photography

· 4-Week Short Course: Image Design: Essential Design Concepts

· 4-Week Short Course: Image Design: Advanced Design Concepts
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Charlotte K. Lowrie is a freelance editorial and stock photographer and an award-winning journalist and professional photographer based in the Seattle, WA, area. Her photography and writing have has appeared Popular Photography & Imaging, Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Times Herald and have been featured on the Canon Digital Learning Center Web site.

Charlotte is the author of six books published by John Wiley & Sons Publishers:

The Amazon.com best-seller, the Canon Digital Rebel Field Guide

The Canon EOS 30D Field Guide

Adobe Camera Raw Studio Skills

The Canon Digital Rebel XTi Field Guide

Exposure and Lighting for Digital Photographers Only (co-author)

Teach Yourself Visually Digital Photography, 2nd Edition


She is currently writing and photographing two new photography books.

Charlotte specializes in portrait, stock, and editorial assignment photography, along with nature photography. One of her portraits was recognized in the Women in Photography 2006 Portrait competition. Several of her photojournalism and nature photos have been featured on television news programs in the Seattle area.

Courses:

4-Week Short Course: Camera Raw Creative Techniques

4-Week Short Course: Learning the Canon Digital Rebel Camera

4-Week Short Course: RAW Shooting: From Capture to Finished Photo

4-Week Short Course: Raw Shooting: Capture to Finished Photo with Adobe Elements
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For 20 years, Jennifer has photographed weddings, portraits, commercial work and landscapes. Jennifer's love of nature photography is now her focus. Throughout the Western United States and Europe, Jennifer scouts out ideal locations and waits for the wind, clouds, and light to all come together in a mystical way.

Her award-winning fine art nature photographs have been exhibited at numerous galleries and juried art festivals throughout California. Jennifer has taught numerous classes and workshops. She is an instructor at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento where she enjoys teaches digital imaging. Jennifer is also a workshop lecturer and field instructor for nature photography workshops with the Sierra Club photography section.

Her images have been widely published in magazines, newspapers, and on web sites. Jennifer graduated with a BA in Photography from the California University.
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Todd Morrison has acquired more than 16 years of experience in the professional photographic industry. Todd's experience includes professional photo lab management, portrait studio management, oil painting, portrait photography, commercial photography, Interior photography, editorial photography and stock nature and wildlife photography. Todd also specializes in training and instruction for Photoshop, Painter, digital photography and lighting.

Todd brings real-world experience and advanced Photoshop techniques to digital photographers. Clients include Epson America and Adobe. Todd also serves as a contributing writer for Photoshop User, Digital Capture, Focus on Imaging, Create, Professional Photographer and Rangefinder magazines.

He is a contributing author to Photoshop World Dream Team Book and he has helped produce video training programs by Software Cinema: "Photoshop for Portrait Photographers and Creating Digital Art".

He has been a trainer and public speaker for the Dpix Conference, Photoshop World, Epson Workshops, and PPA.

Learn from Todd Morrison with an online course at BetterPhoto.com:
Classes:

Gain Control of Your Digital SLR System

Sharpening Techniques: Unsharp Mask and Beyond!

Gain Control of your Camera:
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Josh Anon (Moraga, CA) has been a nature photographer for 10 years, starting before entering high school in Fairview , PA.
However, his interest in photography started when he received his first Kodak 110 camera at the ripe old age of 4.
Camera in hand, he received a BS in computer science from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
After graduating, Josh started working at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California. There, he has worked on Finding Nemo (uncredited), The Incredibles, Cars, and Ratatouille. His roles have ranged from being a layout technical director (cinematographer) to render optimization, Linux and Mac software development, and model optimization.
His photographic work, which has appeared in a variety of publications. Recently, he was a semi-finalist in the prestigious BBC/Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and earned an honorable mention in the EPI photography contest.
He has traveled the globe searching for the next great picture, be it 100 feet deep on the Great Barrier reef or on Chicago's Michigan Avenue.
On the weekends, Josh teaches photography and leads workshops. He is also a co-author of Aperture Exposed (Anon and Anon, Sybex 2006).
Josh also writes software for Lightbox Software (www.lightboxsoftware.com), including Lightbox, one of the first professional-quality image management programs for Mac OS X. More recently, he authored Aperture2iLife which allows Aperture users to quickly access their Aperture projects in iLife.
When not shooting, making cartoons, or coding, Josh can be found out on his road bike, playing the violin, skiing, and kiteboarding.

Learn from this esteemed online instructor at BetterPhoto.com.
Online Photography Class:

PhotoCourse™: Photo Design Composition for the WOW Factor http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=148
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More on Composition with Josh Anon

Peter K. Burian, Photo Journal Syndicate, is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. His outdoor, travel, nature and active lifestyle photographs are available as stock for editorial and advertising use. He markets his work direct to photo buyers via www.peterkburian.com and is also represented by three stock agencies: Corbis, Alamy and The Stock Connection.

As a writer and editor, Burian is co-author of several books, including the National Geographic Photography Field Guide and ten Magic Lantern Guides to SLR camera systems (including the Sony A100 and Maxxum/Dynax cameras).

His book covering all digital aspects has received numerous favorable reviews. Mastering Digital Photography and Imaging (Sybex)covers the technology, equipment and techniques, providing 270 pages of practical advice for photo enthusiasts.

Burian is a regular contributor with several magazines: SHUTTERBUG, PHOTO LIFE, Australian Photography and HERE'S HOW! He is also one of the Panel of Experts for Microsoft Home answering readers' questions about digital cameras and photography at:
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/home/expertadvice/default.asp#3

He also provides editing and technical editing services to publishers of books on photography and digital imaging.

Learn from this esteemed online instructor at BetterPhoto.com.

4 Week PhotoCourse™: Mastering the Canon EOS Digital Rebels http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=96

8 Week PhotoCourse™: Mastering the Digital Camera and Photography
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BetterPhoto Instructor - Scott Stulberg
As well as being one of the esteemed Instructors at BetterPhoto.com, Scott Stulberg teaches digital photography and Photoshop at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles, Digital Workshops at camera stores, and has run Macintosh Graphics User Groups for many years.
Scott is a beta tester for all kinds of software for Photoshop, and writes articles for digital imaging magazines. Scott is constantly looking for new techniques to stay on the cutting edge with his photography and Photoshop skills.
And though Scott hasn't shot film since 2001, he realizes that photography is more than talking about pixels. It is about vision, ideas and the willingness to allow your imagination to soar.
Although Scott loves to shoot all kinds of photography, his main focus is on stock photography. Shooting stock has enabled Scott to explore new places all over the globe and venture out into the middle of nowhere looking for great photo opportunities. Scott is currently represented by Corbis and Superstock

Learn from this esteemed online instructor at BetterPhoto.com:
PhotoCourse™: Photoshop Tips, Tricks and Filter Magic http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=112

PhotoCourse™: Stock Photography Boot Camp http://www.betterphoto.com/courseOverview.asp?cspID=145

PhotoCourse™: Eye to Eye Capturing the Face
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One of BetterPhoto's amazing instructors, Al Ward , is a self proclaimed "Photoshop Addict" and Webmaster of Action FX Photoshop Resources ( www.actionfx.com).

Al hails from Western Montana beneath the beautiful Bitterroot mountain range. A former submariner in the U.S. Navy, Al now spends his time writing on graphics related topics and creating add-on software for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Elements.
His website boasts over 65,000 custom presets of his own creation readily available for download to the website members , with more added weekly.
Al also has a number of Photoshop training videos in production which should be available later in 2007.
Al is the author of a number of books and manuals of popular Photoshop Special Effects and 'Foundation Photoshop 6.0' from Friends of Ed Publishing.
Al has been a featured columnist in Web Designer magazine, contributor for a multitude of magazines and Photoshop related websites.
Al was a panelist at the Photoshop World 2001 Los Angeles Conference , and contributes to the official NAPP website as the Actions area coordinator.
Al lists coffee as his favorite food group and sleep as the one pastime he'd like to take up some day.
In his off time he enjoys his church, his family, fishing the great Northwestern United States and scouring the Web for Photoshop related topics.

Learn from this esteemed online instructor at BetterPhoto.com:
Right-Brain Photoshop Merging, Melding and Morphing
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One of BetterPhoto's amazing instructors, Al Ward , is a self proclaimed "Photoshop Addict" and Webmaster of Action FX Photoshop Resources ( www.actionfx.com).

Documentary wedding photographer Paul F. Gero has been telling stories with photographs since the age of 12 when he earned a Boy Scout merit badge. After graduating from Marquette University in Milwaukee with a bachelor's degree in journalism, Paul immediately went to work for the Chicago Tribune as a photo intern. Six months later, the paper made him a staff photographer. In 1984, the paper nominated one of his images for the Pulitzer Prize in the spot news category.

During Paul's impressive career, he has been the Washington, DC, bureau photographer for the Chicago Tribune , covered events ranging from NBA Finals and Charles Barkley, to political conventions, and stories along the border and in Mexico.
Paul has photographed on the set of the reality shows "The Apprentice", as well as "The Contender", both produced by Mark Burnett who created "Survivor".He also worked on the first episode of "Rockstar:INXS".
In 1990 Paul ventured west and took a staff position with The Arizona Republic.

In addition to being one of the esteemed instructors at BetterPhoto, Paul has done freelance photography for editorial publications such as Time, People, Sports Illustrated and US News & World Report, among others.
Along with his documentary wedding work, Paul does commissioned portraiture and continues to pursue commercial work and personal projects. Paul's book Digital Wedding Photography is well regarded throughout the industry. And Paul was named a Canon Explorer of Light in 2006.

Learn from Paul F. Gero with an online photography class here at BetterPhoto.com:

4-Week Short Course: Using Your Canon Strobe Creatively

Digital Wedding Photography
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Jim White is a professional photographer and owner of The Digital Workflow, a company specializing in color management and printing solutions.
Jim conducts workshops on digital photography, understanding and using digital SLR cameras, and color management and printing.

He is widely published, and has written a four-part course, The Complete Digital Workflow, which he teaches every four weeks at Peace Camera in Raleigh, NC. He just completed a two-day, four workshop seminar for the Northern Virginia Photographic Society.
Jim's interest in photography goes back to his college days in the mountains of NC, where there was no lack of subject matter. Nature Photography is still his number one interest, although he continues to do portrait and wedding work as well. In addition, Jim has had numerous photos published in various newspapers, magazines, and travel brochures.
Currently, the State of North Carolina is using one of Jim's images at the State Welcome Center at the Tennessee border. It is a 3X5 foot poster captured with a Canon 20D. Jim's work is available online and in selected galleries. Learn from this esteemed online instructor at BetterPhoto.com.

4-Week Short Course: Mastering the Canon 5D, 1D Mark IIn, and 1Ds Mark II

4-Week Short Course: The Canon EOS 20D

4-Week Short Course: The Canon 30D
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More with Jim White
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