A Columbus, Ohio transplant from the East coast (New Jersey). Photo degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and a certificate in electronics from DeVry (formerly Bell & Howell schools). Commercial Photographer and studio owner for a long time (refused to answer). Early adopter of most bleeding edge technology (check my bank account) who still has the package of Adobe Photoshop® 1.07 (the first to ship). Instructor of Photoshop at Columbus College of Art & Design for 7 years. A speaker and trainer for digital imaging software, professional camera systems and color managed workflows. Employee of Apple Computer for few hours each week.

Imaging programs I have conquered - Past & Present

Lettraset Colorstudio, Adobe Photoshop (1.07 - CS3), XRes, Live Picture, ARC Photostudio, Phase One Capture One, RAW Developer, Bibble, IView MediaPro, IPhoto, Apple Aperture, Adobe Lightroom, Photo Mechanic and

a lot of other plug-ins, add ons and image capture applications beyond my memory.

That is me. Please stop by now and then to read new reviews and other bits and pieces of information of interest.

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