About Rick Sammon

Rick Sammon, a Canon Explorer of Light, has published 36 paper books, including Secrets of HDR Photography, Exploring the Light, and Digital Photography Secrets. Rick also has three apps on the iTunes store: Rick Sammon's 24/7 Photo Buffet - an e-book that offers 24/7 access to Rick's best photo tips, tricks and techniques. Rick Sammon's Social Media Marketing for Photographers, a series of Quick Time movies that features Rick's tips on Social Media. Rick Sammon's Life Lessons We Can Learn From Mother Nature, a collection of Rick's favorite wildlife photographs accompanied by inspirational quotes. Mini-lessons on wildlife photography are also included, as well as quick Photoshop tips. Rick's book, Flying Flowers won the coveted Golden Light Award, and his book Hide and See Under the Sea won the Ben Franklin Award. Rick, who has photographed in almost 100 countries around the world, gives more than two-dozen photography workshops (including private workshops) and presentations around the world each year. Rick co-founded the Digital Photography Experience (www.dpexperience.com) with Juan Pons. DPE is on-line digital photography learning center that offers podcasts and articles - and more! Rick, who has been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame, is considered one of today's top digital -imaging experts, cutting through lots of Photoshop "speak," making it fun, easy and rewarding to work and play in the digital darkroom When asked about his photo specialty, Rick says, "My specialty is not specializing." See www.ricksammon.info and www.dpexperience.com for more information.

The Digital Camera: Don’t Crop My Pictures!

Cropping in-camera and in the digital darkroom is one of the keys to a good image—a good exposure and an interesting subject being among the other key ingredients that make a good photograph.

The Digital Camera: Compact-camera Shooter

I took most of the photographs in this article with my Canon PowerShot G10 compact camera to see if I could get good shots with a basic camera.

The Digital Camera: Feel the Photograph

In this column, I’ll share a few of my favorite philosophies about feelings and photography that I’ve gathered over the years.

The Digital Camera: Light Control

Professional photographers who focus on people photography and portraits never leave home without a reflector, a handheld diffuser, and a flash diffuser. Read this column to see how Rick Sammon controls the light both indoors and outdoors.

For those of you who are thinking about becoming full-time pro shooters, I thought I’d put together a list of must-know photo-pro info.

When we take a picture, all we’re doing is recording light.

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