Contributors

Gene McCullagh

Editor in Chief

Gene is an Adobe Community Professional and an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop Lightroom, Photoshop, and InDesign, and an avid Lightroom fan.

“I discovered photography when I was about 14.  My parents gave me a small Yashica camera for graduation and I just started clicking away.  Realizing rather quickly that every click cost money, I explored the magical (and messy) world of the darkroom.  That saved money and let me continue my black & white exploration of the world.  Somewhere between then and now life sped up and photography slowed down.  Several years ago I reacquainted myself with digital photography.  It’s amazing how quickly 1 megapixel cameras have grown!

I now do some freelance photography ranging from portraits to landscapes to product shots.  The challenge for me in this digital age is to slow down and not just rapid fire images.  Yes, I know every click is virtually free now, but getting it right in the camera still has its merits!”

Gene belongs to the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP).  He is also the Co-Founder, Manager and a frequent blogger for the Dallas Fort Worth Adobe User Group (DFWAUG).

In addition to running Lightroom Secrets, he also contributes to O’Reilly’s media blog, moderates on the Adobe forums, and helps out on lightroomforums.net.

Dan Moughamian

Contributing Writer

Dan Moughamian is an experienced photographer and educator, and has worked with Adobe Photoshop since the early 1990s. He also has extensive experience with Photoshop Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, plugins from Nik software, and many other digital imaging products. As a long-time member of their testing programs, Dan has collaborated with Adobe Systems to help enhance many of the core functions in Photoshop, Lightroom, and Elements.

As an educator, Dan’s focus is to help photographers at all levels get the most from their digital workflows. Tips on raw editing, layer masking, alpha channels, image adjustments, HDR photography, focus and lighting effects, and perspective correction, are just a few examples of the topics he covers. To learn more, you can visit Colortrails.com, and follow Dan on Twitter and on Google Plus.