"I was working on light shows at Cincinnati's leading concert hall — for the 'Grateful Dead', the 'Allman Brothers,' B.B. King — I was 15, 16, I had to get my father to drive me there," acclaimed commercial and art photographer Bill Westheimer said in a recent conversation. 

"I was already captivated by photography and art — looking at images in nature books, going to museums, reading everything, learning from 'Popular Mechanics' and 'Popular Photography.' I was absorbing as much as I could, experimenting with photography and lasers to make holograms then.

Most of the books I read on photography tend towards the "how-to" end of the spectrum.  But Matthew Bamberg's latest book, New Image Frontiers: Defining the Future of Photography , steps away from how-to information and instead looks at where photography technology and thinking has been and where it's headed.  It's an excellent volume that gave me a greater appreciation of what's going on, as well as the power we have available both at the camera level and with the processing software. Part 5 - Photography Styles: The Rebirth of Pictorialism; Straight Photography from the f/64 Group to Today; Risque Portraiture, Outlandish Fashion - How Far Will Portrait and Fashion Photographers Go?...

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You can search the phone books of DFW You can also try the photo dristrict in Dallas there are hundreds of studios in one location. directions –. Take Stemmons Freeway ( NW toards DFW airport ) Exit Motor St turn left , Take a left on Farington or Industral. If that dosen’t work try Light Tech 1311 Chemical Dallas TX 75207 ph# 214-350-8990 they are very helpfull people. www.lighttec.com

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