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Digital Photography/Expert Profile
Expertise
Professional Digital Still Photography and Film Questions on Lighting, Nikon PRO Equipment, Portraits, and Limited Commercial Still Photography.
Experience in the area
30 years as a professional photographer / business owner
Organizations
Professional Photographers of America Guild of Professional Photographers of Delaware Valley - Past President and Chairman of the Board
Publications
Have taught photography at all levels Including Lectures at Professional Photographers of America's National Convention; International Professional Photography Guild's National Convention; State and Local Associations
Education/Credentials
Numerous classes and seminars - no degree.
Awards and Honors
International Photography Hall of Fame Exhibit Winning Entry Image Published in Fuji Film's Showcase Publication Best of Show Portrait of a Child - GPPDV Best of Show Portrait of a Group - GPPDV Voted best in Bucks / Montgomery County several times
Past/Present Clients
Clients are mostly individual Families local to Bucks and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania with several regional clients from Connecticut to Florida. Our studio has raised over $150,000 for local schools and other charities.
What do you like about this subject?
Still passionate about my job.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
plenty - I'm hoping there are things I don't know that I don't know.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
LEARN YOUR CRAFT. Learn all you can - Enter competitions that offer critiques. Send your best file to me and I will critique it. The nice thing about this profession is you can charge $7 to $7,000 for ONE 8x10! - Typical images will put you on the lower end of that scale! - UNIQUE appealing images put you on the Top! ALWAYS ask yourself "How can I do this better than anyone else?"
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | P | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Borland | 11/18/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks so much. Lots of good helpful ..... |
| Cyndi | 02/27/11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you Bill so much!!! You were ..... |
| Ro | 10/22/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you so much for a quick ..... |
| Nicole | 10/11/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks, will try. |
| HANY | 09/06/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Recent Answers from Bill Edwards
2011-11-18 Kitten photos:
Linda, Your images are fantastic so whatever you are doing with the lighting is perfect. I almost wanted to say stick with what your are doing! Your Pentax may have a little more exposure latitude
2011-02-27 Scanning 35mm slides:
Cyndi, The General guideline for scanning slides is pretty simple. USE THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION YOU CAN. Here's why: Slides are approximately 1x1.5 inches - at 4800 dpi that will make an 8x10 at 600dpi
2010-10-21 Motion Blur:
Ro, To capture motion blur you need: 1 - A camera that will allow you to leave the shutter open for an fifteenth of a second or longer. 2 - A tripod - so your background doesn't blur - just
2010-10-10 Focus:
Well, Nicole, you are asking the right question but it's a question that photographers deal with quite a bit. I can only tell you what I would do. . . Typically I focus on the eye that's closest to
2010-05-04 digital pics of artwork:
Maria, First of all there is common confusion about pixels, mega-pixels and image height and width @ a certain dpi. The latter is irrelevant until you are sizing the image to make a print and may not
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