Luckychair News

Drinking Responsibly: Using Aluminum Water Bottles

Though the idea has been floating around in the news for at a couple of years now, the past few months have seen a resurgence of warnings about the dangers of using plastic containers for our food and drinks. Specifically, we should only be using #1 and #2 containers; anything ...

Photograph as Abstract Art

Gravitron, originally uploaded by Luckychair. This morning I updated my Photography portfolio website with a new series that I've been working on. The inspiration is abstract art (For instance, I love Rothko and Diebenkorn) and using the camera in unconventional ways. This series uses a mixture of blur, motion, ...

NYC Photography Walking Tours

My friend and fellow photographer, Amadou Diallo, has just announced a new series of New York Photography Walking Tours this summer. Tours are available all summer, from June through September. Besides being a crazy-amazing photographer, Amadou is the author of "Mastering Digital Black and White" and "The 50 Greatest Photo ...

Carnival Ride

Here's an animation I made of a carnival ride. The images are deliberately blurred and crudely optimized to give a dreamy quality to the sequence.

Here We Go Round…

Merry go round, originally uploaded by Luckychair. Shot this one at a small carnival last week. I've been playing around with the idea of photograph as abstract art, using a deliberate blur to give the feeling of a place, without any specific reference. If you didn't know this was ...

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Class On Demand Announces Training for Adobe Photoshop Elements

Here's the Press Release that Class On Demand released on May 20, 2009 about my upcoming training DVD on Adobe Photoshop Elements 7. The new DVD is now available for pre-order today through www.classondemand.net for an MSRP of $39.95 (call (847) 843-9939). Check it out. In the release they call me ...

Ah Spring!

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Web Design All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies - Now Available!

It's here! My new book is here and now available for purchase through Amazon.com! I just received some copies of my new book from the publisher and it looks fantastic! Written by a professional designer (that's me!), this full-color ...

Next Generation 2009 at AFA Gallery

If you are an art lover and happen to be in the North Eastern part of Pennsylvania in the month of May, 2009, please come visit the AFA Gallery at 514 Lackawanna Ave in Scranton, PA to view the Next Generation 2009 show, where 10 of my recent photographs will ...