by Alan Hess | Mar 15, 2016 | News
Back in Mach of 2002, I went to my first Photoshop World conference. It was held at the San Diego Convention Center, and featured the best Photoshop Instructors on the planet. I spent two days learning things like Mastering Layers from Scott Kelby, Retouching for...
by Alan Hess | Mar 10, 2016 | News
One of the wonderful things about being a photographer is meeting all kinds of interesting people. A few years ago, Joe McNally introduced me to Jennifer when I worked for Joe on a shoot here in San Diego. Since then I have photographed Jennifer numerous times for my...
by Alan Hess | Mar 2, 2016 | News
I was a late comer to Instagram. I really didn’t see the point of another place to share images, but I was wrong. I really enjoy the interface, the square format and the positive interaction. My Instagram feed is a pretty even mix between concert photos, images...
by Alan Hess | Feb 10, 2016 | News
I am very pleased to announce that my new book A Photographer’s Guide to Focus and Autofocus: From Snapshots to Great Shots will be out later this month. The book is available at all the usual places later this month: Amazon Barnes & Noble Peachpit This...
by Alan Hess | Feb 1, 2016 | Concert, News
I love stand up comedy. I have seen a great many stand-up shows from small shows at comedy stores to really big shows at arenas. This past Saturday night I got to see, hear and photograph five more comics and it was a very funny night. The lineup for the show was...
by Alan Hess | Jan 29, 2016 | Concert, News
As the venue photographer for the Valley View Casino Center, I get to photograph a wide variety of events and sports from Justin Bieber to the Harlem Globetrotters. On January 15, I was there to cover A Night of Hope with Joel and Victoria Osteen. This was my second...
by Alan Hess | Jan 19, 2016 | Concert, News
Muse puts on a fantastic show with a high energy performance, great production and they are just really fun to watch. Muse brought their Drones World Tour to San Diego at the Valley View Casino Center on January 5, 2016 to make up for the postponed December 2015 show....
by Alan Hess | Jan 5, 2016 | News
Less than a week into 2016 and already there are some great new technology announcements. Nikon announced their new flagship camera the D5 along with a new high-end DX camera, a new Speedlight and the new action cam. More on each of these a little later. I want to...
by Alan Hess | Dec 17, 2015 | Concert, News
2015 is coming to an end. This is when all those lists come out. The best and worse of 2015. This is not one of those posts. I am not going to sit here and list all the cool things that I did in 2015. What I doing today is looking back to when I started taking...
by Alan Hess | Dec 12, 2015 | Concert, News
Yes, it’s true, I met and photographed Donald Trump back in 2006 in New York. I did not plan on photographing The Donald, I was in New York to photograph Bob Weir and RatDog. It turns out there is pretty interesting connection between Trump and Bob Weir and...
by Alan Hess | Nov 9, 2015 | Concert, News
Garth Brooks returned to San Diego for a record-setting 5 shows after a nineteen year absence. Garth, along with his wife Trisha Yearwood took over the Valley View Casino Center for the whole weekend with shows on Thursday through Sunday with two shows on Saturday....
by Alan Hess | Oct 30, 2015 | Concert, News
I remember when Madonna first made it big back in the 80’s and when she stared with “Wayne and Garth” during one of the better SNL skits, but I had never seen her in concert. Last night I got to see Madonna live (for 3 songs) and more importantly I...
by Alan Hess | Oct 14, 2015 | News
How do you store your photos? What type of structure do you use to keep track of your images? How does Lightroom fit into the workflow and what exactly is the role of the catalog? I can’t answer those question for your workflow but I can tell you about mine. The...
by Alan Hess | Oct 13, 2015 | News
I want to start this blog post off by saying I have been using Adobe Lightroom as my main editing software since it was first released and continue to do so because it does most everything I need really well. There are two things that it doesn’t do so well but...
by Alan Hess | Oct 12, 2015 | News, Sport
Saturday night saw the return of professional hockey to San Diego with the San Diego Gulls taking on the Grand Rapids Griffins at the Valley View Casino Center. The San Diego Gulls are part of the American Hockey League (AHL) and are affiliated with the National...
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