Melvin Sokolsky is one of the most inventive advertising and commercial photographers of our time. He was born and raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and as a youth, he enjoyed reading books and visiting museums. This inspired him to imagine elaborate sets and images even before he owned a camera.
Our current Cover Story subject, Melvin Sokolsky, offered many pearls of wisdom during our interview. One of them was the idea that a real workshop should be one where a student becomes a photographer's apprentice.
Steve Weinrebe is an Adobe certified Photoshop instructor who has authored the textbook, "Adobe Photoshop & the Art of Photography: A Comprehensive Introduction." In this tutorial, he shares Photoshop techniques on adding light to a scene.
Longtime Photoworkshop.com member Steve Halderman has explored the art of creating beautiful images of the nude female form. In a recent interview, Double Exposure asked him to give our readers some insights into how he approaches the creation of his fine-art nudes.
Find out who won our last book giveaway and enter to win a copy of "The Official Nik Software Image Enhancement Guide: The Photographer's Resource to Professional Workflow Techniques by Joshua D. Bradley.
O'Reilly Publishing is offering Photoworkshop.com members and Double Exposure readers the opportunity to purchase Rick Sammon's new book, "Face to Face," at a 35% discount.
In our November 1st issue of Double Exposure, we will run a story entitled, "Double Exposure Challenge: Photographing Fall." We're looking for readers' images to illustrate this story, and we're offering great prizes to the top three winners.
This month's Photos to Inspire subject is Ken Jackson, who discusses how he initially became interested in photography and his exploration of alternative processes.
Our subject for this month's "Images from the Industry" feature is Mel Brackstone from Brisbane, Australia. She describes her occupation as "mother/wife/photographer," and teaches a course in digital photography at the Brisbane Institute of Art.
Photoworkshop.com member Jim McKinniss has had an image accepted into an exhibit called "Visual Literacy" at the 2nd City Council Gallery in Long Beach, California.
Photoworkshop.com member Robert Kato will teach post-capture image development and printmaking at a workshop in Vietnam with photographer Mark Tuschman in October 2008.
