The Adventure Team

It wouldn't have been an adventure without these intrepid contributors. They've been generous with letting me use their beautiful photographs throughout this book.

Bill Atkinson Although Bill is now a full-time nature photographer, his name is also well known in the field of software design. Bill is empowered in his own art by the accuracy and fine control made possible with the digital printing process. See his work at www.billatkinson.com.

Russell Brown Russell's job at Adobe is to facilitate the exchange between digital designers and software developers. In addition, he's the prolific creator of an entertaining collection of Photoshop tips and tricks, some of which can be found at www.russellbrown.com.

Angela Drury Angela is a fine art photographer whose work has received numerous awards and been shown in shows around the country. Her work has also been featured in several publications, including the premiere issue of Darkroom magazine. More at www.angeladrury.com.

Melissa Gaul Melissa is an accomplished photographer and a member of the original Adobe Lightroom engineering team based in Minnesota. Her midnight Lightroom instructional sessions for the Adventure team were well-attended and much appreciated.

Jóhann Gudbjargarson Jóhann has lived all his life in Iceland. He has a degree in computer science and his hobbies are books, computers, traveling and photography (talk about being lucky being on this adventure). Johann's work can be seen at http://gudbjargarson.net.

Maggie Hallahan Maggie is an accomplished photographer with over twenty years of experience shooting advertising and editorial assignments. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and can be seen online at www.maggiehallahan.com.

John Isaac John is an award winning photojournalist and documentary photographer who has traveled to more than 100 countries in his photographic career. He was a photographer for the UN for 20 years. His work can be seen at www.johnisaac.com.

George Jardine George took his degree in photography in 1972. He has photographed food, fashion, architecture and sports, with his work appearing in many well-known publications. George is currently the Pro Photography Evangelist at Adobe.

Peter Krogh Peter owns and operates a full-service commercial photography studio in the Washington, DC area. Peter is both an award-winning photographer and the author of the definitive work on digital asset management. His work can be seen at www.peterkrogh.com.

John McDermott John is a San Francisco photographer who shoots corporate annual reports, portraits, and sports for editorial and advertising clients. But mostly, he'd rather be wandering the streets of some strange city pretending to be Cartier-Bresson or Jay Maisel. You can see his work at www.mcdfoto.com.

Richard Morgenstein For over twenty years, Richard has photographed people for magazines, corporations, and private clients. The common denominator in Richard's work is his interest in all kinds of people, their passions, and their environments. See his work online at www.richardmorgenstein.com.

Michael Reichmann Michael is a fine-art landscape, nature, and documentary photographer with more than 40 years of experience. He is a well-known photographic educator and author, and the publisher and primary author of The Luminous Landscape web site, www.luminous-landscape.com.

Addy Roff Addy works for Adobe and basically solves problems and makes life better for everyone around her. "Addy" is short for something exotic and Icelandic, which only George Jardine has ever been heard to utter in public. To quote an adventure blog post, "The horses loved Addy."

Sigurgeir Sigurjonsson Sigurgeir is a photographer based in ReykjavÌk and has a broad selection of clients in Iceland and other countries. He is presently working two books: the Icelandic horse and a new book on Iceland that will be out in the summer and autumn 2007. See his work at www.portfolio.is.

Derrick Story Derrick is the digital media evangelist for O'Reilly (http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com). He's the author of Digital Photography Hacks and Digital Photography Pocket Guide. You can listen to his photo podcasts and read his tips at www.thedigitalstory.com.

Martin Sundberg Martin specializes in capturing imagery of people who are passionate about what they do, while they are doing it. By land or by sea, he embraces every opportunity to make pictures that move and inspire. Martin is based in San Francisco. His work can be found at www.martinsundberg.com.

Sonja Thórsdóttir Sonja is Icelandic and has lived in Iceland most of her life. Her main hobby is photography and traveling all over the world. Sonja thought the adventure was a wonderful opportunity to be able to combine this and join a team of great people in Iceland.