About the Author

Ten years ago, Matthew Bamberg provided photographs along with his articles and columns for Southern California newspapers and magazines, including The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) and the Press-Enterprise (Riverside). As a freelance contributor, he wrote about art, popular culture, entertainment, travel, and local religious congregations, including a popular One Tank Trip weekend travel column. In the last few years Matt has authored a number of books and taught writing, education, and photography at several universities, including The History of Fine Art Photography at the University of California in Riverside. He is the author of the Quick and Easy Secrets book series (Cengage), Beginning HDR Photography, Photography Applications for Cloud Computing, Killer Photos with Your iPhone (with Kris Krug and Greg Ketchum, Cengage), The 50 Greatest Photo Opportunities in San Francisco (Cengage), and Digital Art Photography for Dummies (Wiley). Matt is also a professor at National University and Ashford University, where he instructs in teaching methods and writing.