bio

After years of pushing pixels for fun, and with a long history of amateur photography and darkroom experience that stretched back to grade school, Richard Lynch began his professional image editing career as the editor of a photography book publisher in 1991. Starting in the late 90s, he began writing and publishing books on digital image editing with Photoshop. His books teach intermediate and advanced image editing techniques to Photoshop and Photoshop Elements users, also providing custom-made tools for Elements and Photoshop users that simplify difficult image editing processes.

Richard has been a columnist for Digital Photography Techniques, and has written for Popular Photography, PCPhoto, Photo Techniques, Advanced Photoshop and many other design and photography magazines. He teaches digital imaging and design at Daemen College in New York. His newest book, The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book, is a great companion to his Leveraging Layers course here on betterphoto.com.

Richard's photography tends toward the abstract, often using extreme editing processes and unusual equipment. His Sigma SD14 sports a range of common Sigma EX lenses, but can be fitted with an old bellows, extension tubes and an assortment of vintage M42 lenses from 10mm to 2300mm.

See more about Richard's books and tools on his Web site for Photoshop Elements users: http://hiddenelements.com and Photoshop: http://photoshopcs.com.

Richard’s four courses on betterphoto.com serve as a series:

1. Photoshop 101: A beginner-level introduction to Photoshop.
   
2. Correct and Enhance Your Images: An intermediate-level course dedicated to core imaging correction techniques
   
3. From Monitor to Print: An intermediate-level course for mastering Photoshop / Photoshop Elements color management
   
4. Leveraging Layers: Photoshop's Most Powerful Tool: An advanced-level, specialized focus on using layers

Though it is suggested they be taken as a series, you can start anywhere depending on your level of expertise, or follow it from beginning to end as designed! Contact Richard if you have any questions.

Richard has a free Newsletter/Blog to all who are interested in bettering their skills with Photoshop.

Listen to Richard talk with Jim Miotke in a two-part interview covering his perspective on image editing: Part 1, Part 2