Rick Sammon's Digital Imaging Diaries: About/Contact

My specialty is not specializing. :-)

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Click here to see me fall through the air at 125 miles an hour.

Click here to see a shooting session with me.

Click here to watch a podcast I did for TWiT with Leo Laport and Catherine Hall.

I'm very proud to be a Canon Explorer of Light, a Westcott Top Pro and a Lexar Elite Photographer. As one of the "godfathers" of the photo industry (as Trey Ratcliff calls me), I still try to be one of the most active photographers, lecturers and instructors around. I just can’t sit still. In fact, in 1962, the nuns at St. Annes in Garden City, New York tied me to his chair with my belt in an effort to get me from squirming around! It was the wool pants that I had to wear in June that drove me nuts, To this day, that's why I don't like getting dressed up.

Anyone else attend/survive Catholic grammar school?

Over the past 20 years, I have published 36 books. I types fast, although I got an F in typing in junior high. My series of 3-D books for kids (I'm is a kid at heart) was one of my favorite projects.

My best-selling books include Exploring the Light and Face to Face. My book, Flying Flowers won the coveted Golden Light Award, and my book Hide and See Under the Sea won the Ben Franklin Award.

Below are links to some of my favorite books.

I also have six apps – iPhone and iPad – on the iTunes store

My apps include:
• Rick Sammon's HDR Portfolio - an interactive app for the iPad that teaches you HDR in a totally cool and exciting way!
• Rick Sammon’s 24/7 Photo Buffet for – an e-book that offers 24/7 access to my best photo tips, tricks and techniques. iPhone and iPad versions available.

• Rick Sammon’s Life Lessons We Can Learn From Mother Nature, a collection of my favorite wildlife photographs accompanied by inspirational quotes. Mini-lessons on wildlife photography are also included, as well as quick Photoshop tips. iPad version only.

• Rick Sammon’s Butterfly Wonders, a beautiful collection of my favorite butterfly photographs accompanied with information on each animal by butterfly expert Alan Chin Lee. A comprehensive course on close-up photograph is also included.

Got a Canon 5D Mark II or Canon 7D and want to learn how to shoot videos? Check the DVD that I produced with Juan Pons.

If you like travel and nature photography, check out my PDF e-book:

Rick Sammon's Travel and Nature Photography from A-Z

I'm also a proud member (Fellow in Residence, '84) of the Explores Club. I have photographed in almost 100 countries around the world - and only got sick in two. Since my rescue from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea in 1992 (see photo below) I have given more than two-dozen photography workshops (including private workshops) and presentations around the world each year.

Rick in Papua New Guineahortly after his rescue.

I'm also the co-founded the Digital Photography Experience (www.dpexperience.com) podcast with wildlife photographer and high-tech guru, Juan Pons. The bi-monthly podcast features listeners questions and interviews with top pro photographers.

There's more. I also hosts several classes on kelbytraining.com.

I have also been nominated for the Photoshop Hall of Fame, which is kinda cool.

Rich has even dived with sharks - but this is a Photoshop composite.

I'm also a NOGI (Underwater Oscar) winner, a DEMA Hall of Fame inductee and a Beneath the Sea Diver of the Year. For 20 years, my focus was on underwater photography.

When asked about my photo specialty, I say, “My specialty is not specializing.” That's because I try to do it all.

That's me pictured below on the left. I am not related to the 1940's movie star, Riccardo Simmone. :-)

Here's a link that you may enjoy - the video.

Here is a nice article that I think is . . nice!

Here's a nice interview that I did for Nik Software.

Getting back to the 1960s, it was then that I, who eventually attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, started playing guitar. It is still one of my passions. In January 2010, I was photographed by the world famous Scott Kelby for Kelby's "Sessions" project – a project in which Kelby, an excellent musician, is photographing photographers who play an instrument.

My philosophy is never give up! That said, I have put one project on the back burner: The Sammon Safari Sun Hat.

When not on the road or playing guitar or keyboards, I spends much of my time at my command center – sharing his photo know-how (while listening to Pandora and iTunes).

Perhaps my biggest accomplishment is having a sushi roll named after me at Samurai Japanese restaurant in Croton-on-Hudson, New York!

P.S. Hey, I would really like to see the pictures you take on my workshops. But, I can only open low res Jpegs. Please see the image below for file size. Thank you.

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