Photospark

  We are SO excited to share this episode with you!! We had the ever awesome Alan Hess in our studio last week! If you don't know, Alan specializes in concert photography and is also an author here in San Diego. He's just a plethora of knowledge about everything photography-related! Alan wrote a blog post for Lexar, which ended up with him being contracted to write a book about the Sony A700 DSLR camera. That book led to another book, and now Alan has written & published 15 books! His books range in topics from focus (A Photographer's Guide to Focus & Autofocus) to Pet Photography (Pet Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots). Besides writing books, Alan is also the in-house photographer for the Valley View Casino Center. If you've ever been to this venue, you've seen his work! There are beautiful, ginormous photographs lining the walls of the lobby of various artists who have performed at the center... all of those were taken by Alan!! He started in concert photography as a hobby. He combined his