Expert Digital Photography, Photoshop, Lightroom & Macintosh Coach

A 2012 Hasselblad Masters finalist, David is a thoroughly experienced working professional who shoots digital photography for stock and assignment and, has been a Photoshop retoucher since 1995. For the nearly 10 years he was a respected assistant adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, known for his easygoing, yet in-depth approach.

With patience and a sense of humor, David coaches you through the "sticky" parts of digital to leapfrog your Macintosh, photography, Photoshop and Lightroom skills to the next level.

David's Subjects

Art:	Adobe Photoshop, photography
Computer:	Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, general computer, Macintosh, Microsoft PowerPoint, photography
Business:	Microsoft PowerPoint
Corporate Training:	general computer

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is easily used as a simple program, but getting past the "slide show" phase can be daunting and confusing.

If you'd like to learn how to tailor your presentations with builds, animations and custom graphics and themes, then you're ready to take the next step.

So, if you're (preferably!) on a Mac and want to become a PowerPoint pro, I'm your tutor.

Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom is a simpler and less expensive alternative to Photoshop for photographers seeking to manage and edit their digital images. Lightroom allows photographers to “develop” images with the skills of burning, dodging, cropping, color correction, and other creative enhancements, without all the complications of Photoshop. Yet Lightroom can still be challenging to learn. David can guide you through Lightroom’s basics and into the advanced features where you can take your photography further... Read More

Adobe Photoshop

As a long time digital commercial photographer, David is highly experienced in digital image retouching with Photoshop (CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5.5 and CS6), Camera RAW file processing (Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom 3 or 4), and Macintosh computers (OS X & Mountain Lion). In addition to dozens of Photoshop classes taught at FIT over the past 9 years, he has privately instructed working professional photographers and graphic designers.

As a practicing professional and active educator, David... Read More

Photography

2012 Hasselblad Masters Finalist David W. has been working as a digital commercial photographer and retoucher in New York City for more than 20 years. He is highly experienced with all types of digital cameras, tethered shooting and RAW file processing (Adobe Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4 and Capture One 6), Macintosh computers and professional studio lighting for still life, portraiture and fashion. He understands the inner workings of digital cameras as well as conventional film cameras, including... Read More

Macintosh

A long time Macintosh user who teaches Mac skills and Photoshop at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, David is an award-winning NYC professional photographer and a popular WyzAnt computer tutor.

If you’re interested in learning more about Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, the ins and outs of using digital cameras to take better photos or Macintosh in general (including switching from PC to Mac), read more about David’s subjects.

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Education

Undergrad, SUNY Empire State College

Excellent Teacher - David W. is the absolute best in the business! — David is a superb tutor and consummate professional. With his combined years of experience in both Commercial Photography and Teaching - David brings a phenomenal amount of knowledge and seasoning to the sessions. His classes are chock full of information and insights. I needed to unlearn some things I learned as a PC user; organize my existing 20,000+ photos (which were scattered all over the hard ...

— Linda from New York, NY

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