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Rick Miller Photo Imaging

When you're smart, people need you

About Me

"Dubito ergo cogito: cogito ergo sum"
• Professional Photographer
• Senior Solutions Engineer, Education (Adobe Systems)
• Digital Imaging Instructor at a 4 year college
• Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop
• Background in International Relations/Communications
• Silver Medal in CEDA Debate (PRP College Nationals)
• Bronze Medal in Impromptu Speaking (PRP College Nationals)
Classes that I teach
ADOBE
Intro to Photoshop CS3
Photoshop/ImageReady CS3 for the web
Advanced Photoshop CS3
Illustrator CS3
Acrobat 8 Professional
MACROMEDIA (now Adobe)
Fireworks CS3
Flash CS3
Dreamweaver CS3
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Digital Photography workflow
For information concerning my classes, please contact me.
Photography
Limited TFP/TFCD: I offer only limited TFP/TFCD and prefer paid photo sessions instead. If I decide to work with you in a TFP/TFCD capacity, then you must provide a qualified MUA/Stylist for the photo session. I have a list of MUA/Stylists that I can recommend.
For information related to being photographed by me, as well as my rates, please contact me.
Ethnic Background:
Celtic (I'll find a reason to play dress-up so that I can wear my kilt) (-:
Teutonic
*Attention, if you'd like to add me as a friend and I don't know you, then please don't have your profile set to private as I can't determine whether your profile is legitimate or not. At the very least, send me a message.
Additionally, if you're unfortunate enough to support Suicide Girls Inc., despite how shady they treat their models and photographers, please don't send me a friend request. Thanks.
Viva Las Vegas Photo Sessions! More info in my blogs.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I respect political thinkers (irrespective of what side of the aisle they occupy) who maintain their integrity and convictions, rather than selling out due to political expediency.

Right
Ann Coulter
William F. Buckley Jr.
G. Gordon Liddy
Left
Noam Chomsky
Ralph Nader

Music:

Soundtracks
Dogs in Space (Michael Hutchence, Boys Next Door, Brian Eno, Marie Hoy, Iggy Pop, et al.)
Mystery Train
Trainspotting (Vols. 1 and 2)
Pulp Fiction
Boogie Nights
O'Brother Where Art Thou?
The Omen
Artists
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Johhny Cash, Lydia Lunch, David Bowie, Hanoi Rocks, Johnny Thunders, New York Dolls, Dogs D'Amour, The Hangmen, Brian Eno, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Velvet Underground, Mazzy Star, Joy Division, Wanda Jackson, Big Sandy and his Fly Right Boys, Stray Cats, Eddie Cochran, ELVIS, Cheb Mami, Social Distortion, The Cramps.

Movies:

Mystery Train, Drugstore Cowboy, Dogs in Space, Trainspotting, Some Mother's Son, Olympia, Strictly Ballroom, Braveheart, Gladiator, 61, Once Upon a Time in America, 2001, Logan's Run, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Romper Stomper, Pulp Fiction, The Omen.
Movie Quotes
Real Genius:
"When you're smart, people need you".

Chris Knight: "Kent puts his name on his license plate".
Mitch Taylor: "My mother does the same thing with my underwear".
Chris Knight: "Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?"

Television:

Political
•Crossfire (CNN w/Tucker Carlson)
•Chris Matthews
•Bill O'Reilly
•Hannity & Colmes

Entertainment/Other
•Law and Order: SVU
•California’s Gold (w/Huell Howser)

Books:

Photography
Yousuf Karsh - Heroes of Light and Shadow, Riefenstahl Olympia (Leni Riefenstahl), Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits ( Mark Viera), Cyclops (Albert Watson).

Politics/Government/Philosophy
Jefferson and the Rights of Man (Dumas Malone), Treason (Ann Coulter - Slander is also an excellent read), Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man (David Hardy, Jason Clarke), Bias (Bernard Goldberg), Temptations of a Superpower (Ronald Steel), International Politics on the World Stage (John Rourke), American Government (Lowi and Ginsberg), Understanding Power (Noam Chomsky), Ten Men Dead - The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike (David Beresford), Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison (Gerry Adams).

Science
Yes, we have no Neutrons (A.K. Dewdney), Bad Astronomy (Philip Plait)


Magazines
Propaganda, Barracuda, Atomic, Varla, PEI, Studio Photography and Design, Photo Insider.

Heroes:

Irish Patriots
Bobby Sands (Hunger Striker), James Connoly (Freedom Fighter), Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein leader)

American
Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Pat Tillman, Ann Coulter.

My Blog

Saturday Viva Las Vegas Photo Sessions with the Dream Team!

Greetings all, Three incredible super-stars representing Hair, Makeup, and Photography have teamed up in order to offer the Dream Team Photo Sessions at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekender on Sa...
Posted by Rick Miller Photo Imaging on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:26:00 PST

Friday Viva Las Vegas Photo Sessions with Jennifer Corona!

 Greetings all,   I have teamed up with the extremely talented Makeup Artist Jennifer Corona in order to offer photo sessions at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekender on Friday, April ...
Posted by Rick Miller Photo Imaging on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:16:00 PST

Wild West Riley! Cowgirl-pinup model.

Two weeks ago I had the extreme pleasure of working with the absolutely fabulous - and stunningly beautiful - Riley Kern. Riley is one of the coolest models to work with; she's very professional and f...
Posted by Rick Miller Photo Imaging on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:55:00 PST