dorothy@dorothygantenbein.com

I live in Fremont, California with my long-term boyfriend, Chip. We share our home with two little dogs, which we rescued. We also have several goldfish. During the spring and summer, a mother morning dove raises her babies on our front porch. For my day job, I work in high-tech developing enterprise software but…

My passion is photography and teaching others what I have learned. For me, photography started simply to record scenes for future paintings using a compact digital camera. Turns out I am a poor painter and much better photographer. I read Photoshop User magazine for fun and post an image a day on my blog including technical tips for photographers. See http://www.dorothyphoto.com. If you look through my blog's photo archives, you will notice that I have experimented with many photographic areas including color photography, B&W film photography, digital infrared photography, and Photoshop-created alternate realities.