“The image is my canvas, the computer my brush and palette.”
As a child learning the magic of image creation in her father’s darkroom, Shelley Vandegrift fell in love with photography. As an adult, that love grew with the arrival of digital imaging, which married her twin loves: photography and technology. Teaching artistic post-processing techniques and skills and infrared photography has taken center stage in Shelley’s life. With her knack for teaching the complex in a simple, straightforward manner, Shelley now guides other photographers in achieving their artistic vision through workshops and private mentoring.
Shelley co-authored Infrared Photography: Digital Techniques for Artistic Images published by Amherst Publishing in 2020 with her artistic mentor and teaching partner Laurie Klein. She is the developer of Infrared Mastery presets for Adobe and Luminar.
Shelley is a guest presenter for Santa Fe Workshops, Maine Media Workshops, Los Angeles Center for Photography, Camversations, and Laurie Klein Workshops. She has also spoken for major software companies, Skylum and DxO.
Her award-winning fine art photography has been featured in Fotonostrum Gallery in Barcelona, B&W Magazine, the Commons Gallery, A. Smith Gallery, Lucas Gallery, the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, Dallas City Hall, Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Art Traveler’s Collection at Dallas’ Love Field Airport. If your organization would like information on her availability and presentation content or for image licensing, print purchases or one-on-one education in image processing or infrared, contact Shelley directly.
