Stephen Burns
Stephen Burns is a digital artist, celebrated author and internationally-known trainer. An Adobe ACP (Adobe Community Professional) and Adobe freelancer, he is also the president of the San Diego Photoshop Users Group, currently the largest in the country.
Stephen holds the same passion for the digital medium as he has for the art of photography. His background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His artistic influences include the great abstractionists and the surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.
He has traveled internationally as a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 15 years. He has exhibited digital fine art around the world at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum of Mexico, among others. He captured first place in the prestigious Seybold International digital arts competition.
Stephen has written cover stories and features articles for Photoshop User Magazine as well as other publications. He is the author of Photoshop CS5 Trickery and FX, The Art of Poser and Photoshop, Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery and FX, Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery and FX, Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery and FX, and Photoshop CS Trickery and FX.
He teaches digital manipulation workshops online and privately. He is an instructor on Xtrain, Photoshop Café, Layers Magazine. He also appears as an instructor at Siggraph.
