Stephen Burns (www.chromeallusion.com) is the president Of The San Diego Photoshop Users Group (www.sdphotoshopusers.com) and most recent instructor to the Light Photo Workshops (www.lightworkshops.com).

He has written the following books:
 
Author of “Photoshop CS5 Trickery & FX” (Soon to be released) Author of "The Art Of Poser 8  Pro & Photoshop CS5" (Soon to be released) Author of "The Art Of Poser & Photoshop"
Author of “Advanced Photoshop CS4 Trickery & FX”
Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS3 Trickery & FX"
Author of "Advanced Photoshop CS2 Trickery & FX"
Author of "Photoshop CS Trickery & FX"

He has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His artistic influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.
 
Stephen Burns has been a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 12 years. He has been exhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, and CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few.

He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops in the San Diego and is an instructor online at  http://training.xtrain.com/faculty/show/Stephen+Burns  . 

You will also see him as an instructor at Siggraph 2010 (www.Siggraph.org) in Los Angeles.