About

Aaron Houston - (Adobe Community Mgr 2010-13)

Aaron's most notable impact on the photography was leading Adobe’s

Creative Community User Group communities during the transition of CS Suites to Creative Cloud.

When Aaron left Adobe, he became part of the photography community by joining the San Diego Photoshop Users Group (SDPUG www.facebook.com/groups/sdpug/). And under a 10-year apprenticeship to Master Photography Instructor (Stephen

Burns chromeallusion.com), Aaron' developed a “tonal-value-based-workflow” that is evident in his work. He's also done dozens of photo-workshops with Steve where he instructs class attendees. Workshop Locations: Death Valley, CA Central Coast, and Eastern Sierras.

Aaron is based in San Jose, CA

His favorite subjects are old west ghost towns and the textural

subtleties of sky and sand in Death Valley.

Awards: He won first place ($2k cash Award) with "Sunset at Pirate's Cove" at “Photographer’s Choice.com” (May 2025).

photographerschoice.com/winner/2025/may

His work has also been accepted at: San Diego County Fair (2024), Alameda

County Fair (2024, 2025), 2nd Place at the 2025 Santa Clara County Fair.

Influences: Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz (late 19th century American photographer...

and first ‘community manager” i.e. “the Camera Club”).