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The Integrity of a Photograph

This past week, I read an article in a local newsletter. The intent of the article was to entice would be photographers into taking a Photo Shop class. The title was, “Those Lying, Cheating Photographs!”

As a film trained photographer, what I sometimes consider an ancient generation, I can say with all the honesty and integrity in the world, that my photographs are really mine. I have not invented or created my images through the art of technology. In fact,...

Posted by Joanna Biondolillo - December, 2007.
 

Don't Edit In the Field

A while back I was taking a class at the Maine Photographic Workshops. It had been on my list of places to study photography and I finally stopped looking at the catalogs and enrolled in their summer program. It is a wonderful place to learn the art of photography and the best of the best teach there. On the first night of the program it is customary to gather and see who has been there before, have the instructors introduced...

Posted by Joanna Biondolillo - November, 2007.
 

What's In YOUR View Finder?

In 1989, I was given my first film camera, a Minolta 370. I didn’t use it much that first year. Partly because I was still in graduate school and it took a great deal of my time, but also because the friend who had given me the camera kept saying something to me that I did not understand, “FILL THE FRAME.” No matter what photos I took, really snap shots back then, he would always...

Posted by Joanna Biondolillo - November, 2007.
 

Photo Perspective

I find it interesting to watch the way people take photographs. I see so many just grabbing shots as though they were grabbing a coat off of a coat hook while on the run! A while back I was walking through the streets of New York City with my niece Dianna. A typical teenager, she is bright, beautiful, excellent in sports but in her manner and dress, she has always reminded me of the young...

Posted by Joanna Biondolillo - November, 2007.
 
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