"Sunrise Estate" by Don Schoenleber
Limited to 10 Prints - s/n
Image size: 16" x 24"
Printed on Somerset Velvet
$175.00
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Don Schoenleber has been working in photography for over 40 years. I think of Photography as a progressive learning process and the blending of science and art. The more I work at it the more I really see the world around me. It makes me slow down and appreciate the subtleties, the time of day and the color of the light. Early morning is my first choice. It's warm, soft, directional light helps bring out the form and texture of the landscape. But it doesn't last
Everything around us is changing, that's why I feel so strongly about photography and photographing Bucks County and the surrounding area. It's my attempt to preserve what I see and find so satisfying. As Paul Simon said it in a song "I have a photograph, that all that's left you." The science needless to say continues to evolve.
The one thing that remains constant is the process of creating the image. Whether using a digital camera and computer or a conventional film camera and a darkroom, in the end there isn't any difference. The act of creating the image starts by composing the image in the viewfinder, and completing the creative process in the darkroom either wet or dry. Today the cropping, dodging and burning in, the creative dark room process can be performed on a computer. The computer and the software are just tools. Seeing and creating the image is the same regardless of the type of camera and darkroom . Additionally the digital darkroom eliminates the need for the harmful chemicals. I continue to learn and develop my art

Mercer County Community College Rochester Institute of Technology Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Pittsburg, PA Kodak Educational Center, Rochester, NY. Ansel Adams Photography Workshop, Carmel, CA.