Out of Our Hands » Photography

Suder, Pauline

Lauren Beck — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:01:14 +0000

Pauline Suder is an international award winning photographer whose interests lie in nature and the great outdoors. Being a frequent traveler, especially throughout the United States and the U.K., her photographs center mainly on wildlife and landscapes.

Pauline Suder’s greeting and note cards are made using her actual photographs, which are encased in top quality holders. The outside of the card can be plain or can be special occasion cards: Happy Birthday, Sympathy, Happy Holidays, Thinking of You, etc. The inside of the cards are always blank. The artist handwrites on the back the location of the scene, and signs the card, indicating that it is her original photography.

The cards are less expensive than those that are mass-produced and sold in stores, and on top of that, they are original works of art!

Finley, Calvin

Lauren Beck — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:39:43 +0000

Inspired by his twenty-five plus years experience in film, fashion, fine art, and commercial photography, Calvin has focused his creative talents toward nature photography. Recognized for his fine art and commercial achievements, Calvin has become inspired with a more natural scene since his move to a country setting.

Anyone can take a picture; however, Calvin Finley brings to photography the same creativity as a master painter brings to his canvas. As a painter tries to elicit emotions from the viewer, Calvin seeks to elicit emotions as you view his work. The emotions involved in Calvin’s photography are a dual process. He is aware of the environment around him and captures the mood of the scene to share with the viewer. For example, Calvin has captured the forest’s serenity in the beautifully photographed piece entitled “Tranquility” from the Hidden Forest Series. There are times that a particular scene elicits and emotional connection with the environment and he sets his creative perspective on capturing this mood.

Calvin transitioned to digital photography in 2001. He waited until the digital camera was technically capable of a performance level that met his exacting quality requirements. Even though he switched to digital cameras he has not changed his processing methodology. Simply stated, Calvin switched his darkroom to a digital age, embracing this change as a different way of doing things which also turned out to be environmentally friendlier.

Calvin brings traditional darkroom techniques to the digital era. To bring a picture into the realm of art takes time, creativity, and years of experience. Everything he performs in the digital darkroom is completely manual. He uses techniques such as masking, dodging, montage, and layering; no auto-fix button in Calvin’s digital darkroom. It is only with his years of traditional experience that he so successfully creates art that speaks to a person’s feelings, sentiment, and fantasies.

“Photography should stir the emotions from within. You want to connect with the photograph; there should be a sense of balance, color, harmony, and a perspective that is pleasing to your eye.” –Calvin

Awards:

International Advertising Festival of New York

The Boli Award

International TV/Film Award

Pentax Camera Endorsement-Statue of Liberty Bicentennial

Bronica Camera Endorsement

Forte Black and White Photographic Paper Endorsement

Publications and Seminars:

Photography has appeared in Vogue, GQ, Interview, OMNI, Fortune, and numerous trade journals. Articles on the art of photography have appeared in Studio Photography Magazine. Taught the art and the business of photography to hundreds of students at numerous PHOTO EXPO conventions at the Jacob Javits Center.

Muslin, Lee

Joyce Yura — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:55:42 +0000

No artist statement.

Woodruff, Judith Klein

Lauren Beck — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:02:44 +0000

From the time I was a child I was always captivated by light, form and color. My first camera, a Brownie Hawkeye, was a treasured possession. I still have all my old negatives. I began to show some of my work these past few years receiving several Honorable Mentions and then First Place at Art-in-the-Park in West Park, Allentown. I also received First Place in photography at Tinicum Art Festival 2005. In addition my work has been accepted at juried shows in Bethlehem, Pa, Ocean City, NJ and Ocean Grove, NJ.

Poole, Cari

Lauren Beck — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:08:44 +0000

Cari started seriously taking photos in 1975, when she moved to Mendocino, California, in order to share the beauty of her surroundings to her family in Massachusetts. She developed a following of interested clients and had her photographs exhibited in the hospital and library. Cari began framing her own photographs and enjoyed the process, even though, at the time, framing materials were limited.

She then moved to Virginia, studied photography and worked for Olan Mills studios. She started to work at a frame shop, and every day was a visual treat of color, images and designs.

Now going full circle, she is back photographing the beauty around her, but with a new twist. Each of her photographs is a visual enhancement to a companion quote which together generate a poignant voice of personal expression.

Merkel, Sharon K.

Lauren Beck — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:28:42 +0000

After completing undergraduate studies at Kutztown University, I began working in the advertising and illustration field but never strayed far from fine art. With beginnings as a painter, I was accustomed to starting with a blank canvas and building the image from the empty canvas – art of addition. As my interest turned to photography, I found myself challenged with the art of subtraction – choosing what should be included and omitted in order to convey meaningful photographs.

I returned to college for a graduate degree in fine art photography. I have been working for the past year on a project I call “The Urban Landscape.” This landscape is the world around me – the fine details that at first glance, are mundane and ordinary. As we look closer we see the interconnection of man and the environment. This coexistence is the theme that runs through my work. I want to allow the viewer to create their own conclusion as they view each image.

McAdams, Linda

Lauren Beck — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:27:33 +0000

In this photographic technique, an image is shot with a Polaroid bellows camera. While the photograph develops, the emulsion is heated and manipulated with small tools to soften the image’s lines and blend its colors. This process removes some of the realism and gives it a painterly quality. Sometimes, color is applied directly to the image using oil pastels or photographic oils.

I am also a musician and songwriter, with two independent CDs, and continue to perform locally and regionally. I find that visual creativity also inspires my music. Travel in the United States and abroad contributes greatly to my artistic inspiration as well.

Mikowychok, John

Devon Beck — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:17:40 +0000

John Mikowychok has been an avid 35mm photographer since 1980, and has a background in conservation. His macro photographs are shot using conventional film cameras with an autobellows (a focusing rail and black fabric extendable “box” similar to the old view cameras of the early 1900s). His travels around Pennsylvania as a manager of public parks and a fly fishermen have provided him with a deep appreciation of nature’s beauty, fury and diversity

Boyer, Susan

Devon Beck — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:22:12 +0000

Susan has enjoyed photography for the past five years and has decided to share some scenes of nature that she has captured in the form of greeting cards. The blank cards allow the sender to write a personalized note. Her cards range from seasonal subjects to “places and things” that have caught her eye. They can be used for a variety of occasions.

Susan Boyer is also known to Lehigh Valley audiences as a soprano soloist. She has performed live and recorded with the Allentown Band and the Summer Harmony Men’s Chorus, and in concert with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, the Bel Canto Singers, and the Concord Chamber Singers. She appears regularly as a soloist in oratorio and recital performances throughout the region.

Yura, Richard

Devon Beck — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:34:24 +0000

Richard is an owner of Out of Our Hands Gallery in Emmaus, PA. He graduated from Bloomsburg University with a Bachelor’s degree in Art and later graduated from RIT with a Bachelor’s degree in Photography. Richard has worked as a pharmaceutical trainer since 1984, but always kept photography as a major hobby of his. He enjoys taking nature and landscape photos while vacationing with his family around the country.

He recently transitioned from film to digital photography, and prints his own images with a large-format inkjet printer.