| Diane Poinski Video Biography | ||
| While attending college to pursue an accounting degree, I took a black and white photography course to help satisfy the art requirement. Passion for photography developed almost immediately, and my goal of becoming a CPA quickly disappeared.My accounting skills came in handy when I applied for and got a job as a bookkeeper at Lightwork, a photography store in Sacramento. In addition to being surrounded by many talented photographers, I was able to participate in workshops free of charge. A class taught by Ginny Giles in hand-coloring was where I was first introduced to this unique art form. Thank you Ginny! |  |
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| Before this experience, I prided myself in the fact that I only took and printed straight black and white photographs. However, since that workshop, every image I make is now hand-colored.Once I started hand-coloring, I began to shoot differently. I could visualize the possibilities hand-coloring could add to the scene before me. Hand-coloring seemed to add emotion to my photographs, something that I wasn’t able to communicate with my black and white images. Master black and white photographers have that skill, but it wasn’t anything I possessed.For many years I hand-colored traditional fiber darkroom black and white prints with photo oil paints. After transitioning from film to digital I spent over a year experimenting with different papers, tools and media until I found a way to continue hand-coloring on what are now inkjet prints. In 2008 I began offering workshops to introduce this technique.I am excited to be a part of CAWorkshops.com and look forward to sharing what I have learned with others.I work and teach out of my studio located upstairs in the Art Foundry Building at 1021 R Street in downtown Sacramento.
Website : http://www.dpoinski.com |
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