Aiming for Poetry in the Digital Photograph
Adult Online Art | Available
Online on Zoom | June 4, 11, 18, 25 2025 - 4 Wednesdays | 5pm - 7pm Arizona Time (*always on MST)
Joseph Podlesnik is trained in drawing and painting and it is this experience which greatly influences his approach to photography. In this online class we will discuss:
Capturing RAW files (if using a DSLR)
Triangle of Exposure and focal length
Auto mode vs Manual mode
Gestalt Laws and design in photography (composition)
Critiques of students' photographs
Basic editing (cropping, dodging/burning), using Photoshop
Joseph Podlesnik
Joseph Podlesnik is trained mainly in drawing and painting and it is this experience which seems to influence his approach to photography.
For Podlesnik, the camera lens depicts perspective too easily, which is why he captures and makes photographs which often frustrate readable perspectival space. For him, the photographic image is not only a window through which to see the visible world, but also a maker of flat surfaces which stunt or block logical space. He sees photography and pictures not only as documentation, but as commenting on or reenacting perception itself.
Podlesnik lives in Phoenix, Arizona and exhibits his work nationally and internationally. He is currently Visual Arts Adjunct Faculty at Stockton University in New Jersey, and is Facilitator for the Digital Photography Cornell Certificate Program. He received his MFA in drawing & painting from Cornell University.
www.josephpodlesnik.com