About New England Photos
by John & Donna Bedard (Bedard Photo)
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Artist statement:
Although many of our images were produced with film, we have finally decided to dip our toes into the digital age. The reason we waited so long to switch to digital is because we feel the digital standards of quality are finally matching that of film. Earlier, we simply were not comfortable that was the case. However, it was important to us, that our approach to digital photography was much the same as it was when we were shooting film. To reproduce the actual scene we witnessed, and not to create something new on the computer. Essentially we make every effort to keep in tune with our original film traditions. Any adjustments that we feel need to be made to any image, are adjustments that can be done in any film darkroom. Minor tweaking of things such as lighting and contrast are typical of any darkroom process, be it film or otherwise. If the original shot requires too many adjustments, we simply discard the image entirely. We are NOT in the business of making bad photos into good ones. Like our old film days, we try to get the shot right the first time. What you see in any of our images, is what we were looking at during the shoot. If we were going to enter the modern era, we wanted to do it right and drag as much of the old fashioned days with us as possible. Only difference being, we no longer have to lug those 60 rolls of film along on any road trips!
Retailers and clients have included:
Tanglewood (summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra)
The Town of Lenox, MA (website)
National Wildlife Federation
New England Association For Healthcare Philanthropy (website)
Tourism Dept. of Roxton Falls, Quebec Canada
Boston Sunday Globe
The Berkshire Record
The Sheffield Times
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