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DARIO OTERO

   Dario A. Otero was born in the beautiful central mountain region of Puerto Rico in the town of Utuado. His family moved to New York City when he was two and so his formative years were spent in the city. The fond memories from summer vacation trips to his grandparents’ farm in Puerto Rico remain with him today and have catalyzed his continuing quest to capture the beauty and color of the “Island of Enchantment”.
   
   Dario’s passion for photography began at age 10 when he received as a birthday gift, a box camera. During his teenage years, he avidly took pictures of family and friends. His eye for subject and composition were honed in those early years of photography. Later in his college years, Dario’s raw talent was noted when he was selected as an assistant to the renowned New York photographer, Alan Goldstein. Mr. Goldstein subsequently became Dario’s mentor. What he learned working with Goldstein, later became the foundation for striking out on his own. Dario undertook further formal training in photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC where he studied under Irving Schild.
   
   Dario is presently retired from a 26-year career as a Senior Research Chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. He offered professional photography services during that time and is still an active professional. His training as a scientist intertwines with his photography in the sense of driving him towards perfection.
   
   For many years Dario was a member of the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs and the Metropolitan Camera Club Council of NYC where he served as a photo competition judge and lecturer. He has taught photography at a private school in Pennsylvania. In addition, he has served as a mentor for other professional photographers. Dario holds membership in several professional photographic organizations and is currently an active member of the Northeast Pennsylvania Professional Photographers Association. 
   
   His passion for photography has now expanded to share what he has learned with other photographers through workshops, and to offer his unique vision of the beauty of his homeland with his gallery, “Images of Puerto Rico”, to see the island through his eyes.
   
Web Site:  ImagesOfPuertoRico.com
   
Phone:  315-725-9890

  Joe Sukenick has been a photographer for most of his life.  With the advent of professional digital photography, his artistic talent limited by the constraints of film, and what could be accomplished in a darkroom, emerged in a way that fully allowed his artistic vision to be realized.  "The creative possibilities now available when working with professionally captured digital images appear to be endless!", he says.

   Joe is retired from a 30 year career with IBM where he worked in an engineering capacity in the field.  He owns and operates DigiQuest Photography and DigiQuest Computer Consulting in Bartonsville, PA.  His photography business consists of portraiture, weddings, headshots and advertising.  Joe is a current and active member of the Northeast Pennsylvania Professional Photographers Association.

   Joe teaches and lectures on image restoration, portrait retouching, digital workflow, and photography  to professional photographic groups and individuals in Pennsylvania and New York.  He has helped many  professional photographers make a smooth transition from film to digital.  

   He also is available to do One-On-One training in Digital Photography and can get you up and running with Adobe Photoshop from the Basics to Advanced professional Techniques in Digital Manipulation, Portrait Retouching, Image Restoration, Workflow, and Maximizing Images for Impact.  Creating ART from photography by thinking beyond the image that was captured is an area where his passion for the image creation process can be seen.  He can help you with all the above and also work with you over the Internet from the comfort of your own home.  

   Joe's work has appeared as cover art for a novel, can be found in many advertising publications and brochures, and appears in magazines including Greater Philadelphia House and Home, Skateboarding, and Oprah Magazine.
  
     He enjoys working with other photographers and helping them to unlock the "mysteries" of capture, processing, and taking an image to a higher level for maximum impact.

Web Site:  DigiQuestPC.com

Phone:  570-629-4428