I've got a few projects in the works that I think are exciting. I'm also experimenting with the new wonderful paper, HARMAN PHOTO Professional Inkjet GLOSS FB Al Paper - 320GSM. I may be shifting to this as my default paper choice. Untill I update my web order forms, if you'd like this paper on a print choice, just email me.
New projects, in order, are:
• A free downloadable screensaver or two, based on my photos
* Books. Yes, I will offer a series of limited edition books of different collections of photos, large format and well-printed. These will be high quality books, each featuring a portfolio.
• Portfolios
Check back soon!
The Site
I will be adding photos and changing this site and organization very actively. If you check back weekly I'll promise there's a good chance of at least a new photo; I try images out on my Photo of the Week page before they're officially here or for sale.
email me if you're interested in a an image, or in another paper, surface or size of the images I have here.
I will only print and sell sizes and surfaces that work with an image. I'm only offering and displaying images that I've printed at high quality and in sizes and on paper surfaces that work to my very picky eye. All prints are guaranteed – absolutely.
All prints are signed and numbered limited editions of 150.
These days (2007) my best prints are pigment prints, usually on Crane's Museo Silver Rag paper. For each print (as shown in larger size) the default size and paper choice is available by clicking the button to the left of each large-size image page. Clicking the "More Sizes, etc." button will present a large array of options. email me for more information, or click on the links near those options. I need to update my framing options, but many options are available. I'm willing to experiment with various output thechnologies and sizes, as long as the quality is up to my standards. Let me know if you have requests for murals or any other kind of output.
This site is changing and expanding often, so check back if you like my work. Here are some of the most popular images from my 4x5 sheet film years in the 80s, through medium format film work, to DSLR images from last week.
This site is primarily focused on my photography, because it's the most interesting thing I have to share. However, I still do web design and photoshop work.
More on my approach is on the Meditation page. Awareness is more important than equipment, but photographers need both.
Equipment, Print and Image Quality
I've always had very high standards. Pain in the neck. A good chunk of this work was done with large format film with a Sinar View camera, and a Pentax 6x7 or other 120 format film cameras for the medium format. This film has been scanned in 2005-2006 at 4800 dpi, and I work on the files at 16 bits per channel. These are huge files with a lot of detaill and subtle tonal range.
I started shooting digital in the late 90s; I wouldn't shoot digital until I saw that the cameras were actually producing good images. Then I went through a handful of top of the line Nikon "prosumer" 900 series cameras. I got a lot of good shots with these cameras. I can get very nice prints from those as long as I don't print them too big. I don't. Because of the size limitation, not very many of those are offered for sale, but they may show up as Picture of the Week or on flickr. In 2005 I used a Nikon D70 DSLR with a bag of Nikon lenses, and also a 7900 Nikon 7 MP to mostly use in shots where I needed a greater depth of field than I could easily get with the SLR lenses, and for the early digital infrared. Now in 2007 I am using an 11 MP Nikon D200 as well as an Infrared-converted Nikon D70 DSLR.
For output I'm using an Epson R2400 printer, a professional level state of the art printer which uses 9 pigment based inks at a time, with multiple tones of grays and blacks. The Epson K3 inks I use are considered archival, and I find the visual subtlety, detail, and tonal range to be on par with almost any photographic process, and in many cases superior to photographic processes in terms of archival stabilty and also visual quality. For sizes larger than 13 inches wide, I hire out the printing using the same K3 inks on the paper you choose. The hired-out prints have to match my own prints and satisfy my picky eye.
The Type C prints are done on a Chromira machine.
My old silver prints were printed by me on fiber based paper in the 80s and 90s and processed archivally. These are very limited in addition, as I don't plan on returning to darkroom printing. In most cases the newer prints are actually better looking than the darkroom prints.
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Prints are available to license for book covers, cd art, etc.
