' LAID TO REST '
hen
exploring and creating in Nature, I use many techniques
and tools that traditional landscape masters used
for decades, and combine them with modern imaging
materials. My original images are created with a
4x5 wooden field camera using Fuji Velvia film, and
very straight forward technique. My goal is to reproduce
as accurately as possible what I see and feel at
the time of creation in Nature. In the past when
using traditional printing processes for my fine
art photographs, this was often easier said than
done.
Then
in 1998, I was introduced to digital imaging, specifically
Fuji Crystal Archive traditional photographic paper
exposed with the Lightjet 5000 digital enlarger.
I consider myself a purist, yet also a realist. After
witnessing prints of my originals generated from
this combination of digital technology and traditional
photographic paper, I knew I had found my process.
Like
traditional fine art printing, the digital process
requires a great amount of skill to master. Each
step is critical to making a final print that looks
like the traditional photographic reproductions people
are used to viewing, yet possesses even more brilliance
and clarity. The complexity of this process requires
that I collaborate with the top digital masters working
today.
Each
of my fine art photographs is meticulously crafted
on Fuji Crystal Archive traditional photographic
paper which possesses more than twice the life of
Cibachrome (llfochrome) prints. It offers the highest
quality reproduction available matched with outstanding
image permanence.
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