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Technical Notes The images on this site were taken over a period of over 40 years. Prior to 2003 most were taken with a Nikon EL2 SLR 35mm camera with 20, 28, 50, 135 mm lenses and a 70-210 mm zoom. For many years I used Kodachrome 64 slide film, but I switched to Fuji Provia slide film because of its very fine grain and wider exposure latitude. I also used a home built 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ and 4x5 field cameras made from Graflex camera parts for color and black and white work with Schnieder and Nikon lenses. In 2001, I started to use Kodak High Speed Infrared black and white film in the EL2 with a #29 red filter. In 2003 I bought a Fuji S2 digital camera and haven't used film since! Now I use a Nikon D300 DSLR, and a Panasonic DMC-G1. The Panasonic has been converted so it can do infrared photography as well as color. When traveling light I use a Canon G-10 that fits in my pocket. Early on
I did my own black and white printing. When I started to do
color, printing them myself was no longer an option. I sent transparencies
out, but was never satisfied with the results printed by traditional
photofinishers. In 1999 I discovered the Giclee print and endeavored
to learn the technology and craft to make fine art prints myself.
The advent of digital imaging and the Giclee print has created a new avenue
of personal control and precision in bringing images from film to paper.
For my early images, transparency and negative film was scanned into
a digital file using Nikon and Minolta scanners. Since 2003,
images have been captured in a digital format. The image files are
then processed in a computer using Adobe Photoshop to be faithful to the
original experience. When printing, I use Epson inkjet printers.
For color, I use an Epson 7600 printer with pigmented inks on heavy Hahnemuhle
watercolor papers. For black and white, I use an Epson 2200 printer
with MIS Hextone pigmented inks.
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