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' 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. The goal being to reproduce
as accurately as possible what I see and feel at the
time of creation in Nature. In the past when using
traditional photographic processes for my prints,
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 Lightjet 5000 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 in the world today.
Each of my prints
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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