PROCESS

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All of my photography is done with a Minolta X-700 35mm cameras using a variety of Fuji and Kodak films. The transparencies or negatives are then digitally converted at (4000 dpi) with a Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 ED Scanner. Once converted, the images are cropped and the black point adjusted, if necessary, using Adobe Photoshop. The micro photography is accomplished with a stereo-microscope (max. 500X) utilizing a variety of illuminations with custom made filters. The macro photography is done with a Sigma 50mm/f2.8 Macro Lens, sometimes in conjunction with an Albinar-ADG 2X extender.

The archival quality prints are produced with LightJet printers, which use RGB lasers to expose the emulsion in the Fujicolor Crystal Archive c-print photo paper. The paper is then processed using RA-4 chemistry. I make my prints with a small blank (white) border to facilitate mounting/matting, with a signature and edition number.

LightJet printers are considered by many to be the finest quality photographic digital printers available today. For prints at 300dpi and up, the human eye cannot discern dots within the image, producing a true continuous tone photographic print. Because my prints are digital, I control the final product; I have almost unlimited control over the color, contrast and density. However, the photographs I print come from images that are at most cropped or minutely adjusted. I have a Viewsonic G220fb professional monitor which is calibrated using the Gretag MacBeth Eye-One Display Two System.