PRINT MAKING

From the Photographer's Work Notes:

"Most of the images produced for the Fran, In Memory of the Trees and the Bald Held Island collections have been made with medium format equipment; 6x7, 6x9, and 6x6.  Only 2 lens were used for the Bald Head Island work; a wide angle equivalent to 28mm in a 35mm format and a normal lens equivalent to 50mm in 35mm format.  Traditional silver base film was used (Kodak Tmax 100 and Tmax 400) and processed by the photographer using jobo rotary drums.  Camera and lens were calibrated using formulations for the Zone System for both films.  Digital prints are created from film negatives scanned using a high-resolution scanner to Adobe Photoshop where the image is adjusted for tone balance and clean up.  Images are, in no way, manipulated nor altered by adding or removing any elements of the original image." 

Limited edition prints are produced from the photographer’s original scans using his signed master prints as reference. These prints are produced by Bill Bamberger in his North Carolina studio and approved by Susan Dennis. They have been created on an Epson Stylus Pro 9600 using Ultra-Chrome archival inks and Hanemuhle Photo Rag fine art paper.

The images have been produced using a giclee process developed in the 1980s. The French word giclee or "to spray" has been used to describe the most current computer technology available in order to create a highly controlled digital inkjet print.  Using over four million ink droplets per second, photographic prints attain rich velvet tones and highly subtle nuances found in fine negatives. When used to its fullest potential, this process offers the collector a highly detailed and stable print that will last over many lifetimes.