Technical Stuff
Nearest Earthly Place to Paradise and most of the Wenlock Edge series were produced digitally on a Nikon D300 using Raw capture. Files were processed through Adobe Lightroom, with rare excursions into Photoshop. The D300 was replaced with a Nikon D800 (full-frame) supplemented with a Nikon 1 V2 for those occasions when a smaller format is appropriate.
After many years of using Nikon equipment, film then digital, an Olympus E-M1 Mark II was purchased late 2017. The reduced size and weight inherent with the micro thirds format is much appreciated when carrying camera, lenses and tripod into the hills.
Nearly all of the earlier pictures, see Finding a Way, were captured on film using an Ebony 5x4 folding view camera. This was initially an RSW45, later replaced by a 45S with a longer bellows and additional movements. Nearly all were shot on Fuji Reala 120 roll film using 6x9 format (8 frames per roll). A few of the Village Church pictures were captured with a Mamiya 645 Pro. Negatives have been scanned and processed through Photoshop to produce digital prints.
The perception from many people at exhibitions was that the pictures were paintings; others asked what I had done after capture. None of the the Gallery pictures have been digitally altered in any way, except for removal of the odd blemish. Any enhancements to the image have all been achieved within Adobe Lightroom.
Prints are produced to archival quality, currently using an Epson SC-P900 printer. Media will normally be Hahnemuehle Photo Rag or German Etching, sometimes Fotospeed HWS, all depending upon the subject matter and the feel that I want to achieve. Framing for exhibitions will always be to archival quality.
Prints are available for sale in small limited editions. Please enquire via the Contact page or download the Spirit of the Edge Artists Information as a guideline.
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After many years of using Nikon equipment, film then digital, an Olympus E-M1 Mark II was purchased late 2017. The reduced size and weight inherent with the micro thirds format is much appreciated when carrying camera, lenses and tripod into the hills.
Nearly all of the earlier pictures, see Finding a Way, were captured on film using an Ebony 5x4 folding view camera. This was initially an RSW45, later replaced by a 45S with a longer bellows and additional movements. Nearly all were shot on Fuji Reala 120 roll film using 6x9 format (8 frames per roll). A few of the Village Church pictures were captured with a Mamiya 645 Pro. Negatives have been scanned and processed through Photoshop to produce digital prints.
The perception from many people at exhibitions was that the pictures were paintings; others asked what I had done after capture. None of the the Gallery pictures have been digitally altered in any way, except for removal of the odd blemish. Any enhancements to the image have all been achieved within Adobe Lightroom.
Prints are produced to archival quality, currently using an Epson SC-P900 printer. Media will normally be Hahnemuehle Photo Rag or German Etching, sometimes Fotospeed HWS, all depending upon the subject matter and the feel that I want to achieve. Framing for exhibitions will always be to archival quality.
Prints are available for sale in small limited editions. Please enquire via the Contact page or download the Spirit of the Edge Artists Information as a guideline.
Return to: Home or Gallery