CAMERA My goal in photographing the landscape is to keep the use of the camera as simple and direct as possible. I shoot with a 4x5 or an 8x10 Arca Swiss camera and use either a moderate wide angle or telephoto lens. This limited selection allows me to focus on looking at the landscape and to work quickly and intuitively as my subject can change minute to minute with the movement of the tide, waves, and light on reflective surfaces.

FILM, PROCESSING, AND SCANNINGI photograph with Kodak T-max 400 and T-max 100 films manually developed in a Jobo Expert drums with Kodak XTOL developer diluted 1:1. The negatives are drum scanned to 8-bit and 16-bit grayscale files at a resolution that will allow full-scale output at approximately 360 dpi.

EDITING AND PRINTINGThe scanned negatives are edited using Adobe Photoshop on an Apple computer with a Wacom tablet and mouse. I work extensively with adjustment layers and masks to control overall and local contrast, and I dodge or burn highlights, mid-tones, and shadows all separately as needed to further control the rhythm and movement of values across the print. Several small work prints are made until I am satisfied with how the image looks, then I output full size prints and final tonal adjustments are made . Editing digitally allows for a very fluid, painterly control over print values.

THE PRINTS The photographs are digitally printed with an Epson 7000 printer using the Studio Print RIP software, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 188 gsm paper, and monochromatic, hextone, pigmented inks. The process creates beautiful images with translucent highlights and richly detailed shadows. The prints have a wonderful depth, sharpness, and tactile quality that cannot be matched by tradional photographs. The prints will not fade when framed with archival materials.