The Prints All images featured on this web site are available for sale as premium quality Fine Art giclee prints. Images with a reference number of ISMACD... followed by four digits were captured using an 11.1 megapixel Canon EOS 1Ds digital camera, while all newer images (numbered ISMACD_F or 83F then a four digit number) have been captured with a medium format 21.1 megapixel EOS 1Ds Mk III and are therefore, available in larger sizes. Prior to April 2009 images were captured using either Canon EF 70-200mm 1:2.8 L IS USM or EF 28-70mm 1:2.8 L zoom lenses. From March 2009 all images added will have been captured using either a Canon EF 24-105mm 1:4 L IS USM or a 100mm f2.8 USM Macro, both from Canon. Employed also are various solid and grad ND filters, polarisor and - on rare occasion - graduated colour filters as required. Post capture adjustments are done using Photoshop CS4. Following a fully colour managed workflow, all prints are produced on Epson Stylus Pro printers and therefore, utilise Epson’s superb UltraChrome K3 ink set. Images of 16 inches short side and under are produced on the Stylus Pro 3800, while larger images are printed on the Stylus Pro 7880.
The Papers. My preferred media are Harman Baryta Fibregloss and Hahnemuhle 308g Photo rag (matte). Both of these papers are archival exhibition quality and feature excellent detail, colour accuracy and range that result in stunning prints (in colour and black and white) that equal, if not surpass, that which is possible in a darkroom and which will last for just as long - in excess of a hundred years for colour and two hundred years for black and white if properly framed behind glass. My particular favourite is the Fibregloss. Images on this paper are simply stunning. But if you know your papers it's simply a choice of gloss or matte. To avoid the potential pitfalls of posting framed images - and since I think framing is best done locally, to accurately compliment your own decor - all prints are unframed and dispatched in secure wide bore image grade tubes. Rather than signing the print, each comes with its own label detailing print information and signed by me (rather like a mini certificate of authenticity) . Please be aware that care should be taken to avoid scuffing the delicate surface of the Photo rag. This should be borne in mind particularly when framing. All prints are produced following a fully colour managed workflow however, please note that due to variation in monitors and their calibration, the images on this web site may not appear with the same fidelity as the actual prints, but be assured, no print leaves me unless it has the "as if you are there" factor. |
