Introduction
I have a had an interest in photography since my teenage years. As many of you will relate, the opportunity to pursue such an interest has waxed and waned according to the inevitable stages of life. Over recent years I have devoted more of my time to photography: developing my skills and awareness, and capturing what I consider to be some interesting views of our environment.
As you will see from the photographs on this site, my primary interest is landscapes, both the sweeping views and the immediate. But other features catch my eye.
To me an interesting photograph is one that stops a passing glance and holds the attention, being worthy of a second look and a lasting record of that point in time. It may be an everyday scene but captured differently, in terms of technique, perspective or quality of light, and “being there”.
In addition to photographing my local environment (South Island of New Zealand) I am selecting and presenting images captured on slides during my years as a grassland development specialist primarily working on United Nations projects in remote and fascinating corners of the world. As an example, I have a large number of photographs taken in China during the early 1980s, when China was beginning to “open up” to the West, and also of Bhutan and Ethiopia.
Despite now almost exclusively using digital tools, my perspective of photography remains very much traditional.
For me, a good photograph is captured in the field and not created artificially on the desktop. Digital stitching (and rarely blending) of images is sometimes used, particularly with larger landscapes.
Printed and Framed Editions are Available
Limited edition gallery quality printed copies of photographs are available for purchase, either framed or print only. If interested, please use the Contact Form.
Normally, print sizes are within width/height limits of about 33 x 59cm (13 x 23″). However larger prints are available.
Most of the landscape photographs are of such resolution that much larger prints are possible with no or negligible visual quality loss. For example, at 300dpi (220 is generally considered very adequate for “arms length” viewing), the Evening Autumn Colours photograph (first on the Landscape I page) can be about 70cm wide, and the Winter Across Lake Ellesmere photograph (last on Landscapes II page) can be 82m cm wide.
Technical Aspects of the Printed and Framed Editions
Printing is carried out using pigment-based inks, heavyweight archival quality paper and a professional grade printer. Custom colour profiling is used throughout to achieve accurate and consistent results. All “contact” materials used in framing are of acid free “archival” quality and “conservation” quality UV filtering glass is used in the frames.
A ten cartridge printer employing Canon™ high stability Lucia™ pigment inks are used (same as in Canon large format printers), along with award winning Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk™ heavyweight (310gsm) professional baryta paper.
Use of the above inks and paper, especially when displayed behind UV glass will help ensure considerable stability and permanence of the image. Further information on this subject may be found at Wilhelm Research.
