I really enjoy realizing the final product as a print.

I have been able to help many people make gifts or vanity purchases of fine art photographs and it’s truly the best feeling ever!

As a student photographer, I enjoyed working in a dark room developing my own black and white film and then printing it to enjoy or printing it for publication. Many photographers have this experience in their lives and there’s nothing like being connected to the medium in this way.

Most often, though, works are created and then published on a website like this one or shared on social media and when we mention “publishing,” we’re really talking about presenting a digital copy.

My works almost always begin on film, in a camera. I do — actually, stlll, — really develop black and white film in a sink then scan it to make a digital file. Often, though, since I’m creating with color film and lack the facility to develop color, send the film to a processing house and wait several weeks for the film to be developed and scanned. Sometimes, I still scan my images myself, but because I’m seeking prints no more than 20 inches, the scan provided by the processor is enough for my prints.

These days I deal in two types of print — a small print such as an 8 x 10 or 5 x 7 and bundled then handed to the client; or, for myself and for presentation in a gallery or art show, I order a square print and a square frame with glass and a paper mount. The former costs several hundred dollars and is beyond the reach of most people. I recommend this experience for clients who want a single portrait or a series of fine art prints from my concept because what you hang on your wall says so much about what is hanging around your mind, right?