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| The last ten years has seen many changes in the processing of photographic images. Digital cameras now outsell film cameras and chemical darkrooms are going the way of the vinyl record. Embracing this change, Doug, once a chemical printer in a traditional darkroom, now is printing exclusively with Ultrachrome pigments within a digital darkroom. |
| What's a digital darkroom? |
After Doug exposes an image on traditional photographic film, the original is then scanned with a high resolution drum scanner. Next, he creates a master digital file utilizing Photoshop within a PC environment. As with an optical darkroom, the digital darkroom allows him to crop, burn, dodge, and color balance, albeit with two significant advantages—precision and repeatability. Traditional darkroom concerns such as color shift, crossover, and contrast can be greatly reduced through the use of sophisticated photographic imaging software. Burning and dodging, an inexact science at best can now be done one pixel at a time before his eyes. Once the image is completed to his liking, it’s printed with his Epson 9600 large format printer.
Digital imaging offers a greater opportunity to capture the world with more realism than ever before. Doug's experience and skill with digital imaging allows him to create an image that better communicates his photographic interpretation of that moment in time. These are just a few of the benefits offering photographic artists unparalleled control over the final image.
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