Cameras and Associated Equipment:

Today, my work is done with a 4x5 view camera, primarily. My field kit consists of the following:

• Tachihara 'Wood Field', weighing approximately three pounds.

• 90mm f-8 Nikkor in Copal-0

• 135mm f-5.6 Fujinon in Copal-0

• 180mm f-5.6 Fujinon in Copal-0

• 300mm f-9 Nikkor in Copal-1

• Pentax 1° Digital Spot Meter

• Toyo 3.5x Loupe

• Toyo Dark Cloth

• Manfrotto 3221WN tripod with Kaiser 'Medium' Ball Head and Arca-Swiss clamp

• Filters most often used are B&W Pro Series 81-b and Singh-Ray Graduated Neutral Density filters.

• Lowe-Pro 'Nature Trekker-AW' backpack.

I also use a 645 medium format camera. The kit consists of the following:

• Mamiya 645-E camera

• 55mm f-2.8 Mamiya lens

• 80mm f-2.8 Mamiya

• 150mm f-3.5 Mamiya

• 210mm f-4 Mamiya

• Pentax 1° Digital Spot Meter

• Manfrotto 3221WN tripod with Kaiser 'Medium' Ball Head and Arca-Swiss clamp

• Filters most often used are B&W Pro Series 81-b and Singh-Ray Graduated Neutral Density filters.

• Lowe-Pro 'Nature Mini-Trekker' backpack.

Film Preferences:

• Fujichrome Astia 100-F and Velvia-100 in Quick Loads (4x5) and in 120 rolls for medium format.

• My film is sent to A&I in Los Angeles, California for processing

Film Scanner:

• My current scanner is a Microtek-ArtixScan 1800-f.

About My Prints:

• Prints in sizes smaller than 12x18 inches are made in-house on my Epson R2400 inkjet printer using Epson Ultrachrome K3 inks. Larger prints are made by West Coast Imaging, to my specifications.