From the raw file to the print
Weather Coast, No. 1 · Raw to print · Made in the studio
Contrast and warmth come back in the print. The colors are the ones I saw, never stronger.
I print every photograph myself, in a small studio above the old net loft. The print is where a photograph is finished.
Fog Season, as nine colors
Sampled from the prints- Firs in cloud No. 1 #445852
- Inversion No. 2 #B8BAB8
- Wet needles No. 3 #4C5449
- Pale tree line No. 4 #97998B
- Gray morning No. 5 #7C7F84
- Road mud No. 6 #45342B
- Valley fog No. 7 #C8DDDE
- Pine bark No. 8 #715B3C
- Beech leaves No. 9 #B87742
One color from each print, in the order of the series.
How the night sea was made
After Dark · No. 4 · Low tide, 01:30
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01 The core of the Milky Way
In June it stands upright over the sea for about an hour. I planned the trip around that hour.
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02 A green glow
Not the aurora. It is airglow, a faint light high in the air that only a long exposure shows.
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03 Twenty-five seconds of sea
The long exposure turns the small waves into a flat mirror between the rocks.
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04 Light from the town
A village behind me lit the rocks a little. In the print I kept it, so the shore does not go black.
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05 A satellite
Most people ask me to remove it. I leave it in, because it was there.
Where the hours go.
One print, out of 100-
Waiting for light
Most of the work, and most of the tea.
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Walking in
Usually in the dark, often uphill.
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Proofing
Two or three rounds on the final paper.
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Editing
One select in two hundred frames.
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Pressing the shutter
A few seconds, in the end.