Authenticity

Jack's technical goal is to render a photographic image that represents what he actually observed when he viewed the scene. To this end, he uses no color filters when photographing. Occassionally he used a polarizing filter to reduce glare, or a neutral density (gray) graduated filter to restore light balance to a photograph.

The photograph's content is not altered; what you see in the scene is what was there at the time he captured each photograph. This makes producing fine-art photographs more difficult, but it's important to his goal of combining photo journalism with fine-art photography to document our incredible open-space lands.

Most of the images are photographed using a medium format 6x7 cm camera, one of the largest that can be used for aerial fine art photography. He also uses large format, 35 mm, and a 6x12 cm panorama camera, depending on the subject matter.

Lightjet Archival Color Photographs: State-of-the-Art Technology

Crystal Archive print materials are the finest photographic print media available. They have a sharpness and luster that cannot be attained by less costly photographic print materials. They are the most stable and light-fast photographic materials made.

The Lightjet print process is a new digital technology that makes it possible to enlarge photographs without distorting lenses. The photographic image is scanned into a computer with incredible precision (300 MBytes for one image). The image is then digitally projected using three laser beams (red, green, and blue), exposing the photographic print to light, one point at a time, without lenses. This exposure process is not only the sharpest possible, it also makes it possible to accurately correct for contrast and color shifts in the photographic film and print materials.

The combination of archival color photographic prints and the new Lightjet process represents the state of the art in fine-art photographic print technology, combining unequaled clarity, vibrancy, and long life.