Technique
“Is it a painting or photography” a recent client asked. “This is as close as i get to painting, I wish I could paint, I replied. That’s where the conversation often starts, I smiled. "Dragging the shutter" is not a new technique (shutter speed often below 1/8 second) but very effective in introducing some movement in all or part of the image.
Sometimes the camera is mounted and other times the intention comes in thru lateral sweeps with my hands. Very little retouching is done in post-production.
All images are captured in raw and very large files so, they can be enlarged large…think garage door big.
Happy to offer advice on what works best for each image, regardless of the size.
For example, an nyc client wanted her prints to be “leaners”. What is that? Like album covers she wanted to be able to cycle thru framed images leaning against her bedroom wall. One day the ocean was on the top and the following week she choose a landscape scene with late fall colors…images here were 40 x 40.
Procedure
Ideally, an initial appointment at your home where we look a the intended destination and measure and bringing a prints or two is an excellent place to start.
Success is found by producing, initially, a model print in the desired finish….for example, museum glass with a floating Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta Print, or an Acrylic face-mounted di-bond print that is extremely sturdy but lightweight, aluminum framed backing.
Clean lines. We will choose what looks best, together, for your home.
Hint: Often museum glassed and archival prints are very heavy once over 5 foot, for instance, and custom framers won’t even produce them cause of the weight, understandable, for sure, and the solution are the acrylic face mounted or floating print with di-bond backing and aircraft quality aluminum back frame.
Prints
1) Both framed and unframed are available. Treated prints with frames, for example, arrive with signature edition number, and certificate of authenticity on the back of each. We ship globally and safely.
Custom wooden crates are produced.
I shipped( 6 )large to Kuai recently and perfect arrival condition was received.That order was dropped shipped in one month.
Typically, prints take (2) weeks and finished works take (25) days.
For color, I use a lab in NYC and Germany-- black/white a custom lab in Chicago.
2) VJS Framers in East Hampton are quite good. Keeping it local when I can is intentional. I work often with Gary but all are wonderful.
It's all about quality. 631-324-8182
3) I have Lisa Weston who is a local museum quality installer to secure your art. She often rotates my images as new ones come in. I trust her vision and workmanship. 631-681-0547
Also, across the street i have larger images you can come by and check out in my friends barn.
Seasons
The preferred seasons are late fall and lots of winter capture…spring, certainly…the humidity and cleaner air comes in during these
seasons. For example, i prefer trees without leaves. Winter surfing images where hoods, booties and gloves and ice are often in images.
Morning over late day. Images are captured in both black and white and color.
Tones are preferred over color. The leather and cortado tones of late Fall in Montauk are often quite striking. Late fall storms coming in over lazy point or ocean off shore winds in December are valued. If people are present in images it’s often from the back, side,..so, they become a piece of the image, like Japanese intentional art sketches and paintings, quietly place in the corners. Nature first, man second.
