Many people ask me how I achieve such vibrant colors in my prints. The answer is that I use the very best film, photo labs, scanner, digital darkroom and photo printer I can find. These techniques are expensive but the end result is worth it.

Right now I am using Fuji Velvia Professional grade film to capture all of my Panoscapes. Velvia has the greatest saturation level of any film, but it is very difficult to shoot because of it's small F-stop range.

My photos are then drum scanned on an Aztec Digital PhotoLab scanner for the highest possible image saturation and shadow depth. Next to taking the shot, this is the most important step in the printing process.

The next step is to take the scan and re-size it in my digital darkroom. Here I can crop the image, burn and dodge, sharpen, adjust the saturation and color correct the scan for output. Many people are skeptical about digital darkrooms but all that I do in it is what's listed above. I will never add elements to a shot to make it more sellable. What you see is what was there. The only digital darkroom techniques I use are the ones you can do in a traditional darkroom.

The final step is to have the image printed to the final size on a CSI Lightjet 5000. The LightJet 5000 is the ultimate photographic printer that I have ever used! It fires red, green and blue lasers onto light sensitive photographic archival paper. The LightJet 5000 offers sharpness, image control and fidelity never before obtainable via traditional printing methods. The LightJet 5000, operating at RES16 is recognized as the sharpest photo imager in the industry. The prints have a life span of 60+ years if kept under UV glass and out of direct sun light. These prints can't be beat!