| John De Silva Photography | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Image Capture Currently, I use a Mamiya RB67 Medium Format camera and four Mamiya lenses (50mm, 90mm, 180mm, and 300mm) and a Canon 20D with a Canon 70-200mm f2.8 lens and a Tamron 28-75mm lens. Image Recording I use Velvia, Astia, and Provia Fujifilms and Kodak Portra 160NCfor my color images and Ilford Films and Kodak PX Plus-X for black and white photography. Occasionally I experiment with other films. For my Canon 20D I use two 1 Gb Lexar flash cards. Image Printing I print on Ilford papers for my black and white photography and various Kodak papers for my color work in the wet darkroom. I use an Omega Super Chrome D Dichronic II enlarger to expose the image to the paper and then use Kodak chemistry to make the black and white print. For color printing I use the Delight DL-M50RT RA-4 processor to print color images. When printing digitally I use various Epson and Ilford papers on two Epson printers, the 2800 and 4000. Image Rendering The traditional methods are used in the wet darkroom and Photoshop is used in the digital darkroom. Image Scanning For scanning negatives I use the Nikon Coolscan V ED and Super Coolscan 9000 ED and for print scanning I use the Epson Perfection 4490 flatbed scanner. Image Storage I use Fujifilm CD's and Western Digital external hard drives. Other tools I use Bogan Manfrotto tripods, Cokin and Tiffen filters, Lowepro bags and backpacks, IBM PC and flat screen monitor, LiteDisc reflectors. |
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| Working in Rain Forest of Belize, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The work is a small example of images in the collection. Contact me if you are looking for something specific. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| All images owned by the artist. Duplication in any form is illegal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||