Photography and Printmaking Equipment

I am often asked about the equipment I use to take photographs and make color prints. I like to point out that it is the photographer who really "makes" the photograph, and the best cameras and lenses are not a substitute for hard work, a clear vision, great light, and a strong picture composition. Invest in good photographic tools, but try to avoid the common photographic equipment diseases, including camera craving, lens lust, accessory angst, and, all too common in this digital age, megapixelitis!

Here's what I'm currently using in my photography:

• Nikon D2X and Fuji S5 Pro digital cameras with Nikon 35mm lenses from 12mm to 500mm, Sigma APO 180mm Macro lens
• Canon Powershot G9 digital camera
• Gitzo G1348 and Manfrotto 3444 carbon fiber tripods with Arca Swiss Monoball and Kirk BH-1 tripod heads
• Nikon circular polarizing filters
• Pentax Digital Spotmeter and WhiBal card
• Delkin 4GB compact flash cards and Fortress 40 GB portable hard drive for digital storage
• Tamrac and Lowepro camera bags

For image processing and making color prints I use:

• 2.8 gHz Pentium Core Duo and 800 mHz Pentium III personal computers with Windows XP, each with 4 GB of RAM and a 120 GB hard drive and 48x Plexwriter CD/DVD burners, plus a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop with 3.0 gHz Pentium IV processor and a Netgear wireless connection, plus Simpletech and Maxtor external hard drives for storage
• Eizo ColorEdge CE240W LCD monitor
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Lightroom 1.3
• Canon Realis SX50 and Sanyo PLC-XU36 digital projectors and Microsoft's Powerpoint for digital programs
• Minolta DiMage Scan Multi Pro film scanner and Epson Perfection 4990 flatbed scanner for scanning color transparencies
• Gretag-Macbeth Eye-One Photo and Beamer color calibration system
• Epson Stylus Pro 9800 inkjet printer with Ultrachrome K3 pigment inks, Epson Premium Luster and Enhanced Matte and Moab Entrada papers, plus Colorbyte Software's ImagePrint 6.1 RIP with Phatte Black option