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Kevin Casey - Photographer

To me, digital photography includes both the "digital darkroom" where I scan negatives taken with other format cameras up to 4x5 inch in size and the use of a digital camera to capture on a 'non-film' basis.  Use of digital capture and printing technology represents a natural growth in my exploration of photography.  I am impressed by how the use of digital technology provides such a high level of control to the photographer and results in images of high quality and permanence.

More recently, I have had the opportunity to explore digital photography in-depth.  I started with an Olympus 5050 and now use a Canon digital SLR camera with a 50mm macro lens, a 24-85 zoom lens and a 75-300mm IS zoom lens.  For scanning negatives, I use an Epson^® 3200 scanner to scan both colour and B&W negatives.  I use the Epson^® 2200 printer with UltraChrome™ inks to produce my digital images in beautiful and bold colours.

To produce images in black and white, I am using 100% carbon pigment inks on Innova Archival Soft Textured Art papers.  Using seven shades of neutral carbon pigment provides improved fade-resistance, smoothness and amazing depth for my black and white images. 

I look forward to using digital technology to produce negatives for platinum/palladium images and to make pigmented platinum prints - a process that combines Epson^® digital colour prints with platinum/palladium printmaking.

For me, the use of digital technology to scan, manipulate and produce digital images has become an important tool for artistic expression.
 

All images © 2006 Kevin Casey