Some of you might find this interesting. I spent a few days at Mt. Baker, Washington state, doing some landscape photography with my Pentax 35 mm. Came through this little town, and saw the sign, Lee Mann gallery, 1 mile this way. So we follow the sign, and end up in the driveway of a beautiful contemporary home. A scholarly looking gentleman greets me and my wife, and my wife has the guts to ask, "are you Lee Mann?" He says, "yes, I am". He welcomes us into his shop and gallery. Spent awhile admiring some of his incredible work, but there were too many images to take them all in. The gallery is filled with 30 years of his work, photograhic prints (high quality ink jet prints, scanned and printed by himself, personally in his shop), posters, and note cards, both color and b&w. Couldn't resist picking his brain a little. He gave us a tour of his high tech shop, top-end 6 x 7 scanner, huge Epson ink jet printer. I ask him, "You like total control of your work?" and he agrees, that's the only way he can get the results he wants. He mostly uses 6 x 7 format. Talking about film, he says he uses negative film, because of the wider f stop range, which he thinks works better for the scenics during bright conditions. He says, Velvia works well with an overcast sky. We talk about digital, which he doesn't use. He guesses that maybe in 3 to 4 years, digital might equal film, and mentions the Foeveon (sp?) chip. He likes ink jet prints, and his limited edition prints are now made in his shop on his own printer. I ask him about some of the shooting locations, and how he manages to get those special nature shots. He tells me that he has returned to a particular place 29 times to better his result. Just wanted to share this with you. Harald - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
