Digital BW, The Print

"Tyler Boley" wrote:

> And the winner was, apparently by an overwhelming margin...
> A B&W print, made with 3rd party monochromatic inks, on 3rd party fine
> art "matte" paper. Placement was by artist, not by print, so an
> individual could not place more than once. Had it been by piece,
> apparently the second entry by the same person, using the same
> process, would have taken second place. In fact, that "second place"
> print got three times more votes than any other print entered.

So Tyler...are you going to tell us just whom the winner was? I have a good guess!

I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Tyler at his Seattle studio a few weeks ago. And 
since my visit with Tyler there has not been a day that doesn't go by that I don't think 
about the quality of his prints and images.

First and foremost Tyler is a very accomplished photographer...he has many beautiful 
images hanging on his studio walls and tons more in stacks. Every image he pullout was 
just as powerful and beautiful as the next. I told Tyler he needs to get out there and sell 
his work but he mentioned he's not a big salesman guy. I should add Tyler as you know 
him here on the web is also the same person in real life - very generous with sharing his 
knowledge without being snobby or pretentious. Just a real good humble person.

I'm trying to get to my point about print quality...finally...

Also hanging on Tyler's studio walls were many clients' prints...all large prints some as 
wide as six plus feet. As with his personal prints, print quality was superb and there was 
not one print that I felt needed deeper blacks...not one...didn't even enter my mind! All 
images stood on there own without deeper blacks. What really made the prints - besides 
the images themselves - was the subtle details in the complete tonal range of the 
print...wish I could explain it better than that.

After seeing his prints I feel D-Max is really less of an issue for me, but I've been very 
happy with my own work so it didn't take that much convincing after seeing Tyler's prints.