Just as I am about to begin my own journey into the world of platinum-palladium printing, this gorgeous image arrived in my email inbox courtesy of 20×200.

Clearing, Wakehurst Place, by Beth Dow

I have been a fan of Beth Dow’s work for quite some time now, especially her “In the Garden” series, and always promised myself I would scoop up a medium sized print if one became available on 20×200. (Her originals are a bit out of my price range for now). Well today was the day, and all three editions sold out quite quickly, but I managed to get my order in and will give this print a good home.

Part of the fun of finally completing the “Taking a Picture” series is that now I get to give away a free print. I put the name of anyone who left a comment on the series into a hat and randomly selected one, and the winner is…Kohlton Ervin, from Meade, Washington.

Congratulations, Kohlton! The print will be in the mail this week. Kohlton is a photographer himself and you can check out his work on Flickr.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the series, or even just read along. I feel like I learned a lot along the way, and I hope you did too.

Thanks to Rachel at Shoot The Blog, my humble website has seen a huge upswing in traffic over the last 24 hours. Aww shucks, I’m blushing.

If you’re new here, I’d love for you to stay and take a look around. If you’re just looking for some pictures, I’ve got a gallery of my favorite current work, as well as a link to all of the photographs I’ve posted to this blog, ever.

I’ve already gotten several queries about my technical process; rather than rehash those emails here, I thought I would create a brief new page with some details about the equipment I use and how I use it. I’m also working on a series of posts called “Taking a Picture” that goes over some of my technical and conceptual processes.

A few people have also asked about prints… I used to have a web store, but it is offline for the moment. If there is anything that you like, just use the contact form to get in touch.