Nature Photography by Mark Thogerson

All photographs on this site are digital.  Most have been taken with a Canon digital SLR.  Some - those not available in 12x18 format - were photographed with an Olympus 3 megapixel camera; I take this one places that I don't want to risk taking my good camera, such as canoeing in the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota.  A very few were photographed using my film camera, and have been scanned at high resolution into digital format directly from slides.  Although they are digital, I don't fool with the images other than changing exposure parameters, which could be done in a darkroom.  I learned photography using a fully manual 35mm SLR, and I still take photos that way.  One notable exception is the dunes panorama on the landscapes page - that was digitally stitched together from 11 separate shots.  Another is the ferns background on the home page and links page of this site.  The "tile" for this background was re-worked somewhat to give the appearance of a continuous fern-covered rock wall.

The prints are produced using a wide-carriage Canon photo-quality printer, using Canon Photo Paper Pro and Canon inks.  Both paper and pigments are archival quality; they will provide many years of enjoyment, given proper care.

All photos are printed on stock that is a bit larger than the image; this makes it much easier to mat them.  I sign my photos on the white border using an archival pen that will not damage the print.