The platinum-palladium process was developed in the 1800s. I began printing with this method in 1998, and continue to this day. Because it relies on contact printing, the platinum-palladium technique requires a negative, usually made 'in camera', the same size as the final print.

I do all my printing on 100% cotton fine art papers. These are hand-coated using a light-sensitive solution containing platinum and palladium metal salts. After coating and drying, the paper is placed in direct contact with the negative. Both are exposed to a light source rich in ultraviolet. Finally, the exposed print is developed, washed and dried. A properly processed platinum-palladium print will last generations.

In early 2000, using Dan Burkholder's book as a guide, I started to experiment making enlarged negatives with an inkjet printer either from film that was scanned or directly from 'in-camera' digital capture.

Since then I have tried many different methods and suggestions. Until recently my results were, to say the least, unspectacular. With the generous help from others on the 'net' I have finally found a melding of equipment and workflow that can produce satisfying negs for alternative processes. Currently I use both Mark Nelson's PDN workflow and Ron Reeder's Quadtone workflow for making inkjet negs.