Giclée is a French word for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using ink-jet printing. The word "giclée" is derived from the French language word "le gicleur" meaning "nozzle", or more specifically "gicler" meaning "to squirt, spurt, or spray". It was coined in 1991 by Jack Duganne, a printmaker working in the field, to represent any inkjet-based digital print used as fine art. The intent of that name was to distinguish commonly known industrial "Iris proofs" from the type of fine art prints artists were producing on those same types of printers. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on Iris printers in a process invented in the early 1990's but has since come to mean any high quality ink-jet print and is often used in galleries and print shops to denote such prints. ~from Wikipedia 

Because these prints are so finely made, they make outstanding artist reproductions on canvas. They can be wrapped around a wooden frame and displayed with or without framing. The canvas "breathes" and appears very much like a painting, thus giving a very high quality appearance to the image produced this way.

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HDR images are created by making two or more (sometimes more then five) images in the camera of different exposures. Most ofen a tripod is used, as well as a cable release, and possibly "mirror-lock up". Mirror lock-up is accomplished through menu settings in a DSLR camera where the mirror is raised on the first click of the camera, and the image is created on the second click. The images are then adjusted using Aperture, Photoshop, or other photo editing programs and merged in Photomatix Pro. They are then returned to the photo editing programs and if further adjustments are needed, these are applied. HDR has emerged as a way of capturing a wider range of exposures than one can make with a single image.

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I use a Canon EOS 40D digital camera and three lenses: EFS 17-85mm, the EF 75-300mm zoom, and EFS 18-55mm. I use a Manfrotto tripod and head and usually use my circular polarizer, a graduated ND filter, and carry all of it in a Canon backpack. I work on an iMac computer, 20" with 24" digital display and primarily use Aperture for organizing my images and processing them. When it is necessary to further process my images, I use Adobe Photoshop. I print my pictures on an Epson R1900 13" x 19" photo printer, or outsource them to a printer and framer with whom I have worked for several years.

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I am basically self-taught, but have also attended workshops throughout the years to learn from other photographers. I read and study books, magazines, websites, and ask a lot of questions when I encounter other shutterbugs. There is such a wealth of information available in print or on tutorials. I am a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and MacCreate, both of which offer a great deal of information for photographers.

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