DEAN J. TATOOLES, Nature and Wildlife Photographer
Dean Tatooles specializes in the field of nature and wildlife photography. Dean's innate talent for photography is evident in each of his striking images. Attributing his inspiration to photographers Peter Lik and David Muench, Dean's passion and dedication to his craft are unsurpassed. When asked about Lik and Muench, Dean simply replied, "these two artists have taught me a whole new way to look through my eyes."
Dean's travels have taken him across six continents. At a young age, however, Dean became fascinated with the topography, culture and wildlife of certain locations in the Southern Hemisphere. In that spirit, Dean created Southern Cross Galleries after the constellation that bears its name and is only visible from below the Equator. Dean's hope is that his work touches that sense of adventure in everyone and that viewers of his photographs will be transported to another time and place, even if its for just a moment.
Dean works with Nikon digital SLR equipment to capture his spectacular wildlife images and with a Linhof Technorama 617 S III medium format panoramic camera to produce his majestic landscapes. In most cases, what you see in his final product is what Dean saw through his lens. There is very little digital modification performed to his photographs during processing.
Dean's photographic prints are of the highest quality. It is important to remember that images viewed on the Internet pale in comparison to the actual print in person. Subtle details and nuances of color are impossible to convey in a low-resolution web image. The sight of the large, crisply printed image in person will simply take your breath away.
All of Dean's digital images are shot in RAW format at an extremely high resolution. Those images that are not shot in digital format are created using the highest quality negative or transparency film. After choosing only his best negatives or transparencies for printmaking, Dean has each one professionally drum-scanned to obtain the ultimate level of detail and sharpness. Through that process, each transparency is individually mounted using a special gel, and scanned at between 2000 dpi and 4000 dpi to extract the fullest detail, highlight, and shadow.
After carefully processing his digital images or scans, Dean personally creates each individual print in his own lab affording him complete creative control. All prints are of the finest archival materials and created on 100% cotton rag fine art paper suitable for any decor.
Dean's customers span four continents. Many have been kind enough to provide testimonials to his work. Please be sure to review the Testimonials page or feel free contact Dean directly with questions you may have.