Jerad Raines Photography
Lava flowing into the ocean at Volcano National Park in Hawaii

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

Elemental Clash

It’s not every lifetime that you get to see molten lava flowing into the ocean. We were lucky enough to be in Hawaii while Kilauea was erupting and got to witness just that: molten lava emptying into the Pacific Ocean, often veiled in billowing clouds of steam and punctuated with occasional glimpses of the burning orange slag. To get to the viewing area was a 6-mile hike across alien lava fields—black, jagged, crumbling and oddly beautiful—to a small, peninsular outcropping. The expansiveness of the lava fields was a testament to the power and danger of what lava can do.

A year after we were there, eroded by the constant outpouring of lava, the entire viewing peninsula area broke off the mainland and fell into the ocean! Luckily no one was hurt.

Kilauea, which means “spewing” in Hawaiian, has been in a near-continuous erupting state since 1983.

Nikon D7200 · Nikkor 18-200mm · 34mm · f/7.1 · 1/10 sec · ISO 100

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Available as a limited edition fine art print, produced on demand in four finishes. Full sizing and materials are on the prints page.

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Each image is released as a limited edition of 50 — that's 50 pieces total, across every size and every finish combined, not 50 of each. When an edition closes, that image is retired and never offered as a print again. A few signature images are released in smaller editions.

Outside that count, I keep one Artist's Proof of each image for myself. It's occasionally available by private request, at a premium.

Every piece is numbered and comes with a matching signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Paper prints are signed by hand before they ship; the face-mounted pieces travel straight from the lab to you, so the certificate carries the signature rather than the panel.

As an edition sells down, the price steps up. The earliest collectors of an image always pay the least for it.

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Lumachrome Face-mounted to TruLife acrylic

A layered transparency print, face-mounted to anti-reflective acrylic. The image is printed on clear film over a white reflective base, so light passes through the emulsion twice — inbound and outbound — before it reaches the eye.

Best for: Deep color, dramatic light, anything you want to stop people in a hallway.

Chromaluxe Dye-sublimation on aluminum

Under heat and pressure, the dye passes directly from solid to gas and diffuses into a polymer coating bonded to the panel. The image ends up within that coating rather than sitting on top of it.

Best for: Bright scenes, water, snow, big skies. Also the most durable option.

Supralume High-gloss canvas on aluminum composite

Canvas with the gloss integral to the print rather than varnished on afterward, surface-bonded to an aluminum composite panel. It keeps canvas texture without the detail loss and reduced black density that matte canvas normally costs.

Best for: Texture and detail — rock, bark, forest, anything intricate.

Fine Art Paper Canson Infinity Rag Photographique, 310 gsm cotton

A 310 gsm, 100% cotton rag with a smooth matte surface and no optical brighteners. The most traditional of the four, and the only one I sign by hand before it ships.

Best for: Quieter work, black and white, and anyone with a framer they trust.

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