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One of the things that I like to do to get myself out of a photographic rut is to make portraits in monochrome mode. It doesn’t have to be all of the images that you make during a session; maybe just a few to, you know, see what happens.

Real cars were made here in America: Fords, Chevys, Plymouths. These were large chunks of Detroit iron – cars that had the size, weight, and handling characteristics of aircraft carriers but worse fuel efficiency.—Dave Barry

Why shoot infrared images in the Winter? After all, in traditional infrared—spring and summer IR— photography, the Wood Effect produces bright to white reproduction of the chlorophyll layer that’s found in deciduous plants.

The reality is that you can always shoot in color and make these kinds of monochromatic conversions after the fact with Adobe Photoshop or your favorite digital imaging software.