Even though 2022 may not have been the kind of year that many of us had hoped for, I still have many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, including…

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.

“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.” — Elliott Erwitt. That quote by Elliott Erwitt summarizes my feeling about monochrome photographs, especially portraits.