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There are many options for capturing digital infrared images. One of the easiest and least expensive is by using on-camera filters.

In infrared photography, the Wood Effect refers to the bright to white reproduction of the chlorophyll layer that’s found in deciduous plants. The effect is named after IR photography pioneer Robert W. Wood (1868-1955) and not after the material wood, which in fact does not strongly reflect infrared. While you may not think you can’t shoot in digital infrared on a stormy day, this shot shows the results when you do.

At the end of each chapter in my now DOA book, A Life in Photography, there was a section that I called “What Have We Learned Today.” The ending of one particular chapter goes something like this…

Several years ago, My wife and I, along with my cousin and his wife. went to Key West Florida for a joint vacation. I told her that my goal was “to sit on the beach and look at the waves;” My cousin, Mike, agreed with me. Alas that didn’t happen…

I started the Stupid Photographer’s Tricks series o posts in March 2019.The series began with a three posts in which I shared some of the dumb things I’ve done over the years and that, for some reason, always seem to involve attractive women. But not always…

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you, no doubt, have seem me express my affection for the Olympus E-M1X Micro Four-thirds mirrorless camera. My quest for one has been ongoing with OM Systems selling new ones on their OM SYSTEM Store for $2,019.95.