This is Part III: For f this three-part series, I wanted to answer a question about black and white infrared photography that I previously asked and shoot a similar image as I did for that post and process the RAW file in black and white, to see if I could get the perfect, classic black and white image. I think I did.

Let’s talk about exposure…again. Light has four major characteristics: color, quality, quantity and direction. For photographers who are seeking to master the art of exposure, “seeing the light” is the key to mastering the art of exposure, which turns out is really just as much craft as art.

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…