Black and white is a wonderful media for making portraits because the lack of color simplifies the image, causing you to focus on the true subject of the photograph instead of their clothing or surroundings.

When I first became involved in digital infrared photography, making portraits was not a recommended use of this technology. Yet, one of the earliest non-landscape applications of IR photography was in wedding photography…

My book-reading year is off to a good start. If you read my last book club post last book club post, you’ll know that I read 79 books last year. This year, so far, I just finished reading book number three, Sharpe’s Storm, a rip-roaring yarn by Bernard Cornwell.

It’s Film Friday and today that word “film” means the movies. As I mentioned last week, like many photographers I get inspiration for my images from many sources; I get the inspiration for, at least, some of my photographs from the movies.