The state flower of the state of Colorado is the Rocky Mountain Columbine Aquilegia caerulea aka Columbine to us residents but also known as “granny bonnets” to some. The flowers vary in color, ranging from pale blue, as in the species name caerulea, to white, pale yellow and pinkish; very commonly the flowers are bicolored, with the sepals a different shade to the petals

As I’ve mentioned here a few times, there really are no “official” subjects for digital IR photography. If you have time, please read Best Subjects for Infrared Photography on my car photography blog for some of my other thoughts on the subject.

Here are a few images of Volkswagen Bugs drag racing that I made with my Olympus EM-10 Mark I mirrorless camera and Tamron’s 14-150mm f/3.5-5.8 Di III lens.

I don’t write many posts about wedding photography because haven’t photographed a wedding in many many years.A few years ago, my then-accountant suggested I start shooting weddings again because “people pay crazy money for wedding photography.” While that statement may be true for some photographers, it wasn’t my experience.

When I find myself wondering, “what do I shoot next?” or start to thinking that “there’s nothing to photograph,” I like to make some digital images in direct monochrome mode. Or maybe for my film photography. I’ll load up a roll of Kodak Tri-X.