everal years ago, I attended a hot rod show and planning to make some photographs of the car for my car photography blog. Sometime during that day I accidentally and unbeknownst to me scratched the front element of my Canon EF 10-22mm EF-S lens. This wasn’t the first time I’ve done something this stupid but hoped it will be the last.

I originally photographed this classic Nissan Skyline GTR for Modified magazine at Red Rocks Park, a mountain park in Jefferson County, Colorado, owned and maintained by the city of Denver as part of the Denver Mountain Parks system.

Nowadays, most DSLRs and mirrorless cameras offer several options for monochrome capture and some even offer a palette of toning you can apply. Here’s three reasons why monochrome may be a good idea for some glamour portraits:

If you read this blog on a regular basis you know I’m a big believer that great photo ops are available in your own backyard. I made the below infrared photograph just two miles from my previous home late one Sunday.

In addition to being, who I believe was the preeminent fashion and portrait photographer of his time, Avedon created “portraits that bared the souls of some of the most important and opaque figures in the world.” He was also a believer in simplicity.