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I’ll admit it, although I have never owned one of their cars, I have a thing for SAAB automobiles. I’ve owned and love several Volvo cars but never a SAAB and always, and I mean always had a passion for the SAAB Sonett sports car

The  problem with using traditional “hot lights” for portraiture is that they are, well, hot and are not all that comfortable to work under for subject and photographer alike.

As I’ve gained more experience in working with my Panasonic Lumix G6  that was converted to infrared by LifePixel with their Enhanced IR filter  I’ve had a change of heart. This particular filter is equivalent to a 665nm filter and allows more visible colored light to pass through to the sensor and is especially suited for color IR photography with great saturation and color range.

It may come as a surprise but I sincerely believe that you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on equipment to make high quality glamour or boudoir photographs. Of the three most popular Micro Four-thirds lenses that I use the most for Boudoir Photography only one of them was purchased brand new. And that the lens I want to mention today—the M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens.

In the Broadway musical Snoopy: The Musical there’s a song called “Clouds.” In it the Peanuts Gangs sings a song about what they see in the clouds starting with, “Aren’t the clouds beautiful?

Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk. – Edward Weston