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.

One of the people I follow on Bookstigram was talking about “comfort books,” non-fiction books or books that when read make you feel good. One of my comfort books is Stephen King’s 11/22/63 but mostly it is any one of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe books, such as the ones I wrote about last month.