Back in the day, most pro photographers would never go on an of assignment without a back-up camera. That kind of thinking seems to have vanished with digital capture and I’ve talked with many shooters, even wedding photographers, who go on assignments with just one camera.

When shooting glamour portraits indoors, you should look for locations where the best light is found. While this may seem obvious, it seems to me that many available light portraits are made in locations where the photographer or their subject randomly decide to make it without considering what the lighting is or even what the background looks like

“Every object in the Universe with a temperature above absolute zero radiates in the infrared, so this part of the spectrum contains a great deal of information.”—Frank J. Low

Recently, my wife and I were having lunch and I told her that I was having trouble coming up with a theme for Tuesday posts and she suggested “Tricky Tuesday” as a way to share some of the different tricks, tips and techniques that I’ve used over the years. Here’s another try at it…

A camera’s infrared capability is a feature often overlooked when cameras are reviewed in a lot of photographic blogs. Let’s dive into it here…