As part of spending most of my photographic life as a film photographer, I’ve always believed that you cropped images in-camera but…

For more than 30 year, I wrote articles and product reviews for Shutterbug magazine—both print and digital. A few years ago I wrote an article for the original print edition about using lenses in other than the manufacturer’s mount on mirrorless cameras. Thinking about that story got me feeling nostalgic, which is a perfect segue for today’s post.

Infrared color photographs when made with IR color film have a fairy-tale look rendering infrared-reflecting plants in orange to purple-red tones. As in black and white IR photography, the results are difficult to predict, making them ideal for experimentation and the kind of surprises that photographers who are in their first phase of development always experience. In short, it’s an easy way to kick-start your creativity.

My Sunday series on outdoor portraiture continues today with an image of Jamie-Lynn that was made during the third and last time I photographed her before she moved to Florida. She has since moved back to Colorado and maybe someday I'll be able to photograph her...

For me this image was part of a series I shot for this blog and just for fun called, Things to Do in Tokyo When You’re Wet. In case you find yourself out and about on a rainy night you might want to give it a try..