When I lived in Maryland, one of my car friends—let’s call him Bob—told me that he believed a clean car ran better and faster than a dirty one and while on the face of it that doesn’t seem likely, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. I feel the same way about clean cameras, which is why I use LensPen products on my camera lenses,

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 

…proper exposure but as significant as this is for IR, it’s really crucial for every photograph that you make. That’s because proper exposure is a perfect storm of shutter speed, aperture and ISO that produces a pleasing result.

My suggested title for my book, “Posing for Portrait & Glamour Photography,” was the “ABC’s or Portrait Posing” and so the publisher did what they typically do in these cases and totally ignored my title but to their credit they did use my suggested photo for the first time in my book publishing history.