Hi All

Great weather for infrared photography in Scotland last week.  Next week I have a conference photography commission in Glasgow, with the start of the motor sport photography season at the weekend in Fife.  As a professional photographer out and about in Scotland, its always good to get back into the sports photography.  What's not to love about photographing sport in Scotland.  However, this week we will concentrate on more infrared photography tips.  Some of the more left field ones this time, here they are below:

1. Watch out for the direction of light.  The position of the sun is important.  You need to keep checking your camera screen to see the intensity of light on the foliage.

2. Watch out for dark shaded areas.  Unlike normal photography, large shaded areas will appear totally dark, with little dynamic range if there is no sunlight on the area in question.

3. The opposite of this argument is that shadows appearing as stripes, or with a detailed shape can look very creative, see attached photo.

4.  Check your exposure and bracket.  Exposure can be very tricky in infrared.  Try over and under exposing, depending on the intensity and direction of light.

5. Watch out for flare ie bright white or purple and blue light, when you shoot into the sun, this is much worse in infrared than with normal photography.

Anyway, that's all folks, until next time.

Kind Regards

Colin