My Camera Stories

My photos and the stories behind them

Category: infrared

  • Picture the scene. A baking hot day. Bright sunshine. Deep, dark shadows. The sort of day that colour photography just doesn’t work, so instead you shoot black and white. Or even better, you shoot infrared black and white. Infrared-adapted cameras love bright, harsh sunlight. The sort of light that leaves you peering at the world…

  • If you know The Unforgettable Fire by U2, you’ll know it’s a solid album — but it’s the cover photo that really sticks in the mind. What’s most interesting to me is that the photo wasn’t the photographer’s original idea. Anton Corbijn, who shot the cover, had come across an image of Moydrum Castle in…

  • One of the joys of digital photography is trying new things and seeing what happens. Unlike film, it doesn’t cost anything to press the shutter and take a photo, so you can try crazy ideas just to see if they work. When you get home, review the photos onscreen and if they’re unsuccessful, simply reflect…