Hello Reader,
I hope you had a good start into New Year.
Have you made any resolutions for 2023? Some want to lose weight and get fit or quit drinking alcohol and live a better life. To accomplish these resolutions can be daunting. Most people give up after a month of trying, which is unfortunate.
I don't celebrate New Year's Eve. I never have. Being among people freaks me out. For me, the start of a new year is like any other day. I even go to bed at the same time. When the clock strikes midnight, I'm fast asleep.
Though I do, kind of, have a resolution for 2023. More of that later.
December was a mixed bag weather-wise. In mid-December, it snowed for the first time.
I made the most of it and went out as often as possible.
Unfortunately, the snow only lasted for a week. The temperature rose, and it started to rain for many days.
About the resolution for 2023, that I mentioned.
Sir Simon Marsden was an English photographer and author specialising in spooky stuff. His interest in the eery and gloomy started as a young boy, as he grew up in a haunted house. In the years to come, a camera became his medium to capture his feelings for the supernatural. He photographed exclusively in analogue and used infrared film rolls. A lot of museums exhibit his work.
I like the dark and mysterious. Expressing these emotions in a photograph is difficult, though. One of the first filters I bought was an infrared filter. Sir Simon Marsden was the reason I purchased the filter in the first place. Unfortunately, I never used this filter. It has been sitting in my backpack for years. Untouched. Photographing in colours is the way to do it. Right?!
As of late, my interest in infrared somehow awoke. I don't know why exactly. It was as if the filter was calling out to me. Use me, come on, use me! I don't want you to forget me!
I like how the photo turned out. It got this "Gothic Horror"-feeling I had in mind. From now on, I will dabble more in infrared.
Green is the colour I struggle with most, which is one of the reasons I don't take that many images in summer. With infrared, it could get easier. It doesn't mean I won't shoot in colour anymore. Not at all. Colour will always be my preferred method of taking images.
What are your thoughts on infrared or black-and-white photography in general? Do you prefer black-and-white or colour? Let me know in the comments.
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
- Edgar Allan Poe
Stay creative,
Ars