AT LAST!

I've always loved infrared photography - the white grass and foliage, dark skies, moody ethereal feeling - but hated infrared film. It had to be handled in absolute darkness, it required the use of filters I could barely see through, and necessitated putting the camera on a tripod because the shutter speeds were so slow. Processing was a nightmare. So I gave up on it for quite a while.

Recently, I found a company which will convert a digital camera to an infrared-only camera. Since my original camera was just sitting around collecting dust (displaced by two others), I gave it a try. I'm pleased to say that I'm now hooked on infrared again, and having a much easier time of it. I don't need those opaque filters, I can hand-hold the camera, and the processing is no different from any other digital image. Here are a couple from today:

This is the country's most-photographed lighthouse, Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park -


















This is an early-morning shot -




The blackest skies only appear when the sun is directly behind you -
























Yet even on a cloudy day, there's still plenty of infrared to go around:





I'll be going up to Acadia again in early August; can't wait to take my "new" camera with me!

BEAUTIFUL ACADIA

Last weekend I spent a lovely few days in Bar Harbor, home of Acadia National Park. I had the opportunity to photograph a family here at Jordan Pond, with its view of "The Bubbles." These two mountains were given their nickname by a friend of Mr. Rockefeller, who thought they resembled the physical attributes of one of his lady friends :-)