Due to the success of my Highland Cow infrared photos last year, I have decided to embark on a project photographing highland cows in infrared. My first couple of visits have been to the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, one of them as recently as last saturday. As a professional event, conference and corporate photographer in Edinburgh and throughout Scotland, it is important to keep personal projects going and this one can be combined with my infrared photography in Scotland project. I will try and photograph as many highland cows in infrared as possible, depicting them in all their glory and wonderful splendour. A word or two about photographing highland cows in the snow. A few tips below:
- Try and get some green leaves, grass or plants in the shot, more challenging in the winter, I know, but it can spark up your image
- As always, you need sunlight, also try and get some dramatic clouds, this is especially important in the winter when there is less foliage around
- Be careful around highland cows, get in close but remember if they touch you they will knock you over, also they only need to move their head and the horn could do you a severe injury
- Snow will usually look like snow in infrared, particularly in black and white, but try and get some non snow covered areas if possible to maintain the contrast
- Don’t be frightened to experiment with colour infrared photography, dark blue skies can often enhance an image
