Colin Wright Photography

Infrared Photography – Colour or Black and White

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As you know this professional photographer from Edinburgh shoots a lot of infrared photography, particularly at this time of year and I have often been asked why I shoot colour and black and white for infrared. Well the answer is I just like both, but for different reasons.  I feel that black and white infrared is good if you want to create a realistic black and white image and if there are few or no trees in the image it is often difficult to distinguish it from a normal black and white photo, just one that has more contract detail and structure.  For colour infrared photography I have totally abandoned reality and I want to go to a place that is magical and surreal.  If I am on a corporate or wedding photography commission in Edinburgh or somewhere else in Scotland, I will probably be more likely to shoot some black and white infrared to retain the realism.  So there you have it.  More on this in the future.  The two shots shown with this blog demonstrate the point.

Infrared Fine Art Photography Scotland – The Highland Cow Project”

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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:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Don’t be frightened to experiment with colour infrared photography, dark blue skies can often enhance an image

January for Professional Corporate and Event Photographers in Scotland

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As a professional corporate and event photographer operating around the Edinburgh area and throughout Scotland, as you can imagine there will be quiet times and peaks and troughs. Well now, ie January, is that time, so what do we do to fill the void. I have detailed below the main areas of work which are vital during slower periods:

1 Update your equipment and take stock of what you need for the coming year

2. Attend training courses and update your skills, even if it is Government run free courses, you are still improving your knowledge and your long term business outlook

3. Promote other areas of your work ie I sell fine art infrared photos as apart of an ongoing Infrared Photography in Scotland project

4. Update your website

5. Look at your Social Media strategy as to whether it is working and what can you do better

6. Re-examine your price strategy

7. Look at new markets and ways of selling your product

8. Network, get out and about while you have the time

infrared photography, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK by event and corporate photographer, by professional photographer Colin Wright, www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk

New Gear and New Horizons for 2019 – DSLR and Mirrorless

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DSLR or Mirrorless for Corporate Photography in Edinburgh and Scotland

Happy new year, if not a bit belated.  Today I will talk briefly about upgrading gear.  As the year starts we all make plans to upgrade our photography equipment.  I have already purchased a studio light and softbox.  I am totally portable now for lighting equipment, I have to be able to take it on a bus, taxi or car and it can’t be overly heavy or cumbersome, this is the way the industry is going and I like it.  On the subject of cameras, as a professional corporate and event photographer, working mainly in Edinburgh and Scotland, I need versatile gear that is suitable for all types of photography ie low light, sport, fast focusing etc.  Also with a decent pixel count and a couple of sharp quality lenses.  I use Canon DSLRs for my day to day conference and PR photography work, but I have been looking at mirrorless and Fuji gear as a back up, with the possible intention of moving to mirrorless in the future.  On reflection, I have now decided to stick with the Canon DSLR system.  Mirrorless just isn’t working in low light, there are still focussing issues and I can’t physically feel the camera focusing with the digital screen.  As for sport, it is a long way of, so sorry, I will be sticking with Canon for my corporate photography in Edinburgh and Glasgow and Nikon for my infrared photography work .  I still like Fuji for urban and landscape, its just the low light and focussing issues that get me.  Also,

natcap conference edinburgh 2017

I like my wee Lumix, which is also used for my infrared photography in Scotland project.   I also feel the pro DSLR camera bodies are more robust and waterproof.  I have been using a Canon 5D Mark 3 for the last 3 years, its a workhorse and has been everywhere with me, not one repair needed and I have dropped it a couple of times.  I am now looking forward to getting a Canon 5D Mark 4, with my Mark 3 as a back up, bring it on 2019.

This week sees some food photography and big graduation photography event in Edinburgh in a couple of weeks and more infrared photography in Scotland, with the promise of more photos from the Highlands in Scotland.

Anyway, until next time.

Colin

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