IR and UV photography is the process of making photos using light that sits outside our own small slice of visible light. 

In this article I’ll do my best to distill what I’ve learned about this fascinating technique. Although I’m not an expert in this niche, I’m comfortable enough with the process to explain the basics and inform most interested beginners.

This March the BPW hosted its inaugural travel workshop in Nevada’s Valley of Fire. This epic and surreal state park is a hidden gem of the Southwest and offers otherworldly landscapes of red and pink sandstone.

In a world of scroll-through-apps, where photos are glanced at for milliseconds, portfolios and photo-projects are often overlooked and under appreciated. Learning to tell stories though photography is a vital part of any photographers tool-kit. Slowly exploring a topic or idea, over longer periods of time, yields visually rich photos and a fulfilling sense of accomplishment when complete.