Years ago when I was very much a photographic novice, though I feel that being a novice still applies today as there is still so much to learn, I was asked by a friend to photograph his pride and joy, his Triumph Stag. I wanted to make the photo a bit different so I used Kodak High speed infra red film. Only problem was I had never used infra red film before and the instructions on the box were remarkably unhelpul, suggesting an ISO of around 6 if I remember rightly, but there again depending on how sunny it was it could be something entirely different.
The location was Port Sunlight village on the Wirral and as I had no Idea what exposure setting to use and I didn't want to appear like I didn't know what I was doing, I started at f16 at 1 second and worked my way through the film halving the exposure time until I ran out of film, in this case I think 12 Exposures. This was this best one and thankfully, my friend was absolutely delighted with it. Once in a very long while when I come across this photo, I wonder if Nick still has either the car or the photo. Sadly I no longer have the negative, along with many others it has vanished due to house moves etc.
The location was Port Sunlight village on the Wirral and as I had no Idea what exposure setting to use and I didn't want to appear like I didn't know what I was doing, I started at f16 at 1 second and worked my way through the film halving the exposure time until I ran out of film, in this case I think 12 Exposures. This was this best one and thankfully, my friend was absolutely delighted with it. Once in a very long while when I come across this photo, I wonder if Nick still has either the car or the photo. Sadly I no longer have the negative, along with many others it has vanished due to house moves etc.
