Mark's post on "not quite IR" reminded me that yesterday was the Cabbagetown Craft Fair (Cabbagetown being the Victorian neighbourhood that I live on the edges of here in Toronto).
Among the many booths were several photographers, selling their wares. Some nice shots, some pretty ordinary ones. All priced way more than I think they're worth. Or maybe I'm pricing my stuff way low. It amazes me that a merely competant shot of someone's front door from Toronto is virtually worthless, but if you say the door is in Istanbul, suddenly it's worth $70 for a matted (unframed) 5x7. If I went to Istanbul with my shots of Toronto front doors, would they be worth anything? <g> But (and this is the real point of the post), I thought it interesting that about 1/2 of the photographers there were selling IR stuff. It was almost to the point of being ubiquitous. Is there any other use of IR than to show "ghostly trees" and "ghostlike human figures walking across farm fields" or "next to a barn" or something? Who decided that this use for IR is the only one that will sell? Not a comment on those here that use IR (and may even have lots of shots of ghostly trees <g.), just a comment on what seems a current fad among Craft Show photographers... cheers, frank -- "Jazz is about capturing the moment" -Herbie Hancock
