I call this valley “Paradise Valley” because it is the most beautiful valley around me, and because one of the most beautiful old farmhouses sit down the hill, with a gorgeous red barn to the right. The clouds were astonishing today, a dramatic sky with a strong sun beaming in and out. It looked like a painting to me, and I couldn’t quite figure out how to capture this feeling of a farm in paradise. Paradise Valley.

I took my IR camera, and the picture was lovely and very soft, I made it black and white and used a pinhole effect to focus on the farmhouse, the valley and the clouds, to me, an almost perfect image of paradise. I try to evoke feelings in some of my pictures, I think the IR camera may help me do that on some occasions.