Author: infraredphotography_iufgj6
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Once you have decided to take the plunge into infrared photography, you face a binary choice that will dictate your entire shooting experience: How should I modify my camera? You essentially have two options: a Dedicated Conversion (where a specific IR filter is installed permanently over the sensor) or a Full Spectrum Conversion (where the camera is made sensitive to everything).…
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If you have just shot your first color infrared images (using a 590nm, 665nm, or 720nm filter), you might be confused. Instead of the blue skies and white/gold trees you saw online, your photos probably look like a wash of red, brown, and magenta. Your camera isn’t broken. This is just how digital sensors record…
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If you are shooting with a 590nm “False Color” filter, channel swapping is mandatory. Without it, your images just look red. But if you are shooting with a standard 720nm filter – often sold as a “Black & White IR” filter – you might ask: Is there any point in channel swapping? The short answer is: Yes,…
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For digital infrared photographers, the “Aerochrome” look—vibrant pink/red foliage and deep blue skies—is the ultimate prize. It recreates the psychedelic aesthetic of Kodak’s discontinued EIR film, which was originally designed for camouflage detection but became a favorite of artists like Richard Mosse. Historically, getting this look required one of two things: But there is a…
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Explain that raw color IR images often look red/brown. The “Blue Sky” look is artificial but desirable. H2: Why We Swap Channels: Brief theory—we are mapping the IR light to the Blue channel and the Visible light to the Red channel. H2: Step-by-Step in Photoshop: Open Channel Mixer. Red Channel: Set Red to 0, Blue…
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If you have ever looked at an infrared photograph and wondered why the trees look like they are covered in snow, or why the grass glows bright white, you are seeing the “Wood Effect.” It is the single most defining characteristic of infrared photography. Without it, most IR landscapes would look flat and uninteresting. But…
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Tourists taking holiday snaps in Trafalgar Square, in central London. An infrared photo created with a full-spectrum camera and filters (B+W KB-20, Yellow). This simulates the classic Kodak Aerochrome infrared colour film stock. Like regular colour photography film, Aerochrome had three sensitised layers. But rather than recording red, green and blue as normal, Aerochrome maps…
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This is St George’s church, on the island of Portland, on the English south coast. This was built in the mid-18th century to replace an older church that had become structurally dangerous. The churchyard was for the Portland community cemetery. The earliest grave there is for a child of under one year; she was born…
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This is an extraordinary sculpture. The face is maybe 2.5m high, and it is carved out of a block of Portland stone that has probably moved less than half a kilometre from where it formed. Portland, the south coast of England. The original shot was captured using a full-spectrum infrared-capable digital camera and a Candy…
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Worthing Pier at sunset, with the sun barely hanging on at the horizon. The pier was opened in 1862, and the amusements arcade that’s in the middle of the pier was opened in 1935. The ‘Amusements’ sign was featured on the cover of Gene’s 1996 album To See The Lights, although then it said ‘New…