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  • Trafalgar Square tourists: create Aerochrome look in camera

    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…

  • St Georgeโ€™s, Portland: creative colour IR with LUTs

    This is St Georgeโ€™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…

  • Face of Portland stone: creative colour IR with LUTs

    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…

  • Pier Amusements: subtle infrared colour

    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…

  • Engineers in Carnaby Street: 550nm Candy Chrome filter for colour IR

    Broadband engineers running new fibre-optic cable in Carnaby Street, in London’s West End. Fellow photographer Frode Hegland is chatting with them. This was shot on a full-spectrum camera fitted with a 550nm Candy Chrome IR filter. This is claimed to simulate the appearance of the legendary Kodak Aerochrome colour IR film. The reality is that…

  • One-Island Pond: strong infrared colour processing experiment

    One-Island Pond in Mitcham Common is a haven for wildlife and an oasis of calm and natural beauty right in the heart of suburban South London, in the UK. It is nestled in a large group of trees and bushes within a section of the Common that is hardly visited. This was shot using a…

  • Working from home? – 742nm B&W infrared photography example

    Beach huts in Brighton. Working from home is pretty normal these days, but the views from here beat most! This is one of a set of photographs that were captured using no visible light at all. The camera, a converted ‘full-spectrum’ Nikon Z6, was fitted with a ‘clip’ filter that sits inside the camera body,…

  • Cobbled alley: 742nm B&W infrared photography example

    Cobbles used to be the main way streets were paved, an approach to road construction that arrived in Britain with the Romans. The results were highly durable but bumpy, and almost all of these have been replaced or covered over with tarmac. However, some small side streets and alleys around the country still have their…

  • Street mural portrait: 742nm B&W infrared photography example

    Candid portrait of a man relaxing in front of a street mural, in Tooting, South London. I was taking photos nearby and he called out and said “take my picture.” I was happy to oblige, and the second person sitting facing away quietly completes the composition. Shot using a 720nm IR cut filter that cuts…

  • Fruit and veg stall: 742nm B&W infrared photography example

    Buying fruit and vegetables from a stall in Tooting Market, in South London This was shot entirely with ‘invisible light;’ the camera had a 720nm IR cut filter which blocks all visible light. Surfaces are light or dark purely based on their level of infrared reflectivity. Most fabrics tend to become almost white, reflecting a…