Digital ImageMaker’s Infrared Photography Techniques and Tips
In this tutorial we go step by step through shooting infrared with your normal, unmodified digital camera.
In this tutorial we go step by step through the processing of infrared images from an unconverted digital camera.
How is it that you can put an infrared filter on the front of effectively all digital cameras and get an IR image? In this article we set out to examine how this happens and how to interpret the results.
Whilst all digital cameras are capable of taking an infrared image if an IR transmitting/visible light blocking filter is used, exposures will be long. Converting a digital camera for IR work solves this and other issues.
Lately I have been doing a lot of long exposure photography, both digital infrared and visible light.
In the process of doing this work I have had shots that have been spoilt by flares, fogging and other artifacts. It turns out that these effects were cause because I did not have my eye blocking the viewfinder and had not used the eyepiece blind that most cameras offer.
Many people fall into the trap of thinking that infrared photography is an activity for full sun and when confronted with a beautiful treed landscape or a portrait subject. Nothing could be further from the truth and you can use a camera for infrared photography whenever you like the results.
We test various white balance settings for infrared images and come to the obvious conclusion.
We don’t normally think of using polarizing filters when shooting infrared but I decided to try it out
As part of our testing of a Lensbaby 3G, we could not resist putting a Lensbaby on our infrared converted Canon 350D digital SLR camera.
My Canon 350D arrived back today from LDP in the states (www.MaxMax.com) who converted it for infrared photography by removing the IR blocking filter and replacing it with a 715nm IR filter.
Sunday I was out shooting with my newly converted for IR 350D camera
In this article I present some new infrared images, mostly taken with an infrared converted Canon 350D. For these shots I used a lens that others have warned not to use for infrared photography.
A recent plane trip had me shooting infrared the whole trip
Yesterday and today I was in Sydney for an Autodesk press event and, as usual, I took my converted for IR Canon 350D with me, and the results were interesting.
A Fisheye on Infrared (Faulty article but interesting pics)
You can see the corrected version of this article below. But I’ve left it so you can see the images.
As part of my testing of the Sigma 4.5mm F2.8 EX DC CIRCULAR FISHEYE HSM lens I went out with my Canon 350D that has been converted for infrared shooting. I was curious to see how the lens would perform in IR.
A Fisheye on Infrared (Corrected Article)
As part of my testing of this lens I did some infrared shooting with this lens and my IR converted Canon 350D.
I was out all day yesterday with a stack of cameras and the Sigma 4.5mm and 10mm fisheye lenses
I’ve found that the best way to shoot IR with this fisheye, because of the size of the field of view, is to use exposure bracketing with the camera set on continuous drive mode so that I can take three images in rapid succession with one press of the shutter button. This I have found to be the best way to handle the exposure variations in IR with such a wide field of view.
I finally got away for a day of shooting. Here is some of the infrared photography I shot with my converted 350D.
On part of this journey I drove into an area where there was a lot of smoke from some nearby bushfires. This smoke was creating interesting sky effects and so I started shooting as I travelled through the area, all the time making sure that I was well away from the fires and that none were getting closer (safety comes first).
I have always liked to modify small sections of images to enhance the overall balance. In this article we look at how to do this in Photoshop.
There are so many options in what we do with our images. I know I have about a half-dozen techniques I use commonly on images and then more that I use infrequently.