If you're into photography, even if you just enjoy taking snaps (which is what photography is all about - let's face it), there will come a point when you see and fall in love with Infrared photography.
While there are several simple software techniques to make any of your normal digital photos look "like" an IR photo, ultimately nothing really is 'like' the real thing.įor years now people have been aware of and been able to photograph these invisible bandwidths of energy. These brilliant, crisp and often surreal images with striking clarity and contrast often enhance an otherwise mundane picture.
Contrary to belief, these are not colours, they are effectively invisible but whatever medium we use to see them can give them colour tint or we can artificially add colour to them afterwards to make the image more pleasing to look at. There are some animals and insects which can see these bandwidths naturally (wasps can see ultraviolet UV light for example). Digital IR photography uses the light sensitive digital sensor (called a CMOS) to detect the nearest band of IR light energy. Both infrared and ultraviolet are naturally invisible to humans. On the spectrum of colours, infrared light is the colour which is below red - ultraviolet is the one above violet. What is infrared (IR) pho tography why would I try it?. How much will it all cost?.oh, around £19.99!!!Įither build it yourself as a project (recommended) or, if you're really struggling, leave me a comment and I can build it for you and list it on eBay with a CD containing this tutorial and all the windows software. Everything you need to take stunning high resolution IR photographs - Camera, Lens, IR filter, 1GB SD card plus software.