Infrared
This page pulls together the articles and features dedicated to digital infrared photography. Below you will find a growing resource of valuable information to inspire, inform and promote creative photography using converted DSLRs.
Have your say
Have you had a DSLR converted to infrared, if so, what have been your experiencies? Email me here with your findings and a few of your pictures. The best of these will be published here for other photographers to enjoy. All contributions will be fully credited together with links to the authors website or blog.
June 30th, 2009 11:54pm
damien
In a sun locked UK shooting goes on but it is definately harder to work as controlling all that extra light becomes a challenge armed with just a couple of Speedlights. We find ourselves at the limits - f/22, 1/200th second (Canon) and ISO 200 (Nikon). Life on the limit often produces fabulous results. If it was easy everyone would do it;-)
Delegates lining up a shot on the limits. 4 shooters and 4 different shots. We all take it in turns to shoot from different angles and all is very civilised. This was a rare on camera flash moment.
Here is my take on the shot. The boots do it for me :)
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May 13th, 2009 11:11am
damien
I thought I’d share this picture with you. I took it in a field of rapeseed that was in flower. I used flash in daylight on the Canon 10d camera that I’ve had converted for infrared use by ACS
IR photography is most often seen in black and white.
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May 6th, 2009 08:53pm
damien
Wuthering heights at Clevedon on sea. A wind swept Charlotte coped well with tide coming in and being blown about. I lit this shot with a couple of Broncolor Mobil heads.
A positive mental attitude and four delegates with a determination to have fun were what was needed for a thoroughly great day of picture making. (more…)
December 5th, 2008 12:19am
damien
The trailers for our new DVDs are online at last. Thank you for being patient, those of you who have asked for a sneak preview are now rewarded.
The trailer for ‘The Big Day the Lovegrove Way’ is here
The trailer for ‘Lighting Winter Weddings’ is here
Please feel free to comment and ask questions about the DVDs here.
December 2nd, 2008 12:45am
damien
Whilst teaching studio lighting last week I couldnt help but take a few frames on my converted Canon 10Dir.
I took this picture in infra red and I lit it with three Broncolor flash heads.
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November 19th, 2008 12:02am
damien
One light studio pictures started off the session.
Here are the pictures from Mondays shoot. It was a great opportunity for us all to have a bit of fun.
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August 13th, 2008 04:03pm
damien
Here is a selection of the infrared files from my recent weddings. I chose to shoot a few infrared pictures to explore the medium rather than make contenders for the wedding album. A Lovegrove album usually follows a fairly strict pattern of style and infrared pictures would stand out like a sore thumb. However, our clients have been very happy to buy albums for both themselves and their parents plus the occasional arty picture for the wall. So with this final product in mind I set about taking the arty picture for the wall. Scene setters with a romantic flavour will do just fine. (more…)
August 12th, 2008 02:00pm
damien
Damien Lovegrove’s Adobe Photoshop® action for colour infrared photography
I’ve done a bit of online research to understand the processes other photographers use for colour infrared photography. I’ve created an action that utilitses the best bits of each and I then mixed in some image degradation too for good measure. Colour IR images really benefit from having the digital correctness knocked out of them and that is what I’ve aimed to do in this action.
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August 12th, 2008 01:05pm
damien
This is a full feature article on how to shoot digital colour infrared photography.
The time has come to dust off that old DSLR and rekindle the experimenter in you. Colour infrared photography is here, it’s affordable and it’s easy to do well. (more…)
August 12th, 2008 12:12pm
damien
Lenses are designed and optimised to correct for flare and aberrations in visible light alone and I was completely caught out by these shortcomings when I started shooting colour infrared. My personal style is to always shoot into the light where possible and I found that my ‘top shelf’ Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L mk2 lens really suffered with flare in the infrared part of the spectrum. (more…)
August 12th, 2008 10:08am
damien
It doesn’t take a specialist to understand the limitations of a 6 year old camera platform. It is never going to be the best, but it is readily available and for knock down prices. There are several to choose from on Ebay most of the time and they go for around £150 in good condition.
The biggest faults are the obvious ones that were corrected in subsequent cameras, so what’s hot and what’s not about the 10D as an infrared camera? (more…)
