Infrared Photography, Part 2 - Photography with Imre - Episode 24

Episode 24 of my photography series discusses and demonstrates infrared photography; this is part 2 of 2, which is a quick Photoshop tutorial on how to post-process such images.

You'll also want to check out my blog - http://binarygraphite.blogspot.com/ - as it's supplemented with additional information and links to sites describing this topic in detail. Hope you enjoy, remember to "Like", and subscribe so you can stay up to date with my future videos. Follow Me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BinaryGraphite

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[tresflip]

HI again and thank you for your response.I tried again using a WB of grass. This seemed to work quite well. I do think my camera Canon 60D has a strong IR blocker as well. But it did work okay. Can I ask you, should the WB be done by taking a picture of grass with the IR filter ON so the grass is red? And is IR photography better when it is a blue sky bright sunny day? Thank you very much.

[binarygraphite]

@tresflip Personally I would set the WB manually (although I just do it afterwards in PS as I shoot RAW... but I understand the exposure is easier for some to see on camera). Since the filter is quick dark, I'm not certain how well setting the WB would be with the filter on, but either way should work I suppose. And shooting IR is essentially good anytime, but with sunny days the exposure tends to be shorter, especially if your camera is not IR modified.

[tresflip]

Hi

I really want to ask you about the effect you got. I have bought an infrared filter but the trees (green) are not white like yours. I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Is the filter not right? I have a suspision it isn't

[binarygraphite]

@tresflip There are a couple of things I can think of. First is what you've mentioned, but I think that might be unlikely (unless this was a very inexpensive "no name" brand filter which indeed is not IR). The more likely scenario is that the camera you are using has a strong IR blocking filter in front of the sensor, thus the near IR light is not captured. If possible, try the filter with another brand of camera to see how it performs with it.

[C067142677]

Hi I have a quick question. There are a lot of pictures online where the trees are a nice tint of purple. That is the type of picture I am hoping to get, I was looking for a tutorial but came up short. Would you please tell me how to do that. I have a fairly good understanding of lightroom and photoshop, so any help would really go a long way

[binarygraphite]

@6943cahill I understand what you mean and that might be case. The color green reflects brightly in near IR light frequencies hence the white we end up seeing. So if the green leaves are showing up dark, then indeed the IR blocking filter on the imaging chip must be quite strong. You could try increasing the ISO and see if that helps, but otherwise I'm not sure what else could be done aside form converting the camera or using another one, both options which are not exactly convenient.

[6943cahill]

@binarygraphite The exposure to close to 30 sec.  Great red photograph...but the leaves in the trees remained black or dark instead of a light color. Therefore the channel mixer could not switch the channels properly. The final image looks muddy and not surreal. Maybe it's just my exposure settings? Using it in full manual mode.

[binarygraphite]

@6943cahill Glad you found the tutorial useful. I'm a bit surprised to hear that the Rebel doesn't work well with IR. I've seen several IR photos on Flickr taken with the cam and they look quite good (not with a converted cam either). What did you notice on your images? Can you describe them?

[binarygraphite]

@iamthe1337est Do a search for "IR photos" or "infrared" on Flickr, lots of photos of this type there.

[iamthe1337est]

I loooove these photos. Where can I see more?