Infrared Photos
I took my first roll of infrared photos about 2 months ago and had them scanned by Chris, but haven't gotten around to putting them online.
Having never worked with IR film before, it was a bit of a challenge, but I have two more rolls, so I'm bound to take more.
Many of the resulting shots exhibit a lot of grain which, in my research, appears to be typical for IR film. Another problem was the fact that my camera appears to have LED or something in the body that gives off IR light, as you can see quite clearly in the top-right of one of the photos (the one with two trees above another treeline).
The biggest challenge was actually seeing the image through the viewfinder. In order to get a well exposed picture, the film I was using (Kodak HIE Infrared Film) requires the use of a red filter (I use a Tamron #25) which darkens the image coming through the viewfinder considerably. I also used a UV filter to block as much UV, allowing maximum IR to hit the film. With both of these filters in place, it is very almost impossible to see anything. I tried taking the filters off, composing the image and putting the filters back, but with people in the park I was at (Central Park in Burnaby), the setting sun, clouds coming and going and other uncontrolled variables, some shots just didn't work out.
Aside from all that, some turned out quite nicely. Check it out:
Infrared - First Roll
Having never worked with IR film before, it was a bit of a challenge, but I have two more rolls, so I'm bound to take more.
Many of the resulting shots exhibit a lot of grain which, in my research, appears to be typical for IR film. Another problem was the fact that my camera appears to have LED or something in the body that gives off IR light, as you can see quite clearly in the top-right of one of the photos (the one with two trees above another treeline).
The biggest challenge was actually seeing the image through the viewfinder. In order to get a well exposed picture, the film I was using (Kodak HIE Infrared Film) requires the use of a red filter (I use a Tamron #25) which darkens the image coming through the viewfinder considerably. I also used a UV filter to block as much UV, allowing maximum IR to hit the film. With both of these filters in place, it is very almost impossible to see anything. I tried taking the filters off, composing the image and putting the filters back, but with people in the park I was at (Central Park in Burnaby), the setting sun, clouds coming and going and other uncontrolled variables, some shots just didn't work out.
Aside from all that, some turned out quite nicely. Check it out:
Infrared - First Roll
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