Comments on: Venturing into infrared photography

By: That’s half a decade! | teddy-risation™

That’s half a decade! | teddy-risation™ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:26:03 +0000

[...] ventured into infrared photography. I’m currently using a Hoya R72 filter, alongside with my Sony Alpha kit [...]

By: teddY

teddY — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:13:54 +0000

@ingSiang: Browsing Explore is a very humbling experience as you’ll realize that what you can achieve is less than 10% of the professionals are doing – and that just drives us to learn more, doesn’t it?

If people remove the filter on the CCD/CMOS sensor, the camera will be able to shoot in the IR range, but there are reasons why the manufacturers place the filter there. Lights that are in the IR range will focus differently on the sensor and this will only confuse the camera – that’s why when people take IR photographs, we are not supposed to focus and then screw on the filter. The IR photo will out of focus for this reason. In addition, there are certain kind of garments that allows IR to pass through (doesn’t sound like a bad thing, does it?). It also distorts colour balancing and in the camera.

Some people even go to the extent of modifying their cameras, making them exclusively IR cameras. That requires a lot of money, both on modifying the camera and more importantly, getting a new camera. Yeowch!

I’m not good at portraits *hides in corner* haha! I shall practice more instead of running away from it. I’m perhaps one of the few photographers who are completely clueless when asked to take a portrait of someone.

I know life’s going to be busy for both of us :) it’s okay!

By: ingSiang

ingSiang — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:44:12 +0000

@Teddy: Haha, Flickr definitely has some much more amazing stuffs around, when I felt slightly too happy about my photography, I'll take a stroll around the Explore of Flickr. Makes you realise how tiny you're, and there's sooo much to learn, =p Yes, people usually remove the AA filter or something, haha, I think for Nikon, they use D70 or something. =p Anyway, IR is still kind of niche and doesn't fit into my scope of photography, yet. Not at this time. As you know (or can see from my gallery), my photography revolves around people - candid, portraits and group photos, that's the reason why I shoot, to capture the memories of my teen age (or well, young adult) before it slips off. Maybe, maybe some 2 years later, when I get a bit of cash off uni allowance, I'll start digging dipper, atm, I don't even have the urge to include a telephoto lens to my setup! haha. =p Keep the post coming, will be reading all when I come, I don't do blog hopping every day, xD I read all unread posts once 1-2 weeks, and comment. =p Check out ingSiang’s latest blog post » Chinese New Year 2009 : Fireworks!

By: teddY

teddY — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:26:38 +0000

@ingSiang: Really? I am honoured! Mine definitely aren’t the best around – they are a lot more stunning ones on Flickr. There are even IR fans who went all the way to buy a camera and dedicate it for IR photography by modifying the camera.

Nope, I haven’t even finish discovering all the potentials for my dSLR, not to mention photography itself ;) heheh. Thanks for the compliments though!

By: ingSiang

ingSiang — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:20:41 +0000

Man, I know about IR photography but never found them attractive, until I saw your post! Well, probably because I never done serious research on IR photographs, but this post of yours made me feel like venturing into this part of photography! =D Awesome d00d, seems like you have mastered your dSLR in a short time. =D Check out ingSiang’s latest blog post » Chinese New Year 2009 : Fireworks!

By: teddY

teddY — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:57:16 +0000

@Lee Munroe: Thanks for your compliments! It’s actually an easily achievable technique – all you need is a camera that allows you to screw on filters, an IR filter of a matching diamater and a sturdy tripod, heh ;)

You’re into photography too?

By: teddY

teddY — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:48:48 +0000

@Minmin: You’re welcome! IR photography is quite easy to do – the hardest post is probably getting the right IR filter. There are quite a lot of conmen out there who sell you fake IR filters (they’re just cheap red filters), so be on a watchout for them. Usually you won’t be able to see through an IR filter. At most, you’ll see a faint tinge of red (since our eyes can see slightly beyond 720nm, slightly above the minimum permitted wavelength of the IR filter).

By: Lee Munroe

Lee Munroe — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:41:34 +0000

Very nice! Never heard of this technique before but looks good. Need to catch up on some photography techniques Check out Lee Munroe’s latest blog post » Web Design Trends: Stars and Aurora Effect

By: Minmin

Minmin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:34:19 +0000

Well, thanks for introducing me to IR photography, Teddy :3 I'm definitely going to try this out ... Check out Minmin’s latest blog post » Need to focus

By: teddY

teddY — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:28:16 +0000

@RiN: Oh, well now you know what is it about, haha! Thanks for the compliments!

@Cynthia: Yea, it lets you see things in a different light (pun intended). The scenes appear to be surreal because that’s what our eyes do not see, in the infrared region. I used the kit lens that came with my original dSLR but I’ve purchased an infrared filter so that only infrared light enters the camera to be taken. The filter, a Hoya R72, costs around SGD90, which is approximately USD55.