by justine amps. what is infrared photography? how to achieve infrared three ways of achieving...

By Justine Amps

What is infrared photography?

How to achieve infrared

three ways of achieving infrared effect, they are

infrared film infrared filter or converting a normal photo into

infrared on photoshop

Infrared filter

blocks out the light that is visible and records a different wavelength the human eye cant see.

The filter appears black and is hard to see through

Infrared filterSpectrum of light

Visible light Infrared Ultraviolet

Effects of Infrared Photography

Creates a dream-like effect

Infrared Non infrared black and white

Effects of Infrared Photography

turns plant life white, caused by the green pigment in plants called Chlorophyll.

Effects of Infrared Photography

Makes skies look black, creating a good contrast between the trees and sky.

Effects of Infrared Photography

Shows milky looking portraits/skin and eyes are usually dark.

Why I chose infrared Haven’t heard of it before Different to what I have already done I liked the effects it created

What I wanted to achieve same effect that I saw on the internet Pictures that looked different to the norm An overall nice looking scenic landscape

Dwellingup

Dwellingup

Mandurah Marina

Studio Infrared

A lot more

Problems I had•Trees were blurry

•Banding

•Suns reflection

Equipment and settings

Manual settings 3.3 over exposed Aperture as wide as I could have it to

increase shutter speeds usually f22 Auto focus - cant see through the lens to

manual focus My own digital SLR Tripod at all times