IR photography – now available!!

I’ve always LOVED the look of infrared images, yet I rarely see anyone using such cool technology! I think part of it is because it’s hard to explain and understand…and therefore, it can be very difficult for some people to master, and it can get expensive if you really do it right…but none of those reasons were going to stop me from trying it out!! 🙂 About 10 years ago, I tried IR photography back in the days when everything was film based. It was difficult & unpredictable but I was still fascinated with it. If you don’t know what IR is, CLICK HERE to read all about it. Ken Rockwell does a great job explaining how IR works and various ways to achieve that look.

Anyway, a few years ago, I started wondering if IR cameras were being made specifically for digital yet since digital photography has made such an improvement over the last decade. When I researched it, there still weren’t a ton of IR camera options out there, or they wanted you to have to use filters, long exposures & weird focusing adjustments to achieve that look and all of us wedding photographers know that there just isn’t a lot of time to mess around with that stuff on a wedding day, everything is way too fast paced! So I figured I’d give it some more time…and in the meantime, a few companies began converting everyday digital cameras to make them soley IR! YAY!!! I had my assistant do some additional research a few weeks ago and we found the PERFECT system that is already IR converted and will interchange with all of our current lenses so I bought it and I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

The camera came in last Friday and we tried it out on some great landscapes this past Saturday at Misti’s wedding, check them out!! Here’s a sample album spread I put together using 2 of the images…

It’s such a cool & different look…it’s almost like the trees & grass look like they’re in an ice storm or something since the trees & grass reflect a lot of infra red light and therefore, turn a bright white color in the images. 🙂 And don’t worry, we are NOT going to charge extra for these kinds of images, I know that question will be asked soon once everyone sees this blog post! LOL

Here are some full sized favorites from Saturday’s wedding using our new IR camera!

Then I wondered what it would look like in sepia too, I love it! 🙂

Aren’t these awesome!?! I’m so excited to get some feedback on these, let me know what you all think!!!

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