In the past week I have had cause to talk about infra-red photography three times. So feeling inspired after re-reading a book called “Infra-red Photography – a complete workshop guide” by my good friend Hugh Milsom MFIAP I thought I would have a go. The book is about film based IR photography but with lots of tips and great portfolios of pictures.
As there was strong directional lighting yesterday evening I took my IR converted camera body to an area of Bristol docks I do not normally use on my ABC of CameraWork courses (see my website for details). IR photography is usually light foliage and dark skies, I wanted a different look. Hence why I chose Architecture.
I would normally use a 10-22mm lens on a converted 20D body but I have lent this lens to friend, so I used a 24-105mm lens at 24mm (38mm equivalent on full frame) which turned out to be semi telephoto for my purposes. When I do this location again I will either use the 10-22mm (16-35mm equivalent) or may be a 12-24mm (19-38mm equivalent).
A quote I came across today may be useful to you “A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.” – Ayn Rand.
A big hello to all the new followers of my blog this week.
(c) Andy Beel FRPS 2014
Andy Beel FRPS 
As always, a striking image that promotes further ideas. On the tech side, what did you use to set your white balance? Keep blogging!
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Hi Gordon thanks for your kind words. A custom WB pre-set was created when the conversion was done in the US. I haven’t changed it, but Lightroom says the colour temp is 2000 with a tint of -53. The raw files have a magenta cast before converting to B&W. From memory it only sees IR without visible light. Thanks Andy
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Hi Andy, mine, a D100, was also converted in the US but does not have a WB provided. I use a custom set pointing at grass, recommended to me by Midlands photographers. OK if I convert to mono but iffy when trying to channel swap in colour.
Best wishes,
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Hi Gordon I have not ventured in to channel swapping yet. Andy
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