My interest in Infrared Photography.

What is infrared photography ?

“Infrared photography captures the light the eye cannot see.

Visible light is a type of electromagnetic radiation. (Who knew), we can only see what has a wavelength of about 400-700 nanometres often referred as (nm). Infrared wavelengths range from around 700nm to 900nm”.

For many years I have enjoyed looking at infrared images but never really understood the ins and outs of the taking of the image or the editing process.

It was at the end of 2017 that my curiosity got the better of me and I invested on an infrared filter that screws onto my lens. I think it cost around £80.

This was not a great success however that was due to my lack of infrared knowledge rather than the filter itself.

After a lot of research, I decided that the best way forward was to have a camera converted. I chose a 720nm conversion.

Once converted the camera can not ever be converted back to a normal camera, so making the correct decision for me was important.

So that was all the basics covered, it was time to start the project that I had in mind. But I have got to say that I continue to learn new things about Infrared photography.