Tina B. Posted June 5, 2016 Posted June 5, 2016 Hi Damien, I took 3 black and white photography classes in college and I fell in love with the effects of infrared. Of course, this was film back then. How do you create the effects of infrared to black and white and color digital images?
Damien Symonds Posted June 5, 2016 Posted June 5, 2016 Hi Tina, please help me help you by giving me everything I need.
Tina B. Posted June 5, 2016 Author Posted June 5, 2016 I would have to scan my black and white images (they are prints I did in the darkroom from film) to show you what I have done with infrared but I don't have time at the moment. The best I can do is show some examples of others work. This is black and white...http://www.bostonphotographyfocus.org/tag/infrared-photography/ And this is color...http://sublime99.com/33-beautiful-infrared-photos/ They are gorgeous and I want to learn how to do it in Ps.
Christina Keddie Posted June 5, 2016 Posted June 5, 2016 That's one piece. Now he needs a photo of yours on which you'd like to achieve this effect.
Christina Keddie Posted June 5, 2016 Posted June 5, 2016 Though I have to say, I thought most people achieved this effect in camera, by using IR cameras. I'm very curious to hear what Damien has to say about achieving this entirely in post.
Tina B. Posted June 5, 2016 Author Posted June 5, 2016 Oh snap, I don't have an image yet. I WILL have to bookmark this spot and when I DO get one, I will post it.
Tina B. Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) Well, it's my understanding that DSLR's have some kind of IR sensor inside of the camera that would not make it possible to achieve in camera. Though, I could be mistaken. When I did IR photography, it was with a film camera and a #25 red filter over the lens. The film, I'm pretty sure is obsolete. The last class I took at the Community College, the instructor told us to stock up before they don't make it anymore. It's very sensitive film, very precise way to handle it and process it. I loved it. LOVE the effects. Now that I'm completely digital, I want to learn how to create it. Now, I just have to get out and take some landscape photos. Edited June 6, 2016 by Tina Bremer
Damien Symonds Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 12 minutes ago, Tina Bremer said: Oh snap, I don't have an image yet. You must have taken some outdoor photos in your entire life??
Tina B. Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 Um...yes. But landscapes are not my favorite thing to photograph. I will try to hunt down something for you.
Tina B. Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 Here's something to start with. Lovely palm trees in Key West, FL.
Damien Symonds Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 The trick to this - in digital as in "real" IR - is to find seriously blue skies to photograph. We need that strong red channel component of a rich cyan/blue sky. The photo you've provided doesn't have that blue we need. What else have you got?
Damien Symonds Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Well, with some fiddling you could make something a bit IR-ish, but it's nowhere near as good as really nailing that blue sky. I'm out of my depth here, but isn't there a filter you can put on your lens for that sky? A polarising filter, maybe?
Damien Symonds Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 When you're browsing your photos, and you find one with a sky that you think might work (a really rich blue one), open it in Photoshop and go to your Channels panel. Click on the Red channel to see how it looks. You'll quickly know if it's a good candidate for IR.
Tina B. Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 Well, that's just it.. I really don't know. When I used IR film in my film camera, I only used a red (#25) filter over the lens. I will have to get out and take more landscape images and play. Thank you for trying, though. I appreciate it. I could try putting the red filter over the lens...and see what happens? But the film was black and white so maybe put the camera in monochrome? Maybe?
Damien Symonds Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Hell no, not a red filter!!!!!!! And hell no, never put your camera in monochrome mode. I just checked with Lara, and she said yes, it's a polarising filter you need. She said it works best in the middle of the day, when the sun is highest. 5 minutes ago, Tina Bremer said: Thank you for trying, though. I appreciate it. It's not about "trying". I can do this, very easily, once you give me the right photo.
Tina B. Posted June 6, 2016 Author Posted June 6, 2016 I asked because I didn't know. I didn't mean to insult you, if you took it that way. I am sorry. I ask questions when I genuinely don't know the answer. I have a polarizing filter. And those images were shot when the sun was high. I will spend some time this summer now that school is out to take some more landscape images.
Damien Symonds Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Nobody would ever do this, of course, but let's say ... hypothetically ... if you were to google "rich blue sky photos", then open some of them into Photoshop, and check the red channel as I described earlier, you'd (hypothetically) see what I mean. Hypothetically ....
Damien Symonds Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Such as, hypothetically, the one with the umbrellas ...
Christina Keddie Posted June 6, 2016 Posted June 6, 2016 Just to clarify, as it seems there might be some confusion here -- the polarizing filter is to enable you to take a photo with a truly rich blue sky, which would be suitable for giving the IR effect **in post.** The red filter business is for getting the IR effect **in-camera.** (Which you can do with modern DSLRs only if you hack one and make it a dedicated IR camera only.) 2
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