Infrared insights - Book Shipping Reduced, Live Stream Replays, Canon DPP, Fisheye Lens


Infrared Book Shipping Price Drop!

I am happy to announce price drops for shipping to all countries for my book Color Doesn't Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography. Shipping costs in the USA and Canada have dropped by 21% and 22%. Shipping to Europe has dropped between 20% and 50%. Shipping to Australia and New Zealand dropped between 32% and 47%. India shipping decreased by 65%. Shipping prices are actual costs; they are not marked up. And, of course, the eBook edition is available, tax-free and shipping-free.


Infrared Photography Live Streams

May 04 Live Stream Replay

In this session, I answer live and submitted questions and edit and critique submitted images. We cover full spectrum conversions, wide-angle lenses, IR portraits, hot spots, and previsualizing in infrared.

May 13 Live Stream Replay

In this session, I answer live and submitted questions and edit and critique submitted images. We cover white balancing, editing 830nm infrared, editing with Photomator iPad, ND for IR, stacking IR filters, UV, editing with Photoshop, editing with RawTherapee, and green channel splits.

May 24 Live Stream Replay

In this session, I answer live and submitted questions and edit and critique submitted images. We cover the science of white balance, IR Demonic Eyes, exposure times, best sharpness, light leak, unconverted IR, and 695nm filter.

Next Live Stream July 1

Submit your questions, submit your images for editing or critique, or get a calendar invitation for the next Infrared Photography Live Stream.


Can Canon Digital Photo Professional edit Infrared images?

Can Canon Digital Photo Professional 4 be used to edit raw Infrared images? Why would you use DPP instead of another program? How does the image quality compare to Adobe Lightroom Classic or Adobe Camera Raw? What are the pros and cons of DPP? I'll answer these questions in this video.

Rokinon 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fisheye II

Fisheye lenses extend the creative options available in infrared photography. This lens is compact and lightweight for a fisheye, which pairs well with small APS-C mirrorless cameras.


$49.00

LR IR Color Swap Profiles

Improve your Lightroom workflow for infrared photography. Avoid round trips to Photoshop by swapping colors directly in... Read more


Used Infrared Gear from KEH

I've purchased many infrared filters and lenses from KEH. Here is a selection of currently available infrared gear.

Gear

Camera Conversions & Infrared Filters

Raw Editors

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Rob Shea

Learn infrared photography with video tutorials, photo shooting and editing guides, tips, tricks, raw editor reviews, and product reviews. Get free downloads to help you to process infrared images. Learn new techniques to simplify the complex editing workflow for color infrared images in Adobe Lightroom and other raw editors. Rob wrote the book on infrared photography, a definitive guide for photographers new to and experienced with infrared photography. Sign up for the newsletter! You can see the prior newsletters below.

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Infrared Lens Database Updates I've made a number of updates the Infrared Lens Database. 169 new lenses have been added! There are now over 330 lenses listed. This is all possible thanks to your submissions! 13 new lens mounts have been added. There are now 31 lens mounts represented, including multiple new medium format mounts such as Bronica PG, Pentax 645, Pentax 67 (15 lenses), and three Mamiya medium format systems. Many mounts now have a large number of lenses listed, such as Fujifilm X...

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Infrared Travel Camera I converted a compact fixed-lens camera into an infrared travel camera and built a simple grab-and-go kit around it. In this video, I’ll show what’s in my bag (camera, adapters, filters, grip, and accessories), why I chose the camera, and how I narrowed it down to a small set of filters, including the Kolari IR Chrome, plus one for color infrared and one for monochrome infrared. I’ll also walk through the two biggest quirks, hot spots and distortion, and the quick...

Course Updates I've made some updates to my online courses, Mastering Infrared Photography in Lightroom and Mastering Infrared Photography in Lightroom Classic. Added a lesson to each course on Masks Added English subtitles to all video lessons Fixed the on screen titles on a couple of lessons These updates are available now if you have previously enrolled. Just visit your course dashboard here. If you have not yet enrolled, learn more below. Mastering Infrared Photography in Lightroom...