Infrared Insights - Diffraction Calculator, Chrome Profile Pack, Audiobook


Visible Diffraction Calculator

I've built a new website that calculates diffraction for your camera and infrared filter! Select your camera and filter. The calculator will tell you which ƒ-stops you can use to avoid diffraction. You can view this at diffraction.cAm. That's diffraction dot cAm, as in "camera," not dot com. This video explains how this came to be and how you can use it. Enjoy!

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Chrome Profile Pack

Thanks to your contributions, I've created the FREE Chrome Profile Pack. This pack helps set a white balance in Lightroom, Photoshop, and other supported raw editors on infrared images shot with an IR Chrome filter. With some cameras, when you shoot in raw and set a white balance while editing, the Temperature value is limited to a maximum of 50,000 Kelvins. These profiles will shift the temperature to a lower value in those cases, providing more flexibility when setting a white balance. Additionally, I've included a second profile, Chrome+, that adds some punch to reds.

If you have already submitted images to have profiles created, you can download the Chrome Profile Pack. Check to see if your camera is supported. Here are the instructions for adding profiles for your camera to the pack.

$14.95

Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography (Audiobook)

Even for experienced photographers, infrared presents many challenges. The path to great images is filled with twists,... Read more

Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography

Print, eBook, and Audiobook editions available

Lightroom Infrared Color Swap Profiles

ON1 Photo RAW Infrared Presets

Infrared Coaching Session

Infrared Profile Pack (free)

Chrome Profile Pack (free)

New and Used Infrared Gear from KEH​​

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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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