Infrared Insights - Live Stream Giveaway, Monochrome Infrared Processing


Next Live Stream Saturday, 9/9 with Free Giveaway!

The next infrared photography live stream will be Saturday, September 9th, at Noon EDT, 9 a.m. PDT, and 5 p.m. BST. I will answer your questions, review your images, and edit your images.

Book Giveaway!

Join the live stream, submit a question, or submit an image for a chance to win the print edition of Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography. One winner will be selected randomly from those who attend the livestream or submit a question or image. Alternatively, the winner may select an eBook edition of Color Doesn’t Exist or a set of LR IR Color Swap Profiles.

Full Edit of 850nm Infrared Monochrome in Lightroom Classic

My latest video is a complete edit of an 850-nanometer infrared monochrome image in Adobe Lightroom Classic. This covers profile selection and a variety of advanced masking techniques. This infrared photography process can be applied to any image you wish to render as monochrome or black and white, including those shot with an 830nm, 720nm, and even 590nm filter.

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

Review: "This book on Infrared photography is nothing short of a masterpiece. I couldn’t be happier. I cannot thank Rob enough for this initiative. This clearly achieved what most likely Rob had in his mind while undertaking this project, which I think is to encourage and attract a complete newbie like me to the magical world of infrared photography. Thank you so much, Rob." from Indranil

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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

  • ON1 Photo RAW Get 20% off with code ROBSHEA20
  • DxO PhotoLab Easy-to-use infrared raw editor; recommend Elite Edition.
  • Nik Collection Plugin suite for Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, and more.

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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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