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Minolta Rokkor-X 45mm f/2 for Infrared Photography

The Minolta Rokkor-X 45mm f/2 is a small vintage lens ideally suited to infrared photography due to its lack of hot spots.

Infrared Photography Live Stream (July 1)

A replay of the July 1 live stream, where I answered your questions, critiqued your IR images and edited your IR images live.

Which infrared filter do I have?

How do you know what type of infrared filter you have if you have an unmarked filter or if you purchased a used converted camera? Use this guide to help you identify the type of IR filter you have.

Your reference guide to infrared photography

My book Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography contains a wealth of information on the complex subject of IR photography, including filters, equipment, settings, and editing. Available in print and ebook editions.

$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

  • 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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World Photography Day DxO Suite Giveaway World Photography Day is August 19th. I’m celebrating by giving away a suite of DxO software, including PhotoLab 8, Pure Raw 5, Nik Collection 8, FilmPack 7, and ViewPoint 5! Complete this survey for a chance to win! World Photography Day DxO Suite Giveaway SURVEY Submissions accepted until 5:00 PM EDT August 19, 2025. See the survey for terms and conditions. Infrared Courses FAQ I've added a general course FAQ to address common questions. Check it out...

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Tricky White Balance in Infrared Photography How do you set a white balance in your infrared images when there are no color-neutral subjects? This video walks through setting a white balance manually and using the Histogram to help set a good white balance. Mastering Infrared Photography in Lightroom CLASSIC Course The Mastering Infrared Photography in Lightroom CLASSIC Course will drop later this month (August). You can learn more about this course or pre-order now. Mastering Infrared...

Which infrared profile should I use? Which profile should you use to set a white balance for infrared photography? The free Infrared Profile Pack contains two profiles. Let's review which to use with 550, 590, 665, 720, and 830 nm filters. Infrared Photography Course FAQ I'm using Lightroom Classic (or Photoshop Camera Raw or another raw editor). Is this course right for me? This first course is targeted at Lightroom users. All of the fundamentals in this course apply to both Lightroom...