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.
Infrared Photography July Update
Rob Shea Photography
- Upcoming Live Stream
- Recent Videos
- Used Infrared Gear
- Upcoming Videos and Projects
Upcoming Live Stream
My next Live Stream is scheduled for Sunday, July 18th at 1pm EDT (UTC -4). I’ll be answering your questions about Infrared Photography live. If you have questions, join the stream or send them in advance. If your question involved an image, send it to me in advance.
Recent Videos
How to Edit Infrared Photos with Photoshop
How to edit color infrared images with Adobe Photoshop for shots taken with a 590nm to 720nm filter on a converted camera or with a 720nm filter on an unconverted camera.
REVISED Photoshop Actions for Color Infrared
Download free Color Infrared Photoshop Actions v2
Free Infrared Profile Pack
Free infrared Lightroom and Photoshop profiles for a variety of cameras. Send me a raw or DNG file from your camera, so that I can increase the number of cameras supported.
Deep Infrared Shooting & Editing with Your Unconverted Camera using Photoshop and Camera Raw
You can create Deep Infrared images with your existing, unconverted camera. Deep infrared images are shot with a 750nm or greater filter, typically greater than 800nm. This covers the equipment you'll need, settings for shooting, and editing in Photoshop and Camera Raw. Shooting deep infrared with an unconverted camera is ideal for those seeking very long exposures in broad daylight.
Infrared on iPhone or Any Mobile Phone
How to shoot and edit infrared images on your iPhone or any mobile phone with Lightroom Mobile.
Kolari ND Filters in Infrared Photography
Using Neutral Density (ND) filters within infrared photography, including a look at the Kolari IRND filters and use cases for ND in IR.
Color Space in Lightroom and Photoshop
Which color space should you use? What is color space and how can it impact the colors of your image? How to use the correct color space in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Used Infrared Gear from KEH
I've purchased a number of infrared filters and lenses from KEH. Here is a selection of currently available used infrared gear.
- Hoya 58mm Infrared R72 Filter $37.91
- B+W 55mm Infrared 092 F-Pro Filter $50.68
- B+W 58mm Infrared 092 F-Pro Filter $71.25
- Fujifilm X-T2 Mirrorless Digital Camera Body, Black {24.3MP} Converted to Full Spectrum Infrared $793.16
- Nikon D800 DSLR Camera Body {36.3MP} Infrared (IR) Color Converted from $926.59
- Nikon D810 DSLR Camera Body {36MP} Converted to Full Spectrum Infrared from $956.51
- Nikon D3X DSLR Camera Body {24.5MP} Converted to Full Spectrum Infrared $1,209.43
- Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera Body, Black {24.3MP} Converted to Full Spectrum Infrared $475.92
- Sony Alpha a6000 Mirrorless Digital Camera Body, Black {24.3MP} Infrared (IR) Color Converted $475.97
- Sony Alpha a7R Mirrorless Digital Camera Body, Black / 36MP / Converted to Full Spectrum Infrared $972.90
- Sony Alpha a7R IV Mirrorless Digital Camera Body, Black {61MP} Converted to Full Spectrum Infrared $2,946.17
Upcoming Videos and Projects
Here are some of the ideas that I'm batting around for future videos. These may or may not happen. They could come in any order. This is just a glimpse into a potential future. Your mileage may vary. Subject to change. Feel free to send your feedback on these or other ideas you'd like to see covered.
- 12 ways to color swap color infrared or a deep dive into the Channel Mixer
- Color fringing and how to avoid it
- darktable update, where did the Channel Mixer go? Changes in v3.6
- White Foliage and Traditional Infrared
- Review of Hoya RM90 900nm filter
- Review of IRChrome filter
- Shooting Full Spectrum images
- Shooting UV
- Testing a variety of vintage lenses in Infrared
- Shooting Infrared with the “Worst Lens Ever”
LifePixel Infrared Camera Conversions - I’ve had multiple cameras converted by LifePixel.
SmugMug - Used for my portfolio since 2014. Save 15% off any new account with this link.
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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.
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...
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...