Rob wrote the book on infrared photography, the definitive guide for photographers new to and experienced with infrared photography. Improve your photography with tutorials, photo shooting and editing guides, tips, tricks, raw editor reviews, and product reviews. Free downloads to help you to process infrared images. New techniques to simplify the complex editing workflow for color infrared images in Adobe Lightroom. Sign up for my newsletter! You can see the prior newsletters below.
Last year, I shared my workflow for infrared color swapping in Lightroom Classic. This workflow allows you to completely edit infrared images in any version of Lightroom, without a roundtrip to Photoshop. Even if you prefer to edit in Photoshop, this makes it possible to preview large numbers of images in Lightroom, saving time culling before you edit. Since it's introduction, I've been tweaking, testing, and refining each of the components, including Infrared Profiles, Photoshop Actions, LUTs, and even color space. You can follow my instructions for creating your own color swap profiles or you can order them specifically for your camera.
Watch the Lightroom Infrared Color Swap video to learn more
Order Lightroom Infrared Color Swap Profiles for your camera
Create your own color swap profiles
Here are examples of the six different color swap methods applied to a 590nm infrared image. View samples for 720nm and 550nm.
In this video, I take a look at the “orange” filter, 515nm to 560nm filters that pass near-infrared, red, orange, yellow, and some green light, while blocking blue, purple, and violet. I’ll addresses custom white balancing the 550nm filter on grass, color swapping, and how it compares with a 590nm filter. If you like highly saturated colors, be sure to check this out!
I've purchased a number of infrared filters and lenses from KEH. Here is a selection of currently available used infrared gear.
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Infrared Photography
Rob wrote the book on infrared photography, the definitive guide for photographers new to and experienced with infrared photography. Improve your photography with tutorials, photo shooting and editing guides, tips, tricks, raw editor reviews, and product reviews. Free downloads to help you to process infrared images. New techniques to simplify the complex editing workflow for color infrared images in Adobe Lightroom. Sign up for my newsletter! You can see the prior newsletters below.
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! Chrome Profile Pack Thanks to your contributions, I've created the FREE Chrome Profile Pack. This pack...
Best Raw Editor for Infrared This latest video introduces my new summary of raw editors for infrared photography. This blog page lists the licensing, platforms, white balance, color swapping, and my recommendations for popular raw editors. Raw Editors for Infrared Photography Visible Diffraction Calculator (Sneak Peek)! I've built a new website that calculates diffraction for your camera and infrared filter! Select your camera and filter. The calculator will let you know which f-stops you can...
Color Doesn't Exist Audiobook The audiobook edition of Color Doesn't Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography is now available. You can hear a sample chapter in this video. You can also listen to the sample chapter at colordoesntexist.com. $17.95 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 Get it now! Now accepting PayPal...