The Infrared Photography Field Guide is here!

My new book, the Infrared Photography Field Guide, is ready to order. It's a 24-page quick reference built for your camera bag. When you're standing in front of a scene and can't remember which filter or setting to use, you can find the answer in seconds. No long explanations, just quick access to the details you need to plan and shoot. It's expected to ship in December. There's also a PDF eBook edition.

What's new in the field guide

• Brand-new ƒ-stop guide. It shows which apertures work best in infrared for your camera.
• 1-page Camera Settings guide. This covers everything from ISO and shutter speed to focus assist, color space, and bit depth.
• High-pass filter chart. How much color saturation does each filter provide, and which cameras can you use it on?
• Hot spot test and correction guide. Check whether a lens will give you a hot spot, and fix it if it does.
• Candy Pink filter matrix. Which filter combinations produce which sky and foliage colors.
• All new images. Every photo in the guide is new.
• Built for the field. Seven color-coded sections, laminated pages, and a coil binding that lies flat.

What's inside

The seven sections take you from the light your camera captures to the finished image.

1. Spectrum: how ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light compare, and what your sensor can see.
2. Cameras: unconverted, high-pass conversion, or full-spectrum; DSLR or mirrorless.
3. Filters: which high-pass filter gives the color saturation or monochrome look you want, when to use a dual-bandpass filter, and where hot mirror, ND, and polarizer filters fit.
4. Lenses: Hot spot test and correction guide.
5. Camera Settings: ISO, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, and focusing in the field. Plus, the camera settings you may not have considered.
6. Shooting: how daylight, overcast, shade, golden hour, and night change an image, and how foliage, sky, water, and people render.
7. Processing: monochrome, dual-bandpass, and color infrared, and when you need a color swap.

Field guide or full book?

They're made to work together. Color Doesn't Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography, my 320-page book, explains the why behind each topic in depth. Read the book to learn infrared, then pack the field guide for the shoot.

Order the Field Guide

• ​Print $25
• ​Print + eBook bundle $35
• ​eBook (PDF, instant download) $15

Shipping is free in the USA (2–4 business days) and $10 worldwide (1–4 weeks). For the bundle, choose “Print/eBook bundle” on the order page, and the eBook arrives within one business day. The Print edition is expected to ship in December 2026.

If you have a question about the Field Guide, just hit reply.

Rob

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