Rob Shea

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.

Infrared Insights - Black Friday Sale

Black Friday Sale Black is the absence of color. Color doesn't exist. The absence of a thing that doesn't exist must mean it's time for a Black Friday sale! Use the codes below for a discount on my book Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography. An inspirational book that explains in-depth infrared photography, processing, and using either a converted IR camera or filters. Highly recommended for any person with an interest in IR or monochrome photography. Alan HOLIDAYSHIP...

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10 days ago • 1 min read

Infrared Insights - New Lightroom Feature, Internal vs. External Infrared Filters

Question Would you see different results with a full spectrum conversion using an external filter compared to a dedicated conversion to a specific wavelength with all else being equal? Answer If the internal high-pass infrared filter used in a camera conversion were the same manufacturer and wavelength as the external high-pass infrared filter used on a full spectrum camera, you would see no difference in the resulting image. More Details New Point Color feature in all versions of...

30 days ago • 2 min read

Infrared Insights - End of Summer Sale, Upcoming Live Stream, Photomator, Photoshop iPad

New Infrared Editor Videos Photomator for Infrared Photography Editing infrared photos with the non-destructive raw editor Photomator for the Mac, iPad, and iPhone. How do you set a white balance on infrared images? How do you swap colors with the channel mixer or LUTs? How do you create presets? We’ll also look at Pixelmator Pro for the Mac, a powerful editor for composites. Watch Video Is Photoshop on iPad ready for Infrared Photography? We are testing Photoshop on the iPad for editing...

2 months ago • 2 min read

Infrared End of Summer Sale, Live Streams

End of Summer Sale The end of Summer DOESN'T mean the end of infrared photography! Each season presents new conditions, new opportunities, and new learning. To celebrate learning, I’m offering an “End of Summer” sale on Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography, the definitive book on infrared photography. There are two ways to save. For a 20% discount on the signed print edition, use code SUMMER20. For free shipping on the signed print/eBook bundle, use code FREESHIP....

2 months ago • 2 min read

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. Add to your calendar 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...

3 months ago • 2 min read

Infrared Insights - Next Live Stream, Short Videos, PayPal for eBook

Next Live Stream 9/9 My next infrared photography live stream is scheduled for Saturday, September 9th, at Noon EDT, 9 a.m. PDT, and 5 p.m. BST. I will be answering your submitted questions and questions during the stream. I'll also be looking at and editing your submitted images. You can submit questions, images and view replays of previous live streams from the Live Streams page. Live Streams Short Videos I've begun exploring short-form vertically oriented videos which have become popular...

4 months ago • 2 min read

Infrared insights - Testing IR Filters, Live Stream Replay, Vintage ROKKOR Lens

Latest Videos and Live Streams 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...

4 months ago • 2 min read

Infrared insights - Book Shipping Reduced, Live Stream Replays, Canon DPP, Fisheye Lens

Infrared Book Shipping Price Drop! I am happy to announce price drops for shipping to all countries for my book Color Doesn't Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography. Shipping costs in the USA and Canada have dropped by 21% and 22%. Shipping to Europe has dropped between 20% and 50%. Shipping to Australia and New Zealand dropped between 32% and 47%. India shipping decreased by 65%. Shipping prices are actual costs; they are not marked up. And, of course, the eBook edition is...

6 months ago • 2 min read

Infrared Insights - Live Stream!

Infrared Photography Live Stream, Take Two We had some technical difficulties during the live stream on 4/27. The good news is that I've picked up some new hardware to make future streams much more stable. Removing this bottleneck should also allow me to schedule live streams more frequently. And who doesn't love an excuse to get more gear? My next infrared photography live stream will take place on Thursday, May 4th, at 8 pm EDT / 5 pm PDT! You can get links to add this event to your...

7 months ago • 2 min read

Infrared Insights - Live Stream!

Next Live Stream My next infrared photography live stream will take place on Thursday, April 27 at 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT! Add to your calendar: Apple, Google, Office 365, Office Web, Outlook, Yahoo Tune in to the live stream or view previous live streams on YouTube. Submit Questions or Files Do you have a question about infrared photography? We will take questions about filters, camera conversions, lenses, shooting, raw editors, editing, or infrared styles. Submit your questions for the live...

8 months ago • 2 min read

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