These are some shots I did with a modified infrared camera I had custom built a few years ago.
I am going to be experimenting more in this area soon. Applying HDR and some of my lighting tricks.

You may ask What exactly is infrared? and what needs to be done to the camera?

well the digital imaging sensors in most cases are just as sensitive to infrared light as to visible light. Cameras are built to stop infrared light from affecting the image by placing a hot mirror filter in front of the sensor that then blocks the infrared part of the spectrum while still allowing the visible light to pass.

To get Infrared you remove this hot mirror filter and replace it with a custom infrared or clear filter. Then you have to adjust the focus, to a lens you choose to be your main lens.

Why is this better than using a infrared filter in front of the lens?

Well the internal hot mirror filter blocks most of the infrared light from reaching the sensor, And that is  making the exposure time much longer then usual. And will requiring a tripod. And long exposures makes it difficult to photograph people and anything else that might move.

Also because you place the opaque infrared filter in front of your lens you can’t see to well to compose and focus, making it even more difficult and time consuming to take each shot.

I love shooting people and carrying a tripod everywhere I go works great if you are shooting landscapes all the time. But by the time you get a tripod set up to shoot everyday people the moment is gone.

Enjoy and God Bless
Robert

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