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  • Star Photography with Astromodified Camera

    Star Photography with Astromodified Camera

    Infrared Photography is known to show familiar landscapes in an abstract, artistic and new light. In Astrophotography or Star Photography, however, it is more a matter of portraying the objects as "naturally" as possible, just as we see them. This is especially important for night landscapes, where there is also an exciting foreground to photograph.

  • Ep. 31: Infrared Editing without Camera Conversion

    Ep. 31: Infrared Editing without Camera Conversion

    Infrared Photography is possible without a conversion - only with a Screw On Filter. Despite some disadvantages it is possible to work with such images and in episode 31 I show how. The photo was taken in Schermerhorn in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Johan Talsma for the photo!

  • Ep. 30: How to create an Infrared Panorama with darktable and Hugin

    Ep. 30: How to create an Infrared Panorama with darktable and Hugin

    In Episode 30 I show you how easy it is to create an Infrared Panorama from 7 single images. The 630 nm infrared photos were taken in East Frisia and show the lighthouse Pilsum. Many thanks to Frank Jäger for the photos!

  • 20% Infrared Conversion Discount in April

    20% Infrared Conversion Discount in April

    IRreCams has been around for 10 years and the new infrared season is just around the corner. In April there is therefore a big discount campaign for full format camera conversion services: All new orders in the online store will receive 20% off the base price. The offer is valid until April 30th, grab it now! (PS: This is not an April Fool's joke...

  • Ep. 29: How to edit a Black and White Infrared Image

    Ep. 29: How to edit a Black and White Infrared Image

    Episode 29 is again about a black and white infrared image processing. The 700 nm infrared photo was taken in the Fürst-Pückler-Park in the Oberlausitz. Many thanks to Stephan Peereboom for the great photo!

  • Ep. 28: Infrared ColorKey Tutorial

    Ep. 28: Infrared ColorKey Tutorial

    In Episode 28 we finally don't have an image taken with a 700 nm filter. I show with this 630 nm image how to do a ColorKey processing with a lot of control and many possibilities. The image was provided by Herbert-Bernhard Hecker - many thanks!

  • Ep. 27: Infrared Hotspot Retouching

    Ep. 27: Infrared Hotspot Retouching

    Episode 27 is once again about the removal of a hotspot in infrared images. The image was provided by Gerhard Bludau - thank you very much! I show step by step how we can make the hotspot visible and effectively remove it from the image using the RGB Curve module.

  • Ep. 26: Channel swap for Infrared Images

    Ep. 26: Channel swap for Infrared Images

    Episode 26 about infrared image processing is an update to episode 22. The problems with the new color calibration module have been fixed with version 3.4.1. I use a 630 nm and 550 nm image to show the channel swap procedure.

  • Ep. 25: Laurentius-Chapel | Infrared Image Editing

    Ep. 25: Laurentius-Chapel | Infrared Image Editing

    Episode 25 about Infrared Image Editing with darktable is again about a black and white editing of a 700 nm infrared image. The photo of the Laurentius Chapel on the Mosel was provided by Dr. Klaus Bauer.

  • Analog and digital infrared photography - lumaho magazine

    Analog and digital Infrared Photography - lumaho magazine

    Analog and digital infrared photography have a lot in common, and yet they couldn't be more different in so many ways. Manfred Hofmann knows both sides of infrared photography. He is the author of the magazine lumaho, which is published around twice a year. The first issue of 2021 deals exclusively with infrared photography, from both a digital and analog perspective.

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