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Digital Infrared Photography | 
 enlarge | Author: Cyrill Harnischmacher
Publisher: Rocky Nook
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 37232
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 1933952350
Dewey Decimal Number: 778.34
EAN: 9781933952352
ASIN: 1933952350
Publication Date: August 28, 2008
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Product Description
To record the "invisible light " has always been an intriguing and fascinating experiment. The infrared part of the light spectrum is outside the range of what the human eye can see, but with a digital camera, we are able to record only this "invisible light " while blocking the "visible " part. The results are often unusual, yet beautiful, renderings of otherwise fairly common scenes. Since as far back as the 1960 's artists have experimented with analog infrared photography, as seen on the album covers of Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa. But as we enter the digital age, new equipment and technology has opened up the exciting world of infrared photography to all. This compact guide to infrared photography shows the beauty of infrared imagery, but also teaches how to shoot these images with your digital camera. The book provides the basic theoretical background, some information on cameras, filters and equipment, and lots of guidance on how to do infrared photography. This beautifully designed and illustrated book is the perfect companion for the aspiring photographer wanting to explore new photographic territories.
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 Everything You Need To Know October 24, 2008
I am a full-time professional photographer and I wanted to experiment with infrared imagery. I needed a book that was a quick read and gave me everything I needed to know to fill in the knowledge gaps. Rocky Nook books generally fit that description and this one was no exception. I read it over one morning, studied the ample photographic examples (with filter selections and exif data) and I was ready to shoot. The only problem... Finding a 77mm IR filter. I found one in the UK and had it shipped over.
Using the examples given in this book, I was able to produce exquisite artistic infrared photographs right from the start.
 Good enough, but I wonder if there is a truly great book out there? October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gave me enough information to understand what my options are for doing digital infrared photography (how to determine whether it's necessary to convert my camera, conversion options, filter options, etc.) and what is involved. I have a much better understanding of the process than before I read the book. When I read up on infrared photography on the internet, I was left thinking it was too complicated. However, after reading the entire book in just a few hours, I now feel confident and knowledgeable about how to do it.
Yet, I somehow feel like something's missing from the book, though I can't quite say what. I just feel like there could have been more detail. (As I mentioned, I was able to read the entire book in 3-4 hours.) So the book is good enough, but I wonder if there's a truly great book out there...
Irene
http://www.photoswithsoul.com
 Digital Infrared Photography October 6, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a beautifully produced book but that is the best I can say about it. To be fair I have been doing infrared photography with film for many years. If you are completely new to infrared photography this is a good introduction. However, if you know anything about the subject you will be very disappointed. There is very little, perhaps nothing, in this book that cannot be discovered with a quick search of internet resources on the subject. I can honestly say that I was shocked at the lack of new information but again, I am not new to infrared or to digital photography.
Photography in the Infrared September 23, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The digital photography revolution has changed the approach to all aspects of photography for everyone on the planet. If you're not using digital devices, you're using a smaller and smaller selection of equipment, and if you are, there are many interesting areas now open to you that had high admission prices in the film era.
One of those areas is digital infrared photography. Perhaps you've never considered infrared photography. It is the world pictured through infrared "eyes," using wavelengths largely outside of the visual spectrum. It is possible because many CCD and CMOS sensors used in today's digital cameras are sensitive to these wavelengths that are invisible to the human retina. It is especially appealing to those interested in still life pictures, in landscape photography, and to those who love to play and hone their skills in the digital darkroom. Infrared imaging has great importance in astrophotography as shown in the images from the Spitzer Space Telescope, our prime astral infrared imager.
This book by Cyrill Harnishchmacher is a great introduction. In simple, flawlessly translated text, the book briefly touches on the physics of infrared light, the equipment necessary to begin experimenting in the medium, then spends the rest of the book on the practical steps necessary to make stunning infrared images.
Space is given to lighting, different filters and their influence on the final product, composition and shot selection. A variety of subjects of covered, including tabletop, still life, infrared lightbrush (using a flashlight to illuminate the subject), macro photography, and using a "dark" flash.
The last third of the book covers the digital darkroom. Using Photoshop as the demo system, it goes through several methods of converting infrared photos to black and white. It includes a primer on optimizing photos with layers in Photoshop, and using Channel Mixer to add subtle coloring to infrared pictures, many of which in their original state appears to be photo negatives due to green colors in the visible spectrum being rendered as white.
There are many beautiful images throughout the book, they're included in depictions of photographic techniques and in demonstrating the effects of darkroom special effects.
This is a beautiful introduction to digital infrared imaging and its enhancement in the digital darkroom.
Highly recommended
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