All the Light We Cannot See: Capturing the Hidden World of Infrared

 

Lying just beyond the electromagnetic spectrum detectable by the human eye is the infrared.

In my search for new ways to create images unlike any I'd ever made before, I stumbled on infrared photography after watching a Youtube video by one of my favorite internet photographers, Thomas Heaton. Images of dark black skies with white foliage astounded me in their ability to take the familiar and shift it just enough to make a viewer pause and reconsider the common things, like trees and clouds, in a whole new way. Later, I came on other infrared photographers like Shelley Vandegrift and Laurie Klein that were taking infrared into places so intriguing and beautiful that I felt compelled to try to learn

Infrared photography is challenging. Though it has the ability to give your images that extra umpf to make it unique and special, it is quite counterintuitive and it takes time to learn how to spot a composition that works in a spectrum your eyes cannot see. Also, becuase this light is invisible, a great deal of post processing is required in order to create these spectacular images that we, as humans with our limited range of sight, can enjoy.

So here are a few images from my early attempts at playing around with infrared. Some are pure infrared and some are blends with parts of photographs taken in regular light mixed in Photoshop. As always, I love hearing feedback and comments in the comment section.

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