Lately I have been looking for a way to start using photography as a form of relaxation as I did before it became my career. Infrared is just the ticket I've been looking for. Below are some images created with Infrared sensitive film. I plan to start using more IR film for weddings and other work in the future.
This scene is at the Spanish Monastary in North Miami. This prayer well in the main courtyard caught my eye while shooting a wedding. I used Kodak HIE in my EOS A2 and 17-35mm zoom lens. I use a Red #29 filter and set the camera for EI 50 and on program. I keep the aperture small enough so I don;t have to worry about focusing.
The new Kodak Ektachrome EIR makes shooting infrared color slides much easier as it is now an E-6 process film. The color saturation is incredible. This spider was shot with a Canon A2, 28-105 lens at the long end. I used a Yellow #9 filter and let the camera make the correct exposure based on F16 and ISO 200.
This was actually an incredibly lush green scene with some bright purple flowers to the right. It takes careful note keeping to remember what filters create what colors on this new Ektachrome EIR. The Yellow #12 filter used here creates magenta foliage while the Yellow #9 used above turns greenery red. Again a Canon A2 was used, this time with a Sigma 18-35mm lens attached.
This is the film I plan on starting with for infrared wedding and portraits. It's Konica B&W Infrared film. Here it's used in a Mamiya 645, 70mm lens and with a Red #29 filter in place. I have been shooting this film at ISO 6 with the 4 stop loss taken in to account, but my negs are a bit contrasty and dense. I have been developing it just like Kodak Plus-X and I plan on closing down two stops next time I shoot it.
Here is my first roll of Kodak Ektachrome Infrared (EIR). I was hired to shoot a wedding in Orlando in a botanical garden. I thought it would be the ideal place to try something unique. This was shot with an Canon Elan camera and Sigma 18-35mm lens. I used a Yellow #12 filter.
This beautiful shot was taken on Kodak HIE in my Canon EOS A2 camera. I know many warnings are seen about using the Kodak infrared films in Canon and other cameras that have IR film sensors in them, but here's proof that it works. I used the Sigma 18-35mm lens and a Red #29 filter. The neg was then printed on color paper and given a sepia tone to it.