Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Freaky. Makes me look like a zombie! Don’t think I’ll be doing much of this type of photography. Although to be fair it was taken quickly, indoors, in low-light conditions with a 10-year-old camera.
Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8
The other day I went out on a gorgeous day for a three hour walk in the nearby Rockefeller State Park Preserve. I enjoyed my walk immensely, and feel that, slowly but surely, I’m making progress with this genre of photography.
For more examples of this type of photography take a look at my website, here.
Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8
Up until now my attempts at infrared photography have focused on black and white. This time I thought I give false color infrared a try.
I don’t really know much about this method, and I’m not sure that it really appeals to me. Still, it’s early days. With practice, maybe I’ll get to like it more.
Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8
I’d been reading extensively about infrared photography, and was now more comfortable – comfortable, but not yet good. I had a least figured out how to create a custom white balance using the Adobe DNG Profile Editor.
So I went for a walk around my neighborhood. The weather was not really the best for infrared photography. It was very cloudy, and only rarely did the sun appear. I became convinced that the pictures would be no good and decided to go back the same locations in better light and do them all again. As it turned out I quite liked the pictures taken on the cloudy day. So this batch includes a mixture of pictures from both the second and third attempts.
Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8
For my first attempt at infrared photography I decided to go to one of my favorite haunts: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and the Old Dutch Burying Grounds. I really hadn’t a clue what I was doing and expected the results to be a disaster. I was surprised that, after some post-processing I quite happy with the results. This confirmed my desire to keep trying.
Taken with a Sony F828 and fixed Zeiss 28-200mm f2-2.8