Who here has done infrared photography?
What helpful hints can you give me?
Update:No, I haven't opened the film yet. I do know about handling IR film, as I bought it at a film counter where I used to work. And I know of someone who will develop the film, so all I need is what's a good aperture and shutter speed combo to start with around noon on a sunny day.
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I'm also a professional photographer don't be afraid of wasting supplies. I would suggest you use your manual camera for this application because most of the consumer SLRs that detect your frame number do it using infrared technology which will expose your film. Your red filter will do fine but remember your focus point will shift slightly if you have older lenses there are actually lines on them for this purpose. Your film speed on IR Kodak is 50 ISO but don't forget the two stop filter factor of a red filter. You will need allot of light and a tripod for your long exposures. Do some research as well but the info I just gave you should be enough to get you started. Oh yeah and make sure you can get it processed alot of places like the drugstores wont do it properly. I cant stress enough support your local camera store. Have fun
First I tell you the film is thinner than the normal one; for any reason open the canister of film in day light, it will fog (you probably did already) you have to load the camera in a Dark Room.
Use a IR filter or if not possible use W25.
Try ISO 50 in your exposure meter and bracket it at least three time in each direction; after develop look for the best shot, and if necessary re shoot in the same place and at the same time of day.
The infrared film will render black sky and "snow" trees, is good to shoot architectural and land scapes.
On the other hand it is very useful for investigative photography, to render counterfeited items invisible to the naked eyed
Load and unload your film in the dark. Do not open the plastic film can unless you are in complete darkness. You will have to shift your focus slightly, many older manual SLR units have an IR focusing marker on them.
I would like to add one more thing: use a tripod and bracket. Meter the scene, then add stops above and below. Doing a series of at least five shots per image (i.e. an f8 reading, add a shot at f4, f5.6, f11,f16) will get you a fairly good result, Good luck
I have Im a professional photographer in Nashville, TN
Hints Let someone else that is near you train you cause you can waste a lot of supplies if you do it wrong. It is good to be shown then told. One thing is I dont know what kinda camera you have you can always go to GOOGLE www.google.com and search it !!