Digital Infrared Photography: Make Stunning Photos with Invisible Light

One of the most beautiful and unexpected kinds of photographs can be produced using digital infrared photography techniques.

Infrared photography has been around for a long, long time, but using film, it was expensive, very difficult to do and the results were extremely unpredictable, and frequently disappointing. I first experimented with infrared back in 1978 using Kodak HIE black & white film - we had to load and unload it in the dark!!! It was truly a labor of love to shoot IR in those days.

But now with digital cameras becoming more affordable, and because of digital electronics, just about anyone has access to the hidden world of invisible light photography. I'm not just talking about manipulating regular digital photos using Photoshop (although you can do that with less than stellar results), or your favorite image editor either. I'm talking the "real McCoy" here - real infrared photos with real infrared light! How cool is that?!

You’ll need a few, not terribly expensive, additional accessories, depending on your camera.

Currently, I have four digital cameras (my old friend, my Nikon D70, a converted D70 - dedicated digital infrared camera, the powerhouse Nikon D2x, and of course the NEW Nikon D300!) The first two are able to take beautiful digital infrared photos. Of course, you can imagine my delight when I confirmed that my Nikon D70 produces absolutely amazing infrared photos, even without being "converted. (But you'll see why you will want to convert a camera to a dedicated digital infrared camera on the next few pages!!!)

But moving right along...how is it possible to take a photograph with invisible light? And if the light is invisible, what does it look like? What exactly would such a photo look like?

I’m glad you asked! Let’s go to the only technical page on this site, which explains in simple terms, how this whole thing works.

If you’d rather just stay here and look at what digital infrared photos look like, and get started making them, you can go to the fun stuff by following the links below.

You’ve probably seen digital infrared photography but never realized that’s what you were looking at. Or perhaps you have seen these kinds of photos and wondered how to make them.

I recommend for the absolute most stunning and creatively satisfying images, you take our new digital infrared photography workshop This new workshop will get you on the fast track to artistic and technically powerful infrared photos. It's a walk in the park!

Here’s an example of typical digital infrared photographs.

What I REALLY like is seeing how other people capture the most impossible scenes, and by using infrared, turn their imaginations loose! It's wild!

You’ll find the main methods of IR imaging and get a head start on taking these mysterious photographs, right here. Let’s get clicking!


Step 1: Can my camera take infrared photos?
Step 2: Equipment you need to take Digital Infrared Photography
Step 3 Infrared Exposure Techniques
Step 4: Post production enahncement techniques using Photoshop



Digital Infrared Photography with the Nikon D70

Using a Converted D70 for dedicated infrared shooting

Photoshop Digital Infrared Tutorials

Photoshop techniques for emulating Black & White Infrared Photography

Raven Graves

First Photos with the Converted Nikon D70 Dedicated Digital Infrared Camera"

Fine Art Digital Infrared Images

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The hidden world of Infrared Light - technical stuff about how Infrared photography works
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Digital Cameras that take good infrared photographs
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