| In The Heat of The Light: Coming to Therms With Digital Infrared Photography (Online)

Guided by Vincent Versace & Jimmy Andruszkewicz, explore the diverse and dramatic world of creative possibilities opened up Digital Infrared Photography.

Note: This workshop will be held in a live, online format utilizing the Zoom platform.
Class meets on Saturday and Sunday, May 4, 5, and Saturday, May 11 from 10am-5pm ET.

“Complicated equipment and light reflectors and various other items of hardware are enough, to my mind, to prevent the birdie from ever coming out.”– Henri Cartier-Bresson.

If you considering taking the “plunge” and converting a camera to capture Infrared or want to know how to get the most from the converted camera you already have, this is a must-do class! 

(Note: you do not have to have an IR camera for this class. Files will be provided in this try “before you buy” workshop.)

More than half the energy from the Sun (a really, really, really big thermonuclear device) arrives on our planet in the form of infrared radiation. We can feel this light, but it takes a special camera to be able to see it. But it is not the heat of the light you are photographing. It is the light caused by the outcome of the heat.

With the advent of digital cameras being able to be converted to shoot in the IR spectrum, what was once an incredibly difficult and not very intuitive and decidedly uncreative process (that being composing, focusing, and metering through a piece of black glass), is now in comparison the simple job of just point and shoot. 

Now the question is how do you shoot this entirely new world? What are the considerations of lighting, tripod, bracket, or no bracket? What is the best way to white Balance? How to eliminate the dreaded “hot spots”? And most importantly what is the best way to optimize and enhance your Digital-IR file to get the best tonal range, edge detail, glow, and noise effects?

In this workshop, Vincent Versace  & Jimmy Andruszkewicz will explore in-depth the diverse and dramatic world of creative possibilities opened up by shooting in Infrared. From the “classicist” all infrared images are best in Black and White to “Why just stop at grey” and a discussion of everything in between this will prove to be a well-heated discussion of technique and aesthetics. 

Vincent will go through all the considerations from raw file-to-file workflow in Adobe Photoshop and several other RAW processors to make the most successful image from a Digital (DSLR or Mirrorless) camera converted to capture in the Infrared spectrum. Vincent has more than 15 years of experience working with cameras modified for digital infrared and has shot extensively all around the world in IR.

The goal of this workshop is to guide you through different in-field shooting techniques and in-lab Photoshop techniques, leading to the creation of your perfect Infrared images – both landscape and portrait.

Images: ©Vincent Versace