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Fiery Red

Fiery Red and Videos

I’m pretty happy with how this turned out. While it’s not the deep red I’ve been chasing, as a substitute for IR Chrome, it works really well. Like…

Vivid Gold

Vivid Gold added

I’ve always been searching for a false color IR style that produces yellow and golden trees—but without looking too uniformly yellow or gold. I wanted something with variation,…

Simplicity

Simplicity Wins

While a severe snowstorm blanketed the Swiss mountains last night (yes, in spring!), I was down below enjoying a much calmer scene—and putting the new blue setup for…

Perfect Pink

Perfect Pink Joins the Bunch

Another new filter is coming to my Rich False Color IR Bundle—and you’ll get it automatically with the purchase of one of my cameras! It’s called Perfect Pink,…

Rusty Purple

Introducing “Rusty Purple”

I’m excited to share a new false color infrared style I’ve found. I call it Rusty Purple. This look brings a moody, autumnal weirdness to IR photography. Vegetation…

Interview Professional Photo

My Latest Interview Is Live

From time to time, I receive interview requests from photography magazines and other media outlets. I’m someone who enjoys sharing insights and is always happy to pass on…

Winter Blue Trees

Winter Blue Trees

What a cool effect. Even with sparse vegetation, the “Blue Trees” look really comes into its own. This is a video compilation, without post-processing. Without channel mixer, as…

Aerochrome post

Aerochrome postprocessing

For some time now I have been selling converted cameras with a special built-in filter that lets through visible light and only a portion of IR. This opens…

Media Release

My Blue Trees media release

This is the first time I have sent out a media release. It’s about my exclusive conversion service that enables new false color IR styles. The response was…

False color SRF

Interesting clip from archive

Interesting news report from the Swiss Television SRF archive about the use of false color IR photography for the investigation of forests. Click here for the video.

Cokin Varicolor photography

New dawns

This blog has been rather quiet lately. Recently, I haven’t had the time and energy to venture into the mountains for new photos to expand my portfolio. Currently,…

Hot Mirror IR Chrome

IR cams: What I sell (auch in DE)

I am always selling IR cameras (and often also UV) from my collection and from my experiments. These are mostly older models, mainly CCD cameras like the Nikon…

TB550/660/850 for sale

TB550/660/850 filters for sale

Would you like to own a TB550/660/850 filter from Midwest Optical? Coincidentally, I sell a couple of them. All are unused and in the original packaging. The TB550/660/850…

Water buffalo Aerochrome

Water buffalo in “Aerochrome”

No real info here, just some pictures of water buffalos in Uebeschi, taken with the Sigma SD1 and the “Aerochrome” setup. This time without the orange filter, and…

Aerochrome for the digital age

For digital photography, I think this is the best option to revive the long-defunct Aerochrome (Kodak EIR). And best of all, it’s straight out of the camera, without…

More pictures

More pictures, taken with the Sigma SD1 Merrill, the Triple Bandpass filter and a pink filter from Lee called Middle Rose. Pretty good, I think.

Aerochrome: Back to Foveon

Emulating Aerochrome is a long and winding road. Anyone who has read my previous blog posts on Aerochrome has probably seen my frustration in achieving an authentic look.…

aerochrome filter

The ultimate Aerochrome filter?

Aerochrome – once again. For the umpteenth time I dedicate a post to this topic. Right at the beginning, I have to completely revise a statement from an…

beam splitter aerochrome

The crazy beam splitter idea

Remember the post about the idea of using multiple sensors to expand the possibilities of false color or multispectral photography? Well, a YouTuber with the channel name grainydays…

NIKKOR-N 24mm

Editing with GIMP (auch in DE)

For IR images, the color channels must be swapped to obtain a blue sky. Depending on the model, the white balance must also be adjusted afterwards. This applies…