From the course: Travel Photography: New Zealand's Lake Wanaka
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Defining the infrared photography process
From the course: Travel Photography: New Zealand's Lake Wanaka
Defining the infrared photography process
- In a quest to photograph this iconic, amazing tree at Lake Wanaka, we're going to dive into a new type of landscape photography. Now, just a reminder, we had that beautiful sunrise, and then we had an overcast day, but texture in the clouds. We did long exposures. Okay, so what happens if the sky breaks up and you get some blue sky, whether it's partly cloudy or a perfectly clear day. When the sun comes out and it strikes your subject, nearly all cameras go in the bag and then it's a done deal, especially if it's the harsh light, middle of the day. Golden hour, of course, is a different story. But what I'm talking about is the middle of the day. Something called infrared photography is the ticket, and I want to tell you all about it. Okay? Now, visible light cameras, which is what we're used to using, our DSLR's and Mirrorless, they measure light similar, the way we see it. In wavelengths, it's from 300 nanometers to about 600. And that's the spectrum of the rainbow. That's the…
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