Hot Mirror Clip-in Options
An overview and comparison of the different hot mirror filter options available for our clip-in filter systems.
Photo Essay: Ragnar’s Land
Iceland is a land defined by violent changes: weather and volcanic activity. Lava flows, frozen in time, dominate the landscape. These formed ragged mountains under glaciers, arches carved by sea and wind, basalt cliffs and islands. Nothing is small here except the tiny buildings that mark man’s presence. I’m drawn back again and again to […]
Infrared Photography Artist Feature: Yann Philippe
From a young age, I was always very interested in telling stories using images. In 1993, at age 7, I began drawing comics inspired by Hergé’s “Tintin” and Goscinny&Uderzo’s “Astérix.” Four years later, my father gave me his old VHS camcorder, and I began shooting a lot of short movies with my friends. After high […]
Infralucent Clouds: a New Discovery for Infrared Astro-landscape Photography
Creating astro-landscapes is a popular niche of night photography where the Milky Way, star points or star trails, aurora, airglow, zodiacal light, and meteors are combined with an interesting foreground landscape. Yet, a lot of people are surprised to see these in infrared. Many visitors on social media comment that they didn’t know one could […]
How to Make a Great Photograph
The five key components of a great photo are composition, exposure, light, lenses, and vision.
Understanding Lenses
The lens you use determines your relationship with your subject and how you approach taking photos.
A Comprehensive Guide to Composition
You need a strong composition in order to make a visual story, but it’s not something you can calculate like you can with your settings.
21st Century Composition Theory: The Tao of the Following the RGB Road
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. — Japanese Proverb Tweet Dear Gentle Reader, As gaps between work and life permit, this forum has afforded me the opportunity to share with you what I am thinking. I cannot promise you how frequently I will write, but I do promise that […]
A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO
One of the most important technical pieces to master when you’re first starting out in your photography journey is exposure.
The Best Infrared Cameras of 2022
One of the most common questions we get at Kolari is “What is the best infrared camera?”
Bryan Minear: The Grass is Always Redder
It’s kind of a running joke now on social media…Anytime somebody posts a photo on Twitter and says something about the color green, people tag me in it and they’re like, ‘Ooh Bryan’s gonna HATE this.’ Because I always joke about how much I hate the color green. I always clarify that I don’t hate […]
CPL Filter Buying Guide
In this article, we walk you through how to choose the best CPL filter for you.
