How to Process Black and White Infrared Photos pt. 1
Introduction Infrared photography allows deep contrasted black and white photography, with dark sky and water in one hand and white clouds and foliage on the other. The best filter to achieve high level black and white photography within practical shooting parameters is the 850nm infrared filter. In this tutorial, we will figure out how to […]
UV Photography Lighting Solutions
Introduction to UV photography lighting solutions Strong sunlight is the gold standard for UV photography lighting. Unfortunately, sunlight isn’t always available, and alternative lighting must be used. This article will show you several artificial UV lighting solutions for every shooting condition. Continuous light for UV photography UV bulb (black light): This UV lighting solution for UV photography allows […]
UV Photography Compatible Lenses
Introduction to UV photography compatible lenses As explained in the presentation of UV photography, not all lenses can be used with UV transmitting bandpass filters because of anti-UV coating applied on their elements. UV-capable lenses can be divided into 3 categories: Entry level lenses: cheap lenses with simple optical formula. These lenses are easy to find and […]
What makes a good UV filter?
Introduction to filters for UV photography Kolari Vision is not the first company developing a UV transmitting bandpass filter. It is important to show the performance of this filter compared with its principal challengers. This article will compare the three following filters: Kolari UV transmitting bandpass filter: 52mm, $200 UVIRoptics LUV U2 filter: 52mm, $225 Homemade stack […]
Using a UV Camera for Incredible Imaging
1. What is ultraviolet photography and why I need a UV camera? Ultraviolet photography (UV photography ) is a new way to realize unique pictures by photographing near ultraviolet spectrum, below 380nm. This part of the electromagnetic spectrum is invisible to human eyes. Camera sensors can be sensitive to it once they are modified. It […]
