shooting in NC

[rana__x]

this is a IR shot david took while i was shooting a model. you can see the little me in the water with my camera and then i walked up to the model to adjust her dress (IR filters require you to take long exposure shots even in bright light hence the double exposure) Im photographing Cora here you can see the finished image below.

Comments

[numbedtoe]

That is an awesome picture.

[mcpuggington]

where in NC are you?

strangely i just moved up here from South FL,
to Durham, NC + i'm loving it so far!!

isn't NC beautiful?

now you know where i am if you're ever in the area
& interested in having a FTM model for one of your shoots?!

~:-]

[rana__x]

i live near boston but im always travelling. this was outside of hickory

[nymf]

Beautiful!

[pinkcaddie77]

Gorgeous!

[inerlogic]

"IR filters require you to take long exposure shots even in bright light"

not exactly true :)
IR filters are opaque to visible light, but IR goes right through 'em.

the IR Cut filter or "hot mirror" covering the camera's sensor,
CMOS sensors are very sensitive to IR, so they put a filter over the sensor to drastically reduce the amount of IR light that hits the sensor.

when you put the camera in cleaning mode and the mirror flips up, the hot mirror is the blue thing you see... it's not actually the sensor you're cleaning, it's the hot mirror.

companies like lifepixel.com will take the hot mirror out and replace it with an IR filter, you get your fast shutter speeds and viewfinder back.

i had an old digital rebel (300D) converted, and am thinking of doing the same with my 20D or 40D....

[rana__x]

i am familiar already with the various ways to achieve ir or ir like images. I have friends that shoot film one that shoots portraits with a converted digi and a number of friends that shoot with filters. This friend who took the photo happens to have a 5 d and some very nice glass so he uses a filter occasionally. I was just trying to explain the how and why of the double exposure for the non photog s as many im sure would assume it was done in post

[inerlogic]

yup, i've shot HIE and EIR film IR as well as digital...
was just being a bit pedantic because your statement wasn't quite right :)
so i was just trying to correct it for non and newbie photographers so they don't get the wrong idea.

:)