Infrared photography
A reference for infrared photography.
Interactive tools and clear diagrams for infrared, ultraviolet, and full-spectrum photography, not just static images and walls of text. Play with the settings, see what changes, and work out what to buy before you head out.
Interactive, not static
All tools →Most references show you a photo and a caption. Here you move the sliders yourself and watch the image change.
Exposure & focus simulator
Drag aperture, shutter, ISO, zoom, and focus and watch one scene react: brightness, depth of field, bokeh, motion blur, and grain.
Open the tool →IR editing simulator
Start from the red out-of-camera file. Drag the white balance toward neutral foliage, then flip the channel swap and watch the sky turn blue.
Open the tool →Lens types
Prime, zoom, macro, and fisheye. See how each lens reframes, focuses closer, or bends the same scene.
Open the tool →Creative filters
Fourteen looks on one night scene: star bursts, streak flares, heart bokeh, light leaks, prisms, fog, and more.
Open the tool →Anamorphic lenses
Squeeze, desqueeze, oval bokeh, and streak flares. Pick a squeeze factor and watch the frame widen.
Open the tool →Sensor sizes & crop factor
From medium format to 1-inch. See how a smaller sensor crops the frame and changes a lens’s effective reach.
Open the tool →IR exposure calculator
Pick a filter and the exposure you metered without it, and get a starting shutter speed. Converted or not.
Open the tool →Filter wavelength explorer
Move up the infrared spectrum and watch the scene recolor, with a live red and blue channel swap.
Open the tool →Browse the reference
Guides
Start-to-finish explanations: what IR is, conversions, focus, white balance, channel swaps.
Filter reference
Wavelengths compared side by side, with what each one does and what to buy.
Lens database
Check a lens for infrared hotspots before you buy or rent it.
Camera & technique tips
Practical shooting and general photography notes, IR-focused.
Common questions
Red photos, blurry shots, hotspots, and where to start, answered fast.
Beyond infrared
Ultraviolet and full-spectrum photography, the rest of the invisible light.