Digital Infrared Photography
A Personal Workflow
Clive R. Haynes FRPS
Example 1: Castel Dolwyddelan. I begin with the final image.
Camera settings:
ISO 320: 18-200mm lens at 30mm: f11 at 1/400th sec.
The scene had attractive landscape potential with sweeping sunlight and a good sky. The stark ruined castle provides an excellent focal-point enhanced by a strong foreground and sympathetically tumultuous sky. The power-line and associated post were a distraction from the essential romance but could be easily edited during processing.
The story I needed to tell within this frame was of onetime military power and unyielding dominance over the land and its peoples. To achieve this some tonal emphasis would be necessary.
Stage 1: Lightroom
My workflow begins with the RAW file Lightroom.
In Lightroom I carefully checked the image and made the following adjustments more or less in this order:
Lens Corrections:
'Enable Profile Correction' - use if helpful.
'Remove chromatic aberration'. This is a standard procedure for all my images as a precaution, just in case there is anything present.
Convert to Black and White.
