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As a true photo geek, I’m always looking for new photographic options. I offer pamoramas in Quicktime VR, I invented and market a “steady cam” for photographers called the GoPod™, and I also enjoy the art of infrared photography.
I became aware of near infrared photography around 1996 when Carl Scholfield offered his web site of infrared images taken with the Nikon CoolPix 950. This was quite an eye opener to me and I was captivated immediately. I had a CoolPix 990, the successor to the 950, and set off to create my own.
WARNING: NERD ALERT. This next paragraph gets a little “techy”. If your eyes tend to glass over when you hear “geek talk”, skip this next paragraph.
I found out that when Nikon updated things between the 950 and the 990, one thing that they did was put a IR blocking filter in front of the CCD on the 990, thus making IR images difficult to create using the 87 or 87C IR filter. I searched to find a solution to this problem, and found that the 89B filter worked just fine. Not as much contrast as the 87, but still very effective.
To express it less technically, infrared photos look really cool and add a dramatic and eye-catching look to many familiar scenes. Take a look. I think you’ll be blown away.
My supplier of IR filters is Harrison and Harrison out of California. They are the best in both quality and price that can be found anywhere. No matter what sort of filter you are looking for, even custom made, you need to give Will a call and he will do his best to help you out. You can find them here:
Harrison & Harrison Optical Engineers
1835 Thunderbolt Drive Unit E
Porterville, CA 93257-9300
559-782-0121 phone
559-782-0824 fax
e-mail:harrisonop@aol.com
