I always like to try and see the world from different perspectives. With photography I can change positions, look at subjects from different angles or use other techniques to accomplish this.

Lately I have been drawn to another way to look at the world through the lens, a whole new spectrum, infrared. In infrared photography, the film or sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. The part of the spectrum used is referred to as near-infrared to distinguish it from far-infrared, which is the domain of thermal imaging.

Lake Okanagan by Daniel Kazor

IR is not new, the first infrared photograph was published in 1910 by Robert W. Wood, who’s photographs were taken on experimental film that required very long exposures; thus, most of his work focused on landscapes. Infrared has gained popularity again with digital photography. In digital photography an “infrared filter” is used. A filter like the Hoya IR 72 lets infrared (IR) light pass through to the camera, but blocks all or most of the visible light spectrum.

Just Leaves by Daniel Kazor

While not truly infrared, similar results can be achieved with any photograph by editing it with filters in a program such as Photoshop.

Whatever approach, the resulting photograph can be very appealing, almost dream like, and are being sold as fine art photographs in a variety of galleries worldwide. Here are a couple of examples, the first (Lake Okanagan) is taken with an IR filter, while the second (Just Leaves) was acomplished through Photoshop.

A gallery of my IR work can be seen at http://stolenshadows.com/galleries/infrared .