A few years ago, my partner decided to painstakingly disassemble his first digital camera, a Nikon Coolpix 950, and convert it to infra-red by replacing the tiny blue glass IR filter inside with clear optical glass. My first foray into digital infra-red photography was with this camera.
My interest in infra-red photography was piqued by the ethereally beautiful film photographs in a book by Hugh Milsom, 'Infra-Red Photography: A Complete Workshop Guide' (Fountain Press, 2001). I hadn't the experience or money to photograph with infra-red film, so was keen to experiment with digital infra-red.
The photographs on this site are taken with the modified Nikon Coolpix 950, using a Hoya R72 filter, and, since April 2008, with a Fuji IS-1 using a B+W 092 filter.
The images on this website were taken at St. Mary's Church, Oldswinford, West Midlands, around the Isle of Man, and around the west coast of Scotland.
Removing the IR blocking filter in the Nikon 950 and 990
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Website and all photographs © 2007-2009 Rachel Saxon