{"id":521,"date":"2013-07-01T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndphotography\/?p=521"},"modified":"2013-07-29T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T14:02:24","slug":"nofilter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndphotography\/2013\/07\/01\/nofilter\/","title":{"rendered":"#nofilter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer at Notre Dame has a lot going for it. First, it’s not winter, second, the lines at Subway and Starbucks are a lot shorter, and third\u2026did I mention it’s not winter? But summer is also, in my opinion the least photogenic season on campus. The trees are all thick and exactly the same color, giving a solid canopy of green with inky dark shadows underneath. Oh, the trials of being a photographer, right?<\/p>\n

But all that vegetation really lends itself to infrared (IR) photography.<\/p>\n

Let me be quick to admit my utter lack of scientific knowledge of infrared light. (Hey, I was an Arts & Letters major!) In high school my photography teacher suggested I try shooting with infrared film and I though it was pretty cool. And it turns out digital cameras are actually quite sensitive to infrared light, and come from the factory with infrared-blocking filters over the imaging chip. Remove the sensor and presto, you’re shooting infrared!<\/p>\n

Now that’s not as easy as it sounds–you have to send the camera to a facility that specializes in removing the IR filter. That’s right, you have to pay someone to ruin your camera.<\/p>\n

A few years back I bought a cheap point-and-shoot camera with the idea of converting it to IR. It was summer, and I was curious to see campus in the IR wavelength. Wow. The shadows weren’t shadows anymore\u2026the trees had texture once again\u2026it was odd-looking to be sure, but in a cool way, I thought.<\/p>\n

One morning I stopped by some campus landmarks with a tripod onto which I’d put my normal camera with my IR camera clamped right next to it, so I could make two versions of the same scene for comparison.<\/p>\n

Here are three quick highlights, for a larger gallery–including ND Stadium in IR–check it out here:\u00a0http:\/\/notredame.photoshelter.com\/gallery-slideshow\/G0000hJ8.FY7EM24\/C0000vECNsCcal94?start=<\/a><\/p>\n

Matt Cashore<\/p>\n

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The Main Building in visible light<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Main<\/a>

Main Building IR<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jesus<\/a>

Jesus Statue on Main Quad, visible light<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jesus<\/a>

Jesus Statue IR<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Path<\/a>

Path from University Village, visible light<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Path<\/a>

Path IR<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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