Kodak Newsletter (IR part)

[Todd Martin <todd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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InFocus, the Email Newsletter for Kodak.com Members
Oct. 10, 1999

In Your Dreams

Infrared photography opens up a world that lies just beyond
the limits of our senses, revealing startling images that
are more dreamlike than surreal. Experimenting with this
unique and challenging medium often yields surprising,
delightful results. Learn more about taking color and black
& white infrared pictures...

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IN THIS ISSUE
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Photo Tip:
    Infrared: See the World in a Whole New Light
Photo News and Events:
    Alfred Stieglitz: The Shapes of Old New York
    PBS Special: American Photography, A Century of Images
    PDN Online Photo Events Calendar
Kodak.com Feature Stories:
    Current Homepage Feature: The Endurance
    Coming Next: America, Mile by Mile
Highlights from Kodak.com:
    Putting Digital Pictures to Work
    Look Before You Buy: Sample Pictures from Kodak
    Kodak Picture Playground online: Sketch
Product News:
    KODAK PhotoQuilt of the Millennium
    Customers Getting What They Want from KODAK Picture CD
Shop@xxxxx Offers:
    DC280 Premium Bundle, $849.00
    Millennium Edition DC215 Digital Camera, $499
    Books: KODAK ProTeam "Ideas that Work" Series, $50, $25
Just for Fun:
    Say Cheese!
    Mads Pederson: If Thine Eye Offend Thee


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PHOTO TIP
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Infrared: See the World in a Whole New Light

After you've experimented awhile with taking pictures, you
may begin to get a little bored with reality. Fortunately,
photography offers many avenues for exploring the world
through fresh eyes, to see in ways that the human eye
cannot. Many photographers experiment at some time with
black & white film or digital image enhancement -- but if
you want to try something really different, enter the rich,
surprising, and challenging world of color or black & white
infrared photography.

All of the colors that we can see with our eyes represent
only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Infrared light is all around us, but its short wavelengths
fall beyond the "red" end of what humans can see. Film that
is sensitive to infrared light reveals images that look
quite odd and otherworldly.

For instance, a conventional photo of green treetops against
a blue sky would not show much contrast. However, a black &
white infrared picture of the same scene would show the
vivid contrast of a winterish vision. Green leaves reflect
infrared radiation to keep plants from drying out, and thus
appear icy white in an infrared picture. Meanwhile, a blue
sky turns black because (fortunately for us) the atmosphere
filters out most of the infrared light that the sun hurls at
the earth. But clouds glow whiter than ever.

..For more examples of black & white infrared
photography, be sure to visit our Members Gallery:
    http://www.kodak.com/members/membersGallery

KODAK High Speed Infrared Film:
    http://www.kodak.com/members/infrared

Additional infrared photography links:
-- Geri Moore's "Earthdancer Images" black & white infrared
photo site:
    http://www.kodak.com/members/earthdancer
-- Gavin Wrigley's color infrared photo site:
    http://www.kodak.com/members/wrigley
-- Infrared photography mailing list gallery:
    http://www.kodak.com/members/infraredMailing
-- Infrared photography FAQ:
    http://www.kodak.com/members/infraredFAQ


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