Re: New Member

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  7 Nov 00 at 18:39, D Vaughn wrote:

> Hi everyone! I am a brand new member to this list and wanted to say hello 
> to you all.
> 
> I have not yet tried any infrared photography but I can't wait to try it. 
> With winter coming soon here in the US, I'm not sure how many good infrared 
> photo opportunities I will be having until spring. I do mostly landscapes, 
> but without leaves on the trees this time of year, it's probably not the 
> best time to start.

Depends a bit on how much snow and/or ripe you see in your 
territory....;-))....you might want to check my personal Photo-Gallery, 90% 
of the images are a sublimation (pun intended, you'll see why) of IR, 
winter and panorama/fisheye:

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/thumnail.htm

I personally prefer winter over summer for shooting IR, but that
preference is based on more than just image-quality....fiddling in a
darkload bag several times a day is heaps more comfortable in a dry
-10C than in a humid +30C, and carrying 15kg of photogear all day
requires much less sweating in -10C vs +30C too....and given a
backpack, the easiest activity to travel many kilometers pro day is
skiing....only with strong legs of course....:)) 

> I am an amateur photographer from Michigan, USA. As I said, I have not tied 
> any infrared yet, but plan on doing so. I have always been fascinated by 
> the color infrared images (magenta vegetation, dark skies, ghostly skin 
> appearance, etc) and I am hoping to pick up a lot of knowledge from the 
> people on here. I have MANY very basic questions (film speed settings, 
> exposure settings, etc) but I will wait and ask them at a later time :)

There is an IR-FAQ document available, see admin footer below for 
where to find a link to it.
 
> One more question: would it make sense to send a roll of the Kodak color 
> infrared slide film directly to Kodak in one of their prepaid slide mailers 
> and expect them to process it? I have had good results with "normal" 
> (non-infrared) slides using this method, but was wondering if Kodak would 
> process the infrared film if I bought a mailer, especially since it is now 
> an E-6 process. Just curious :)

Seems as if most official Kodak labs use IR-sensors, hence you'll 
have to find a pro-lab that knows how to switch them off, or doesn't 
use these IR-sensors at all.... 

--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink

      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand

<w.j.markerink@xxxxx>
[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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