Jay Ressler • Artist

Jay Ressler • Artist

Artistic Images and Sometimes Commentary

Infrared Photography

Portsmouth Island, NC. The island has not been occupied since the 1970s and is a ghost town maintained by the National Park Service. It can only be reached by small boat. Heavy misquito netting must be worn. In addition to remnants of the old village, a coast guard rescue station from another era is preserved.
A scene in Central Park near the boathouse evocative of paintings by Renoir and Monet.
Evening Intersection Sunlight and growing evening shadows intersect at Lake Antietam, Stony Creek Mills, PA
Looking skyward through a wrought-iron dome on a garden arbor, Longwood Gardens
ilious clouds in black sky with a gutted, roofless building int he foreground. This was part of the preparations for constructing a giant logistics center in Perry Township
While the fiery appearance of the flower was exaggerated somewhat in post-processing, the fact that it occurred at all is a bit of a puzzle. My surmise is that a goodly amount of IR was being reflected from the shadow area of the flower resulting in this unusual effect.
Coffee Pot Bayou Textures St. Petersburg, FL
Highly evocative soft pastels with a bridge reflected in the water.
Head in the Clouds, Infrared Photograph
Tree and High Rise
High Rise building peeks through skyline behind ancient Pagoda
Kowloon Island Viewed from a Sampan
Ghost Town Still Life
Boating with a Parasol
Evening Intersection
Arbor View
Desolation
Hyacinth Burning
Coffee Pot Bayou Textures
Rainy Day in May
Rimming Victoria Harbor
Bow Bridge
Wyomissing Creek Bridge
Head in the Clouds
Statue in the Park
Tree and High Rise
Highrise Backdrop
Row Boat at a Fishing Spot
View from a Sampan
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Ghost Town Still Life
Boating with a Parasol
Evening Intersection
Arbor View
Desolation
Hyacinth Burning
Coffee Pot Bayou Textures
Rainy Day in May
Rimming Victoria Harbor
Bow Bridge
Wyomissing Creek Bridge
Head in the Clouds
Statue in the Park
Tree and High Rise
Highrise Backdrop
Row Boat at a Fishing Spot
View from a Sampan
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Black & White Infrared • False Color Infrared

About Infrared Photography

Images of the world captured in infrared are at once eerily strange and yet hauntingly familiar, giving them a surreal feel. It is not for everyone. One is tempted to delve into the science behind IR to unearth the magic behind it, but I’ve found eyes glazing over when I drone on in that vein.

In black and white IR photography blue skies and water appear black or dark grey as they absorb nearly all infrared radiation. A photo captured on a bright day may thus be misunderstood to be a night scene. Plants, flowers, and clouds reflect most IR, thus appear white or light grey

Digital infrared photography requires a specially modified camera. Many IR cameras capture some color artifacts, which can be manipulated either in post-processing or by a camera’s built-in software to render false color schemes.

For more indepth discussions see my article Surreal Images from an Invisible Dimension or Infrared Photography: Artistic Techniques for Digital Photographers, by Laurie Klein and Kyle Klein. Another place to go for useful information on IR photography and camera conversion is Kolari Vision.