![]() ![]() ![]() Even older phones have the ability to turn on Smart HDR, and later models have it built in so that our images use this technology to help ensure balanced exposures, even in high contrast scenes. The ability to record and process RAW means that we can recover details from bright and dark areas, have a greater dynamic range, and even better color in our images than ever before. The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max can produce files using Apple’s proprietary RAW format called ProRAW and it’s likely that this will become standard on subsequent iPhone models. ![]() Phones now have the ability to produce the data-rich RAW files that have been the standard for “big” camera photographers for years. Technology has advanced to the point where the quality we are getting, even with the phone’s relatively smaller sensor, is remarkable. Today’s iPhones take advantage of machine learning and artificial intelligence to run sophisticated computational photography algorithms in the background to create images of very high quality. I don’t have to wait until I’m back at the computer to process and share images. When I shoot with my iPhone, I can process, post and share my images immediately. The older I get, the more I appreciate traveling light! The iPhone is small, lightweight, and most often doesn’t require a lot of equipment that I have to lug around. Mainly, because it’s fun! Here are a few of the reasons I enjoy shooting Infrared with my iPhone: So why do I bother? Created with the iPhone 12 Pro Max, Native Camera, ProRAW and Night Mode, processed on the desktop in Luminar 4 with plugins Topaz DeNoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 Well, this is all true, and the same applies to making infrared images with an iPhone. After all, they argue, the sensor is small, you can’t add lenses for long reach, and the resolution is less than what you get with a big camera. Many of my fellow “big” camera photographers have asked me that question not just about infrared, but about why I bother to shoot anything with the iPhone. Created with 11 Pro Max, Lightroom Pro Camera, RAW, processed with the Lightroom for Mobile Editor Why Bother to Shoot Infrared with an iPhone? As one of my friends and fellow iPhone infrared enthusiasts says, “There’s a lot of jiggery-pokery!” But for the determined, patient photographer, the results are worth it. Instead, everything is done using select camera apps, specific photo settings, an infrared filter, RAW files, and RAW processing methods. With the iPhone, there’s no modification of the hardware, no cracking open the phone to remove the high-pass filter or replace anything inside the phone itself. As the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding, or in this case, the pixels! You’re welcome to join our group, or just stop by to see what people are creating with their iPhones! Here’s a LINK TO THE FACEBOOK GROUP.Ĭlearly, the phone’s technology is quite different than a traditional camera. I say “we” referring to the more than 600 participants in the Facebook Group I created about a year ago. Created with the 11 Pro Max, Camera+2, RAW, processed with iOS editor and SnapSeed I discovered how to make infrared images with my iPhone! In the beginning, there was a lot of trial and error and a few screaming pixels, but today, with all we’ve learned, well, we’re getting great results. Last year with the help of friends, and a lot of research and experimentation, that dream became a reality. I love the iPhone’s portability and, with today’s iPhones, I’m not sacrificing much in the way of image quality.įor years now, I’ve dreamed of making IR images with my iPhone. While I love shooting with my “big” cameras, I’ve had a love affair with the iPhone since getting my first, iPhone 4, in 2010. Created with the 12 Pro Max, Native Camera, ProRAW, and Night Mode, processed in Lightroom for Mobile Modern digital processing helps to get those bright whites and rich blacks, and we can even add that soft ethereal glow so characteristic of early film IR.įor the past seven years or so I’ve made images first with a LUMIX DMC LX7 point-and-shoot, and later with a Fuji X-T1, both converted to 720nm infrared. By modifying a camera, removing the high-pass filter, we can now have a camera dedicated to infrared. Infrared became a lot easier in the digital age. I fell in love with this depiction of the world around me and was drawn into these snowy white fantasies. Infrared photography, the black and white variety, first captured my imagination in college many moons ago. Created with the 12 Pro Max, Native Camera, ProRAW, and Night Mode, processed on the desktop in Luminar 4 with plugins Topaz DeNoise AI, Sharpen AI, and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
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