My early attempts at infrared photography were always a bit of a struggle. I’d buy a roll of Kodak High Speed Infrared film to put through my Nikon, but because I never owned a proper infrared filter that would prevent visible light from reaching the film, my results were never as impressive as they might have been. On those rare occasions when everything worked though, the images were spectacular; skin tones would fluoresce and foliage would appear white against inky black skies.
Kodak stopped making High Speed Infrared film about a decade ago but film users in Australia can still buy infrared sensitive films from Rollei and Ilford in both the 35mm and 120 film formats. But infrared photography is not just limited to film cameras; digital cameras can also be used to make photographs with infrared (IR) and even ultraviolet (UV) light. But adapting a digital camera for use with IR and UV light is not as simple as loading in a film or adding a filter to your
