Imre Z. Balint, BSc, MPM, MBA

I figured I'd take a quick break and write up the post for the two infrared photography videos ( episode 23 and episode 24 ). This topic is by no means a small one, so as you saw in the video I really honed in on shooting with "regular" cameras, meaning non-IR modified, using IR filters. I would say that if you're new to infrared photography, then this is a good way to gain some experience without spending too much money. Of course if you take a liking to the realm of red, then there are lots of options to take this niche further. If it's one piece of information I couldn't find, it's in regard to at what frequency the IR blocking filter on the sensor cuts out. As you saw in the video my E-P2 could pick up the remote control's IR "beam", but I wonder where the limit is. I'm guessing it's around 720nm, but perhaps I didn't look hard enough or this is some sort of manufacturer secret as it may be used to somehow enhance the quali...

Hey look! It's almost midnight! I think I'm starting to be very predictable with these uploads. Anywho, part 2 of infrared photography is live on YouTube. Overall I like the way this episode turned out. I used to teach Photoshop some years ago, so this wasn't all that different; very specific perhaps and limited in time as I have to keep the videos to under ten minutes in length (maybe someday I'll become a YouTube partner and I can break that barrier... then no one will watch my epic nine hour long Photoshop tutorials! On second though, I'll keep'em shorter). As for the supplemental blog post, I will be combining both parts one and two as they relate to each other very nicely indeed. Hopefully in a few days I'll have that written up and I do have several IR links to add... well the links aren't in infrared, you'll be able to see those. *chuckle* Oh dear. It's very late.

Well I just uploaded episode 23 of my photography series on infrared photography ; this show being a response to a request (off a profile comment). No big surprise here, it's once again getting late and I need a little shut-eye. So enjoy the video and I will of course be working on a supplemental blog post in the next few days... or so. L8r!

Well it's about time I finally wrote the supplemental post to my lightning photography video ! Home renovations have taken away quite a lot of my time, although I must say that I'm quite impressed with the paint work I've done! I'm generally more used to sitting by my computer most of the day programming or working on videos, writing, etc., not doing physical work... and I swear I've lost some weight! Anyway, enough about home renos, let's talk about lightning! Before moving on, I can't stress enough how dangerous it can be. During my research on the topic of lightning and storm safety, I was a bit surprised to discover that lightning kills more people per year on average in the U.S. than hurricanes and tornadoes! Indeed, like NOAA's article expressed, the damage caused by other weather phenomenon are more visual and widespread, whereas lightning takes a more targeted approach, if you will, and hence it's not noticed as readily. So if you're on...

I had a lot of fun creating this episode on how to photograph lightning , and I have quite a bit more to say in my supplemental post, which as usual I will write up another day. Once again it's a tad late... and strangely, I am really craving cereal right now. So off I go to eat and I hope that you enjoy this episode! Oh! And before I run off, thank you to the viewers who sent in some great topic requests, which I'll be working on for future episodes; namely High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography and infrared photography. Tres cool! L8r!