Today’s Post by Joe Farace
“Great is the hand that holds dominion over Man by a scribbled name.” ―
As I may have mentioned in a previous post, I am not a deeply religious person but I do believe in a higher power, which also may be why creating today’s featured image meant something to me. The last time I was in Acapulco, Mexico and visited La Capilla de la Paz (The Chapel of Peace) I found it to be a spiritually moving experience, So I thought I would share some of my thoughts on this special place today.
How I made this photograph: The camera I used was a Canon EOS 50D that had been converted for infrared capture by LifePixel using their Standard R (720nm) filter. The lens used was a Tamron SP AF 11-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Di-II LD Aspherical (at 15mm) with an Av exposure of 1/125 sec at f/13 and ISO 400. The image was processed in Silver Efex and tweaked further in Color Efex to add some warmth and IR-type softness.
The surrounding gardens at La Capilla de la Paz include Las Manos de la Hermandad (The Hands of Brotherhood) a sculpture of praying hands that I photographed in infrared when I visited there several years ago. Las Manos is typically photographed as a vertical image but I thought that since I was shooting in IR, why not change it up?
I’ve found that Life Pixel does a great job with IR conversions and they’ve done most of the conversions for some of my Canon DSLRs and all of my Panasonic Lumix G-series cameras. This is not a paid or sponsored endorsement, just my experience.
My book, The Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography is available from Amazon with new copies available for $14.16 and used copies starting for around three bucks as I write this. Creative Digital Monochrome Effects has a chapter on IR photography and is available from Amazon new for $12.19 with used copies starting for less than two bucks.