First round of shots

I've set up a shoot, and trying to determine the exposure isn't the easiest of things. Mainly, because the filter doesn't let any light in to see the exposure settings. 

So, I have used the filter on my Digital camera to determine the difference between no filter exposure and filter exposure - and there are 17 stops between them. 

So, for a F1.7 [my largest aperture] without filter, I get 1/15 as a shutter speed. 17 stops below this is an hour's exposure. I'm not sure whether this is right or not - so I'm going to take 5 shots to determine the difference between no filter and filter on this camera. 

I've taken 5 shots. 

F1.7 @ 10s exposure, 1 minute, 4 minutes, 11 minutes and 20 minutes. 

I'll go into the darkroom tomorrow night, cut the film and process this little section. I might take some outdoors tomorrow at a range of shutter speeds and see what happens. 

After processing, it seems that this set of shots is totally useless, as the film came out blank. We discussed it in class and it appears that the filter is far too dense and not enough IR light was being let through. Back to the drawing board. 

Pictures in IR

These first 3 images are on the IR Board link, on here. They are part of a monthly competition and I think they are fabulous. They were taken I believe, on Digital cameras with an IR filter that filters out non-IR light. 

I think this shot is wonderful, the IR light makes the tree look so surreal and eerie, I think picking the right sort of tree, must have helped. 

This one was taken at 1pm, and it shows that images can be taken in strong sunlight, with the right filter. 
This image was found on Google search, and is credited to a flickr account. It is of tulips and i think it is excellent, both in composition, and depth of field use. 

 
This image is the first I can find in IR,  credited to Robert Williams Wood, who is said to be the 'inventor' of IR photography. it shows the black sky and white foliages that IR photography is known for. 

Loaded

Ann Goddard 'Enclaves 2' 2003

Well, at long last, the film is in the camera. 

I'm just going to reread the film instructions and then I can start shooting. I need to do this to try and get a decent exposure. 

I'm going to start with some warm objects on a cold background, inspired by a piece of artwork by Ann Goddard [Enclaves 2, above] that we bought last year. I'm going to line up bits of chopped vegetables and shoot from above. I'm going to shoot 3 lots of 3 - at 3 different exposures and then cut the film and process the first 9 shots as this film is quite expensive and I don't want to waste it. 

I put the film into the camera under the quilt at home, in the dark and have taped up the camera itself to avoid IR light leaks. I'm keeping it in a black bag for the time being for this same reason.