SONORA PHOTO CLUB MARIE HETHERINGTON
PRESENTS ON INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY
PRESENTS ON INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY
(Sonora, CA) – On Sunday, May 14, from 1-4 p.m., Sonora Photo Club member Marie Hetherington is presenting information on how to create infrared photography at the club’s monthly meeting at the Tuolumne County Library at 480 Greenley Road, Sonora. All area photographers are invited to attend this meeting. The human eye cannot see infrared light. It lies beyond the visible light spectrum. But you can take photographs with an infrared filter or infrared film, which produces intriguing and almost other-worldly effects. Colors and textures take on unique properties when reflected with infrared light, also known as IR light. Digital cameras can be converted to an infrared camera. Marie will talk about what IR Photography is as well as a brief history, what is required to take Digital IR photographs, camera conversion and filters, and an overview on how to process IR photographs and examples. She will also bring a converted 590 nm camera to demonstrate how IR photos look in camera.
Black and White (BW) and Infrared (IR) Photography are two practices that Marie finds to be creative and deeply expressive. Her photography moves between these two worlds, one that plays on light, shadow and texture creating mood and the other that allows someone to see the world differently through capturing invisible light to create surreal and other worldly images. Her love for BW photography was inspired by her father and led her to study BW dark room photography. Her passion for IR was motivated by curiosity, starting with film but only taking off in 2017 after having a digital camera converted to IR and under the guidance of Dan Wampler, creative director at Lifepixel, a well-know IR photography website, as well as the support of online IR communities.
Marie studied Photography and Videography at DeAnza College, Cupertino.
For several years she did event photography and videography for non-profit and for-profit organizations as well as weddings. She documented African Art and Culture with a focus on the Congolese Dance and Drum Community in the Bay Area, as well as Brazevidas. She has exhibited at Palo Alto Art League, Palo Alto Art Center, Keeble Schuchat, Community School of Music and Art as well as other galleries in the SF Bay Area. Over the years she has been a member of the Palo Art League, Palo Alto Art Center, San Jose Art Center and the Palo Alto Camera Club. She is a current member of the Sonora Photo Club.
Black and White (BW) and Infrared (IR) Photography are two practices that Marie finds to be creative and deeply expressive. Her photography moves between these two worlds, one that plays on light, shadow and texture creating mood and the other that allows someone to see the world differently through capturing invisible light to create surreal and other worldly images. Her love for BW photography was inspired by her father and led her to study BW dark room photography. Her passion for IR was motivated by curiosity, starting with film but only taking off in 2017 after having a digital camera converted to IR and under the guidance of Dan Wampler, creative director at Lifepixel, a well-know IR photography website, as well as the support of online IR communities.
Marie studied Photography and Videography at DeAnza College, Cupertino.
For several years she did event photography and videography for non-profit and for-profit organizations as well as weddings. She documented African Art and Culture with a focus on the Congolese Dance and Drum Community in the Bay Area, as well as Brazevidas. She has exhibited at Palo Alto Art League, Palo Alto Art Center, Keeble Schuchat, Community School of Music and Art as well as other galleries in the SF Bay Area. Over the years she has been a member of the Palo Art League, Palo Alto Art Center, San Jose Art Center and the Palo Alto Camera Club. She is a current member of the Sonora Photo Club.