The Infrared Photography Field Guide puts key information at your fingertips when planning or shooting infrared photography. Use this reference to quickly find the right filter or camera settings. No verbose explanations, just the key details you need. Keep this guide in your camera bag for quick access.
The print edition is expected to ship in December 2026.
What’s inside
Seven color-coded sections take you from the light your camera captures to the finished image.
Spectrum
How do ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light compare? What can a digital camera sensor see?
Cameras
Should I shoot with an unconverted camera, a full-spectrum conversion, or a high-pass filter conversion? DSLR or mirrorless?
Filters
Which high-pass filter gives me the color or monochrome look I want? When do I use a dual-bandpass filter? Where do hot mirror, ND, and polarizer filters fit?
Lenses
Will this lens produce a hot spot? How do prime vs. zoom, modern vs. vintage, and aperture affect hot spots? Includes a new hot spot test and correction guide.
Camera Settings
Includes all recommended camera settings, including which ISO, shutter speed, and aperture will work in infrared. Includes a brand-new ƒ-stop guide. How do I set white balance and focus in the field?
Shooting
How do daylight, overcast, shade, golden hour, and night change an infrared image? How do foliage, sky, water, and people render?
Processing
How do I process monochrome, dual-bandpass, and color infrared images? When do I need a color swap?
Field guide or full book?
The field guide is a quick reference for when you’re out shooting. Color Doesn’t Exist, my 320-page book, explains the why behind each topic in depth, with full chapters on camera conversions, white balance, and editing. Read the book to learn infrared photography, then pack the field guide for the shoot. The field guide includes all new images.
Learn about Color Doesn’t Exist
Guide details
- Print edition: 5.5 × 8.5 in, 24 pages, laminated and coil-bound.
- eBook edition: 24-page PDF.
- Published: December 2026
- ISBN: 979-8-9826576-0-2
Order
Print edition
Print + eBook bundle $35 USD
Choose “Print/eBook bundle” on the order page. eBook delivered within one business day.
- USA: Free shipping, 2-4 business days
- Worldwide: $10 USD shipping, 1-4 weeks
eBook edition
eBook edition $15 USD
Instant download.
About the Author
Rob Shea has created over 100 YouTube videos specific to infrared photography, including detailed tutorials, photo shooting and editing guides, tips, tricks, raw editor reviews, and product reviews. He is the author of Color Doesn’t Exist: A Practical Guide to Infrared Photography and shares what he learns on his infrared photography blog.
