I’ve only featured a flickr set once before, when I featured Katsoulis’s maternity set. I looked and looked for a blog that featured what I was looking for, and couldn’t find one, so am going with this awesome flickr set by Mike Irwin. It features something I’ve become increasingly interested in: Infrared Photography. I bought a used D70s last late fall and had it converted to an IR by Lifepixel (if you decide to get a conversion, use Mary Hanson as your referral name) Its been torture waiting all winter for some nice greenery to photograph with my new IR conversion, so I look at others for inspiration as I wait, in hope that spring and green leaves might finally appear some day here in Minneapolis.

But, back to Mike Irwin, you can find his flickr set on IR here and his art is also available for purchase on his main site here. He shoots his IR shots with a Hoya and an IR filter. They are amazing-ethereal and fragile in their beauty. I can’t wait to get a chance to use my new toy soon. And if you shoot some cool IR stuff… email me, I’d love to see it. Enjoy!

~Mary