VSCO Brings Infrared Photography To Your Hand With Old-School Film Filters
Image by Kyle Hale via VSCO (press release)
Three new infrared filters arrived in the VSCO app this week, two in color (IR1 and IR2) and one monochromatic (IR3).
Originally developed by Kodak in the 1940s for military service, the now-discontinued IR film was later re-released as a consumer product in the 1960s, and took off particularly with the psychedelic movement of the time.
However, as evidenced by the release of these filters, the style remains widely popular today. Its characteristic “false color” properties give the images a striking glow, based on the temperatures captured.
VSCO’s new set of filters are an “approximation of the most common visual features of real IR photos,” the photo editing app describes in a press release, as digital cameras automatically block infrared and image data can’t be individualized in the same way as older-school film cameras.
As a general rule of thumb, though, greens and yellows become pinks and reds, and blues are darkened. The strength slider for both filters move between pink-greens and red-greens to avoid landscapes adopting a dreary orange tone.
To eliminate the possibility of skin tones taking on overly unnatural pink saturations, the IR2 filter was created especially for portraits, allowing skin to remain a more natural color while retaining the beloved bubblegum hues in a less neon form.
VSCO is offering a firsthand glimpse of the presets to a select group from its community. To find out more, please head here, where you can also find more examples of the filters in action.
Image by Carter Moore via VSCO (press release)
Image by Zach Hodges and Lafir Mager via VSCO (press release)
Image by Victoria Hills via VSCO (press release)
Image by Zach Hodges via VSCO (press release)
Image by Kyle Hale via VSCO (press release)
Image by Kyle Hale via VSCO (press release)
Image by Apricot Berlin via VSCO (press release)
[via PetaPixel, images by various photographers for VSCO (press release)]
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