Capturing Light – Episode 78 with Ben Sturgulewski

In this episode, we talk about:



* What is IR Pollution?

* Ruin and Rose – Promo Video



Featured Director of Photography: Ben Sturgulewski





http://sturgefilm.com/

https://vimeo.com/sturgefilm



Check out the video below:



What is IR Pollution:

 Put simply, Infrared Pollution happens when you put on heavy neutral density filter,  and your footage turns redish, looks brownish, and your pride as a cinematographer is crushed.  In the beginning that happened to me a lot, and I was wondering what I was doing wrong.  So here is the explanation. A camera image sensor records light. Not only the visible light, like the colors we see around us, but also a tiny bit of the infrared spectrum that we don’t see. The infrared light mixes with the other colors in your image and the end result is IR Pollution. Your blacks turn red and color correction can’t save you this time.











Here is what I used: Tiffen 77mm Variable ND: http://amzn.to/2qhbPDU

B+W IR Cut 77mm: http://amzn.to/2riv5VA

 



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