IR conversion on a Canon G7

I replaced my Canon G7 with a G10. Both are great cameras, excellent in manual and do great video. I didn't want the G7 to sit around doing nothing so I had the 715 nm IR conversion done by our partner Precision Camera.





The 715 nm conversion I had done is a typical infrared Conversion. It blocks wavelengths shorter than 715nm and allows those longer than 715nm to go through. It is a true infrared filter that should primarily be used for B&W photos, although very limited color infrared pictures are possible. Conversions performed with the 715nm filter are capable of rendering beautiful & rich B&W images with a dramatic infrared look to them.

The other conversion - 665nm - is a specialized Infrared Conversion. It blocks Wavelengths shorter than 665nm and allows those longer than 665nm to go through. This conversion is especially well suited for color infrared photography because of its broader transmittance properties. With this conversion a more saturated color infrared image is possible. B&W infrared is also possible with the 665nm although the results will not be as dramatic as the 715nm.

I really like the skin tone with the 715 nm conversion. It gives a smooth gray/silver tone.








Of course foliage looks great in IR.









If you're considering what to do with your older digital camera, consider converting it to Infrared. Digital Silver Imaging is offering IR conversions through our partner, Precision Camera. They have chosen Digital Silver Imaging as their preferred lab partner to provide true black & white gelatin silver printing from the IR files.

For more information and pricing about digital camera infrared conversions, please click here.

Keiko Hiromi at Gallery Bauhaus, Tokyo

One of our friends, Keiko Hiromi, documentary photographer from Dorchester, has her work exhibiting at Gallery Bauhaus in Tokyo (Japanese language website).

Keiko's work from Jacques Cabaret features performance and backstage photos of drag queens, and is some of the coolest work I have printed in a long time.

For those of us who don't read Japanese, here are details -

Galley Bauhaus
Open 11am~7pm
Closed on Sunday, Monday and Holidays

Address: 2-19-14-101 Soto Kanda Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo
Phone #: 03-5294-2566

If you're lucky enough to be in Japan this July, check out the show.

- Jay

Barack Obama, New Editor Harvard Law Review

DSI is pleased to be the official black & white printer for The Boston Globe image archives. We get to see some fantastic images come through from the Boston Globe Store. One of our favorites is this shot of Barack Obama as the new editor of the Harvard Law Review. We made a number of prints from this file on his inauguration day.

ARTMARKET Juried Show

Ron Rosenstock "Infrared" June 30th - Sept 4th. Reception July 31st 6-8PM

We are proud to announce the next exhibit at the Griffin Museum Gallery at Digital Silver Imaging. Ron Rosenstock's "Infrared" will be exhibiting from June 30 to September 4 with an artists reception July 31 from 6 to 8 pm. The Gallery is located at 11 Brighton St. Belmont, MA. (Zeff Photo is next door to our gallery)

Ron has been conducting international photo tours since 1967 (www.phototc.com) He specializes in Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Morocco, and the Czech Republic.

INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY

The first time I saw examples of infrared photography was in 1967. My photography teacher, Minor White, had shown a number of the images he made using infrared film. I was struck by the altered state of reality of each image. Black and white photography is an abstraction by itself, but using only the wave length of infrared, reveals a reality that we can not see with our eyes.

Up until recently the only way to achieve infrared photography had been with infrared film, a tedious and difficult process. With the advent of digital photography it is now possible to have a camera altered to become a dedicated infrared camera. All digital cameras come with a filter that omits infrared light. There is a company, www.precisioncamera.com, that will remove that filter and add a special filter that only allows infrared light to pass through it. Once that change is made, that camera will only be able to make infrared images.

Because of this new technological development, making infrared photographs is as easy as making any digital image. It's an opportunity to explore a different level of reality. The photographs along this wall were all made recently in Morocco and Iceland and were printed on silver gelatin paper by Digital Silver Imaging. These represent my first foray into the world of infrared photography.

Ron Rosenstock June 2009

For a PDF press release, please click here

Meg & Meredith hanging the 1st show at the Griffin Museum @ DSI Gallery

The premier opening exhibit of The Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging! Behind the scenes as the photographs are being put on the wall.

Eric Luden, owner of DSI & Meg Birnbaum, artist.

Meredith Mulcahy, Associate Director of Griffin Museum, hard at work.

Meg hard at work.

Beautifully framed photographs, ready to hang.

Meg, Eric & Meredith, hard at work?

Meg Birnbaum "Corn Dogs and Blue Ribbons" at Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging

We are please to invite everyone to the opening of Meg Birnbaum's exhibit at our gallery on Friday, May 22, 6 - 8 PM. The Griffin Museum @ Digital Silver Imaging Gallery is located at 11 Brighton St in Belmont, MA.

DSI, in conjunction with the Griffin Museum, opens its new gallery space with Meg's work from 14 regional fairs in New England, ranging from small 4H events to huge expositions.

Photographing the fairs using basic, plastic cameras and black and white film Meg says "I purposely wanted to lose sharp detail and instead capture a fleeting moment, a broad stroke, the distillation of the experience in the hope of capturing iconic imagery."

Many of the fairs visited were more than 100 years old, yet she began to wonder about the future of farm animals and farm life. "The future of these summer fairs may rely on a shift away from agriculture to entertainment…mostly food, specifically fried food," she says. "Fried Oreos, fried cheesecake. `We’ll fry anything’ one sign read.’’

PRC portfolio review - May 8 & 9

For the second year DSI & Ava Art are proud to sponsor the Boston Photographic Resource Center's annual portfolio review. We will be exhibiting work and have information about our silver gelatin prints. Visit us before or after your review!

Eric speaks at Boston Photography Center April 8 at NESOP

From Boston Photography Center website -

With over 25 years Eric Luden, founder and owner of Digital Silver Imaging in Belmont, MA will present their true B&W printing solution. Eric has been in the New England photographic community for 25 plus years and has worked as a fine art photographer and printer, ran a commercial studio, and went on to work for Kodak, Ilford and HARMAN technology. Digital Silver Imaging provides archival gelatin silver prints from digital files.

Eric will provide a brief overview of the digital printing world and the various technologies that have existed. He will primarily focus on the b&w solutions for photographers. This will include the work he has done with Ilford and the development of various ink technologies and most recently, the b&w digital papers that Ilford recently developed. He will have some information on archival properties and comparison samples of B&W, Color and Inkjet.

DSI sponsers Larry Fink at CIPNE April 4 2009 9 am

Digital Silver Imaging is pleased to be sponsoring editorial photographer Larry Fink this Sunday, April 5 2009, in Natick, MA. Mr. Fink is part of the Commercial Industrial Photographers of New England (CIPNE) annual conference. Please see the link above for all the details and we hope you can attend.

Lisa Garner Gallery at New England School of Photography

Tonight at 7 pm the New England School of Photography rededicates its gallery space to our dear friend Lisa Garner. Her husband Ron Cowie says this about Lisa and the exhibit -

The images collected focus on her connection to friends and family. This is not a comprehensive show by any means. The volume of her images is overwhelming. Editing was difficult in order to stay within budget. Lisa never liked too much to be spent on her. The beauty of her images almost defeat the sting of her passing. Thank you all for the love, support and, interest this year. I am humbled and grateful.
Love survives. Ron

Eric and I knew Lisa as a student at NESOP, a customer at Campus Camera & Electronics, and as a friend & fellow photographer. She will always be missed.

-- Jay Gaffney, NESOP Class of 1985

Infrared conversions

Our good friends at Precision Camera are excited to offer Infrared Conversions on most digital camera models!

Precision Camera is the World’s Largest Camera Repair Facility. They are in a unique position to offer quality infrared conversions at an affordable price.

• Infrared Conversion Costs:
• Point & Shoot Camera - $129+S&H
• DSLR - $249+S&H
• Full Frame DSLR - $299+S&H

I have seen and printed files from a Nikon D700 conversion and I was very impressed.

Image by Walter Van Dusen, Nikon D700 converted to infrared by Precision Camera.

PSW - free pass for Thursday or Friday

We have a limited number of free passes available for PSW. The pass covers Thursday & Friday and gets you into the expo for free. Drop me a message through the Digital Silver Imaging contact page and I'll get a pass to you via email. Please include your email and add "PSW Pass" to the comments box.

- Jay

Photoshop World

We will be at Photoshop World! March 25 to 27. Visit our booth, where Ted Dillard will be signing his books, including "Raw Pipeline" & "Color Pipeline". You can preorder "Smart Object Pipeline", due in July and "Black & White Pipeline", due in October. His books will be available at special shop prices.

Kathy Skarvan from Ava Art will have some of her beautiful custom frames, around our beautiful prints, on display.

We be offering our Print-Sample-Promo (PSP) - one 8x10 RC & one 8x10 fiber print for $20.00, includes shipping in USA. The $20.00 can be applied as a credit to your next order. Basically it is a free sample of our gelatin silver prints. Go to www.digitalsilverimaging.com/promo to upload an image. Be sure to read the File Requirements before uploading.

I personally can't wait. I haven't been to Photoshop World before and really want to see what people are doing, take a few seminars and put faces to the names I've read or emailed or talked to. Can't wait!

- Jay

The First Annual PRC Juried Publication

The Photographic Resource Center invites entries for its First Annual PRC Juried Publication. The work selected by guest juror Dana Faconti, Editor & Publisher of Blind Spot Magazine, will be reproduced in a full-color insert in the PRC's Fall 2009 newsletter, in the loupe, along with contact information. Eligible to PRC members at time of entry through November 2009. $25.00. Deadline April 11, 2009. See the PRC website for more info.

If you are not a PRC member yet ( and you should be one!! ) this is a great opportunity to join.

The Islamic Republic of Iran - Photos by Randy H. Goodman

"The Islamic Republic of Iran (1980-1983): A Photojournalist's View"

Photojournalist Randy H. Goodman's photography exhibit on Iran, was recently held during a Rutgers University conference entitled "The Iranian Revolution: Thirty Years".

Ms. Goodman's photographs capture the spirit and struggles of the early years of the revolution (1980-83) and include a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, religious services, images from the Iran-Iraq war zone, demonstrations and everyday life. The show was enthusiastically received and Goodman is currently scheduling other venues for the exhibit, including museums and universities throughout the country.

DSI collaborated with Goodman to scan and print the twenty images. Owner Eric Luden assisted with the edit and was a consultant to the project. Randy had this to say about DSI: "Phenomenal work! I loved all of the attention to details and Eric and Jay's professional advice."

Randy H. Goodman is a Cambridge, MA based photographer and can be reached at randygoodphoto@verizon.net

DSI sponsors John Harrington @ CIPNE on 1/26/09

Wait!!!! Don't Jump!!!
Rise above the competition with solid business strategies
John Harrington
Monday January 26, 2009

Photographer John Harrington’s business savvy has successfully brought him through two previous economic downturns. In this two-part seminar John will share insights on how to tweak your current business practices to operate more efficiently and more profitably.

In part one John starts with a discussion of the business side of photography: from pricing to negotiations, client relationships to logistical challenges. John shares actual negotiations with clients, from the back-and-forth over prices, to the final agreement and resulting images.

Part two will be about learning the back-end secrets of how Search Engine Optimization can maximize your web presence and keep you at the top of “The List.”

Based in Washington DC for nearly two decades John has covered the world of politics, traveled internationally, and negotiated contracts along the way. His work has appeared in Time, Newsweek and Rolling Stone, and his commercial clients have included Coca-Cola, XM Satellite Radio and Lockheed Martin. He has lectured on the importance of solid business practices and published the book Best Business Practices for Photographers in 2007.

Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Rd.
Waltham, MA 02451

Registration: 5:00–6:00pm
Program: 6:00–10:00pm

Cost: CIPNE Members, Free; ASMP Members, $20; Guests, $35; Full-time Students, $10.
Pre-registration is required for this program.

Click here to register (Non-members may pay by PayPal)
Please note: on-line registration closes January 23rd.

Program sponsored by:

EP Levine
liveBooks
Digital Silver Imaging
Ava Art

Happy New Year!

Been a little while since the last posts so I'll use today to get started again.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!

Jay & Eric & everyone at DSI