As most of you know, Dan Llewellyn of Maxmax.com sent me a Canon 60D camera that he converted to infrared (IR) photography. I’ve had the camera for two days and took my first photos yesterday, on the eve of a nasty storm. This camera has left me transfixed, it offers me the miraculous opportunity to explore a new world, the world of the unseen.

To me, a holy world, filled with holy light. The photographs seem to say “hush,” they make us pause and see the true light of the world, the colors and feeling our eyes are not powerful enough to see. Human eyes cannot see infrared light, as it lies just beyond what we call the “visible” spectrum, the light and color that humans can detect.

With new and infrared photography, ordinary photographers like me – of varying abilities and moderate budgets – can see the world anew. I am just beginning to experiment with this new kind of photography, you can read more about it on Dan Llewellyn’s website, he is a genius, and a generous and far-sighted one.

Privately, I used to call these photos “Glory Of God” photos, the ones that capture light in a certain way. Now I have a camera that sees what I cannot see, and sees the light that is true and real, that exists in all living matter and things, far beyond Photoshop. This is the true light of the world, spiritual light, it is not added or altered.

I have a lot to learn, I am just beginning to explore this camera, I took it to sleep with me last night (it didn’t really work out, I kept rolling over onto it.)