Roving photojournalist extraordinaire and international man-about-town Jake Appelbaum has been shooting with color infrared film for several months. He shot this image of me somewhere in San Francisco.

I've compared his shots to many of the Photoshop filter techniques for simulating IR and have reached the conclusion nothing beats the real thing. My favorite aspect of infrared is the way it captures the eyes as the entrance to a dark, entirely separate dimension.

Three rolls of excellent IR shots to be found in Jake's flickr gallery.

Photo by Jacob Appelbaum.

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