Near IR Question

[Grif]

Anyone done any near IR figure work? I've got SFX on the way. What I'm trying for is not so much the "IR Look", as just a touch of the porcelain skin, just enought to make it look a bit made up, what I"m heading for is a low key side lit figure.

Yes,,, I agree with anothe post that the black background, low key is turning into a cliche,,, but I still really like it, and have a lot of learning left to do.

 

[dpurdy]

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
Here is an IR figure study. PITA to try to upload an image to this message. I ended up having to load it to the general gallery and then still couldn't figure out how to load it to this reply except to copy the link.
dennis

 

[Grif]

That's really close to the skin tone I was looking for. Appreciate the link.

What's your normal film for skin tone and figure shots?

 

[dpurdy]

That is an older image from the 1990s that I shot on Konica 120 IR film using a Rolleiflex. It was really an experiment and not a standard thing. I posted it so you could get a glimpse of what IR will do. The Konica film had an extended range of sensitivity so the IR affect was dependent on using a filter. I used only an orange filter for this shot. The red filter would have shown even darker veins and whiter skin I think. Note the nipples are very light tone, though not in reality.
Dennis

 

[Grif]

That's just what I was looking for in skin tone, (breasts). I was going to try a dark yellow with the sfx, hoping to hold down the veins a bit.

Any other advice to mute the veins? Seems like moving to a blue filter with my unmentionable polaroid wannabe( ;-) made things even worse. Plus the skin tone went blotchy and rough looking.