Write-up in progress

Back in 2009-2010, I started playing around with infrared photography, after learning about a simple modification you can make to a cheap digital camera. I modded a webcam (which I later fed into Quartz Composer to add weird effects) and a cheap handheld digicam, and swapped out the LEDs in a headlamp for IR ones.

At the end of 2024, I picked it back up, inspired by the #ShittyCameraChallenge . Inspired by the Bay Area’s many movie palaces (in varying states of survival), I immediately fixated on neon signage.

Posts and photos

merlin / alex glow (@[email protected])

About near-IR

The modding process

Things I’m exploring

• Neon!
• Reflections
• Surveillance

More things to explore:

• Michael Slade: “I’ve been wondering what the LiDAR scanners would look like using such a camera. Have you tried your camera on Waymos in Las Vegas (not yet for rent) or San Francisco?”