Digital infrared photography with Nikon cameras in practice
Digital infrared photography opens up new ways of seeing and visual worlds. This article describes the recording technique using modified Nikon cameras as an example.
Jim Brandenburg (1945-2025) is one of the most important nature photographers of recent times. His work for National Geographic and his poetic, minimalist visual language have shaped nature photography worldwide. His iconic wolf photographs are among the most important nature photographs in history.
We shared a close, friendly collaboration – curatorial as well as photographic, including joint projects in Germany and photo trips in the USA.
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Digital infrared photography opens up new ways of seeing and visual worlds. This article describes the recording technique using modified Nikon cameras as an example.
Near Jim's Brandenburg property Ravenwood in northern Minnesota is Judd Lake with a bluff covered in reddish lichen.
In 2012, hunting wolves was permitted in the USA. In November, the young wolf "Blondie", who had been photographed several times by Jim Brandenburg, was shot near his home in Ravenwood.
Jim Brandenburg is from Luverne, Minnesota. Proceeds from his gallery there benefit the Touch the Sky Prairie Foundation.
The bison herds in the Black Hills of South Dakota are a key photo motif for Jim Brandenburg. A report about an excursion with the photographer.
The Badlands in South Dakota (USA) are Jim Brandenburg's photographic favorites. During a joint excursion we managed to pick up bighorn sheep.
Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota is a scenic gem in the American Midwest.
In the city of Ely in the north of the US state of Minnesota, animal and nature photographer Jim Brandenburg runs his own gallery.
Images of a wild gray wolf in northern Minnesota. This US state has the largest wolf population in the USA with 3.000 animals.
In the summer of 2011, Jim Brandenburg was commissioned by Nikon to test the new D800 camera with a 36 megapixel sensor for a month.
Jim Brandenburg has been using the possibilities of digital infrared photography since 2007 to follow in the footsteps of great black and white photographers such as Ansel Adams.
Jim Brandenburg's 90-day project Looking for the Summer in Minnesota 2001 – a pioneering achievement in digital nature photography.