Getting Started With Ultraviolet Fluorescence Photography (UVIVF)

[@adamschaafsma5839]

Incredible! Thank you so much for going into this. This will open up a new world for me...I'm ready!

[@Adaptalux]

Glad you enjoyed it, have fun in your exploration!

[@PedroVenancio72]

Hello Ben amazing photos with the UV great video, keep doing a great job.

[@Adaptalux]

Pedro Venancio Thanks Pedro for your kind words :)

[@sinetwo]

Fantastic explanation. So easy to follow. I'm actually going to use this for underwater photography. Lets see what happens ☺

[@paulholliday8172]

Thanks brother. LOVE THIS!!!

[@Adaptalux]

Thanks for watching Paul!

[@regandevereaux1674]

Excellent, so well explained, clear and 3-D. You weren't expecting to do so but you also gave a pretty decent illustration of the metaphysical nature of light & ultraviolet light and its effect upon, exchange with humans.🤯😏 Best wishes, Regan

[@Adaptalux]

Glad you enjoyed the video Regan. Hard to explain what's going on without a little science!

[@matlockcopy]

Great instructional videos and have inspired me to look at UV photography as well as InfraRed with a modified camera at 720nm taking monochrome images. However, please check your spelling of Fluorescence in the video, Agfa managed to miss-spell it in their industrial processes catalogue so it is easily done.

[@Adaptalux]

Glad you enjoyed it Ken!

[@AjantaNilesh]

I LIKE VIDEO, I HAVE EOS R , CAN I DO uv PHOTOGRAPHY BY USING UV FLASH LIGHT WITHOUT ANY FILTER OR FILTER IS NEEDED IF ANY PLEASE SUGGEST ME

[@jaisrita1212]

Thank you for your videos. I'm hoping to find a torch for photographing plants and fungi out in the field with a reach of several meters. Still learning the difference.... Is a blacklight a UV light with no other light, therefore a pure UV light source too? With a pure UV light...blacklight does it mean that the fluorescence on the subject also isn't visible to the naked eye? I am hoping to walk at night and see it. Also, I was told that a UV light had to have a filter to allow other colours, other than blue to be seen. You mention the blue is from the UV light not being a pure UV light. Thanks for clarifying for me as I would love to find a torch that would be perfect for me. :)

[@Adaptalux]

Blacklights are usually not pure and have a lot of violet and blue light. Especially cheaper blacklight bulbs and LED torches. Fluorescence will be visible to the naked eye if the subject is reactive enough, but typically it won't be bright in most subjects like flowers. The filter is required to make a light source pure, otherwise the blue light will overwhelm the fluorescence and just look blue.

[@kwangsikkim6328]

Your video tutorial is fascinating. Can you explain how you designed flexible UV lighting? Can it be purchased?

[@Adaptalux]

Sure can, there's more info on the design and a shop to buy it here - adaptalux.com/studio/

[@LeendertCordemans]

Nive reciew. What about coatings on lenses and costumer white balamce?

[@Adaptalux]

Coatings on the lens will only effect reflected UV. Because we're only capturing natural light, it's fine for UV to get blocked out by the lens. White balance is more complicated and generally comes down to taste. I usually leave mine on around 5700K, but you can level out the blue a bit more if you want. There isn't really a right answer as we're not capturing light from a regular light source.

[@n5sli]

I love your video, but if you don't mind, Your chart list AM and FM. AM and FM is not part of the spectrum. It is actually a mode of operation. VHF [Very High Frequency] and UHF [Ultra High Frequency], UHF also includes the frequencies for TV. would be correctly placed to the left of shortwave which is also known as HF [High Frequency].

[@Adaptalux]

Well spotted Patrick, thanks for the correction.

[@PieterHeine]

What would the result be with a

[@nunopaula2571]

I'm taking photos with a ug11, but let it pass a litle of IR. Can you help me on the config of the RAW image? should i delete all the Red Spectrum? is it any parameters i should use on the White balance?

[@Adaptalux]

Hi Nuno, are you using the UG11 on the camera or the light source? If you are trying to get UVIVF shots with a full spectrum light source, you will also need a filter that removes the IR light too. For the RAW settings and white balance, it's mostly personal preference. As you're not shooting with conventional light there is no 'correct' colour temp to use. I'm usually torn between having the image looking quite blue, and correcting it to white. Both have their merits, but I think the blue shots tend to have a more surreal look about them.

[@emanuelacamarag]

hey, things photographed with uvivf energy,is the same of kirlean photography??? , didnt find nothing in google about both!

[@Adaptalux]

I'm not an expert on Kirlian Photography, but I don't think there are many, if any similarities in either technique or the science behind it.

[@lawrencediggs7957]

I missed which kind of cameras can be used for uvivf?

[@Adaptalux]

All kinds that are capable of a long exposure :)

[@stans6582]

well done......thank you

[@Adaptalux]

Thanks for watching!

[@Quickened1]

Yeah, had a flash unit cap, discharge on my thumb... It flew 7m through the air and left a hole the size of a bb in my thumb. Took years to fully heal! 🤣😭

[@Adaptalux]

Ouch! Seriously wouldn't recommend opening up flashes for reasons like this!

[@Quickened1]

@@Adaptalux yeah... I was much younger then, and Utube didn't exist, very much suggest shorting out the cap b4 proceeding! I just didn't expect it would have a charge, but I'll tell you what, I never had to question that again! Eh, if you don't explore, you never learn. Teach yourself first, and you can do anything... ✌️🙏

[@Quickened1]

@@Adaptalux I saw within the last couple years a small documentary with SCUBA divers recording video with UV in coral reefs. Been trying to find the same footage on the Utube, but haven't. It is truly fascinating in that they now know many marine species see in UV, and it shows what it might look like to them in some regards... Truly, it's an entirely different world, in different wavelengths... Fascinating. Here's to your gallery growing... 👍

[@fredhall8089]

just get 365nm or 395nm light

[@Georgeos777]

dont hate the poor spider, its an amazing being, maybe the spider thinks of you as well as ugly "only two legs" ;)

[@nomadasan]

Uv photo is amazing and very dangerous, can damage your eyes, get catarats, severe skin burns and even your adn suffer changes. You have to protect heavely every part of your skin.

[@Adaptalux]

Our UV LEDs create relatively low levels of UV, there is no risk of burning to the skin but of course, eye protection is recommended. I certainly wouldn't describe it as dangerous.