‘Invisible Spectrum’ – an exhibition of a digital infrared photography by Dr. Ranjith Pallegama opened at the Alliance Francaise in Kandy on February 12 and will continue until February 22. Prof. S.B.S. Abayakoon, Vice Chancellor, University of Peradeniya was the chief guest.
A senior lecturer attached to the Faculty of Dental Sciences, Dr. Pallegama took up photography as a hobby and has achieved recognition for his work, notably a ‘Gold Medal” in an International Photography Contest held in Japan in 2004.
He is a member of the Senkadagala Photo Circle and Sri Lanka Institute of Photographers, the Arts Council, University of Peradeniya and the Head of the Printing and Photography Unit of the Faculty of Dental Sciences.
He has exhibited his photography in Japan in an exhibition “Beautiful Japan” held in the University of Peradeniya in 2007 and also in several other exhibitions in Sri Lanka.
Recording infrared, that is the “invisible light”, has been attempted by many enthusiastic photographers the world over. The history of infrared photography dates back to 1910, where the Royal Photographic Society Journal published a paper by Robert W. Wood, who discovered the unusual effects of infrared for photography.
But taking infrared photographs has never been easy since it involves a complex, difficult and expensive workflow. Infrared photography was done first with black and white film and then with colour film. But with the development of digital sensor, infrared photography was raised to new heights as certain camera models have the capability of recording infrared. Today creative photographers using these unconventional techniques have been able to produce eerie and fascinating images.
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