I was just going through the guidelines and noticed that I was remiss in never introducing myself.
So. . . , my name is Tom Moon, I work mainly in digital now. My background is scientific/biomedical photography with major stints in documenting artworks technically, and running a studio photographing more widgets than I want to remember. I started working professionally as a photomicrographer in 1970. I am now primarily photographing architecture. I love imaging, and that's why I've skipped around. There's always one more thing to learn. That aside, when I was a technical photographer, I photographed extensively in UV and IR, and everywhere in between. Currently, I have used a Canon D30 for IR "fun" photography. The D60 is apparently less sensitive. If the inks used are carbon based, then IR is the way to go. It used to be that one would photograph the document with an appropriate IR filter and IR film with a locked down camera, then make an exposure with a red filter on a pan film. Make an unsharp masked positive of the visible film, sandwich it with the IR in registration, and make a print. This was effectively a subtraction process, leaving the IR image of the writing intact while removing the similar backgrounds. (that is from memory, so I hope I got it right) It's so much easier in photoshop. An informative site to go to is, http://www.cliffshade.com/dpfwiw/ir.htm This is good compendium with real information. Tom =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
