For this task I firstly looked into experimental photography within post production. Experimental photography is often described as using alternative techniques. A photographer who does experimental photography uses techniques that are not common with the usual photography or digital photography. I looked at double exposure as a technique to add to my work. ‘a multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image, and double exposure has a corresponding meaning in respect of two images.’ In analogue photography double exposure is acquired by the camera shutter opening more than once to expose the singular piece of film multiple times, usually to different images; or by placing multiple negatives over one another when printing in the darkroom. The resulting image contains the images layered onto the original. Within the digital era double exposure is usually created in post production using programs like Photoshop. Using layer masks on the images when editing can help ‘add’ the colours together rather than making the images translucent. The artist I took inspiration from when researching multiple exposures was Dan Mountford. His work is done using analogue which I was fascinated with but without the experience and money to buy more film if it went wrong I had to use digital. But after watching a few YouTube tutorials I had managed to get an outcome I was happy with.

This monochrome photograph is of a model in studio conditions using a white backdrop to isolate the models hair, eyes, brows and top; as these were black it allowed me to easily import the photo of New York into those areas to create the desired double exposure effect. Using the blacks and shadows of this image to base my architectural image on was easily done by selecting the layer mask ‘Multiply’ then inverting it so the second photograph would stick specifically to the dark areas. The outcome I think is very effective as the leading lines within the photograph of New York helps the eye look up the photograph to meet the eye of the subject. I also love how only dark areas are effected so it is still easy to depict the two images from each other and both are clear as to the subject matter.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_exposure