First I overlapped the background layer image with a similar image.
Afterwards I changed the opacity of the overlapping image to 50%
I then changed the exposure of the background image to make it brighter and to add variation in tones.
here are a few other images I have created using double exposure.
On the camera there are 6 different lighting settings which include: daylight, shade, cloudy, tungsten light, white fluorescent light, and flashlight. They can be changed through the WB button.
Below are some pictures of a rose taken at the same position of the same view but different light settings at dawn.
In this photo it was taken with a flash on sunlight settings which is about 5200k
This is the same photograph but this time it was taken with shade white balance settings which is about 7000k
this time the photograph was taken using the settings of the white balance set on cloudy which is approximately 6000k
in this photography he white balance settings was set on tungsten light which is around 3200k
this photograph is a bit similar to the tungsten light one but this one was set on white fluorescent light which is similar but a bit higher at 4000k
last but not least this photo was taken with the white balance set on flash which is the most appropriate because the flash was being used and it was dark.
so we conclude that even though your taking the same photographs they will still differ depending on the white balance your on. and if you what the camera to do the work for you just put it on automatic white balance.
After I redid the post it note shoot on 11/10/2018
This photo shoot was far better. I got the right combination of expose and shutter speed. I moved the post it notes quick enough so in some of them you cant see my hands.
During my photo shoot, focusing on focus and isolating certain parts of objects/scenes was the primary aim. These are my preferred images from the shoot.
THE PROCESS:
This was my take on the method of double exposure, which creates a blurry, fuzzy, duplication of the original image. This was a fairly simple photograph to create, first starting by slightly editing the original images to saturate the colours as the image tends to be quite dull without it in the finishing stages. I also increased the contrast in the image as I found that in the final piece, the glass disappeared due to its transparent appearance. I chose 3 images with the same composition but with slightly different angles.
I layered the 3 images on top of each other and by using the opacity tool, I changed how each images opacity was. The higher the opacity the stronger the image appears. When creating these images it is essential that the opacity of each image is similar to the opacity of the other two in order to create the sort of motion blur affect seen below. To finish of, I flatttened the image to merge the 3 together.
Albert Renger-Patzsch was a German photographer born in 1897, he first started make his photographs by the age of twelve. In the first world war Albert Renger-Patzsch was a solider fighting for Germany. After his time doing military he then went to study chemistry at Dresden Technical College. Later on he
associated with the new objectivity, a book which explores photographs in their natural forms, industrial subjects or mass produced objects which are then clarified by his scientific knowledge.
This is one of his example of photography, I like this image as it is abstract as it is a close up of a dandelion and it is printed in black and white which I think is very effective. In this image there is still a lot of detail which I liked also he has managed to have bits of the picture blurred out and the other bits in focus I think that this is really effective as It show how the perspective is changed when one changes your mind.
Washington, DC-based photographer Frank Day is a versatile artist shooting in both black and white and color film. Traveling the world to remote destinations, Day is able to capture the rich beauty of pattern, color and texture of the open-air markets, isolated landscapes, busy harbors and everyday lives of diverse cultures. Day has also mastered the landscapes and cityscapes of the world, shooting the angular architecture of cities such as Berlin, New York, and Baltimore, as well as the beautiful softness of Washington, DC’s cherry blossoms. https://addisonripleyfineart.com/artist/frank-hallam-day/
Franco Fontana is above all interested in the interplay of colours and he had based his own vibrant and original language on that. The later critics had labeled it as Photographic Trans-avantgarde. He explored different subjects: urban landscape, portraiture, fashion, still-life and the nude. He worked with 35 mm cameras, mostly on location claiming that his studio was the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Fontana
In this photoshoot I went to gorey because I wanted to focus on the different colours of the buildings. Therefore Franco Fontana was a god artist to take inspiration from. However, because I was also going to the pier, Frank Hallam-Day is a great artist to take inspiration from, especially his photographic series of the rusty multi-coloured boats. Here are examples of my photos:
With my shoot, I was lucky enough to have a vibrant sunset which affected all of my photos. I especially liked it when it was dark, and my photos of the boats feature a dark red sunset. To manipulate my images I used adobe lightroom. With my images I adjusted the vibrance, clarity, contrast, exposure, highlights, shadows and I cropped the images until I got the result I wanted. I adjusted the vibrance to emphasize the sunset, however for some of the photos I didn't need to adjust the vibrance because the sunset was so predominant. In some of my images I was struggling with the shutter speed so some of my images turned out blurry because it captured too much of the image. With the lighting I used both natural light, however I also used flash when it became really dark. Most of the images have a very warm temperature, however some of the photos that include the buildings also feature cold colours because of the buildings colour. The darker the night because, the darker the tone of the image. There are some elements of line introduced in my images, from the colours of the buildings, or the wires of the boats. However, there are also softer elements of the images, from the roundness of the boats to the curvature of the flowers.
Keld Helmer- Petersen was a Danish photographer who took abstract photos for his career. He was inspired by Albert Renger- Patzsch and achieved fame for his colour photographs. He typically took his photographs in daylight. His images had strong tone with light and dark contrasting each other. Peterson was thought to be very fond of line as it is the majority of his work. He also used a lot of patterns.
My interpretation..
After researching about Helmer- Petersen and taking influence from his photography pieces i have chosen four abstract images i have previously taken to edit on Photoshop. In order to edit my images to make them look similar to Helmer- Petersen’s, i have adjusted the threshold, by selecting ‘ adjustments’ after uploading my previous image to Photoshop. I then adjusted the threshold until i was happy with the contrasted image.
My final piece
For my final pieces, i have made my images heavily contrasted using Photoshop as well as removing all the mid tones and i think they have turned out very successful. Because of the bird cage i have used for two of the pics has the cage effect, this has created the ‘line effect’ that Helmer- Petersen was known to be fond of. I also think that because there was an original reflection of the spoons in the first image it has helped to add more shadowing to the image as well as adding more depth.
The aperture stop of a photographic lens can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the film or image sensor. In combination with variation of shutter speed, the aperture size will regulate the film's or image sensor's degree of exposure to light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture Here is my experimentation with a 75-300mm lens:
