Experimentation: Multi Exposure

In photography and cinematography, a multiple exposure is the the placing of one image on top of another to create an exposure and a single image. You can use as many images as you want and they can either be identical to each other or not.

Final Edits

I used the photographs I took in my last 3 shoots and experimented with different photography techniques like: multi exposure and diamond cameo. I did this in order to make my images look more interesting and give them personality. I found it quite fun as I was able to experiment and get different outcomes each time.

For this edit I did a double exposure using two pictures on photoshop. The base photograph is one of them looking to the top right (image had a slight blue colour because I turned the temperature down in order to get a blue background) and the top layer is their side profile (this one was purple/pink because the tint was increased to get a softer look). I simply just took the second image (made it bigger) and placed it on the background. I moved it higher up so that the face aligns with the other image then used ‘lighten’ for the exposure. I like how it turned out because it almost looks like their soul is leaving their body.

I made this edit by using the double exposure technique in order to get something that looks interesting and different. I used the same image twice and placed one of them upside down. I turned the opacity down (in order to see both images) and moved the image so that it would line up with the other one and then I used the ‘lighter colour ‘ multi exposure setting. I used this specific one because it got rid of the background and made only the two heads visible. Then I went over some areas with the patch tool and spot cleaning brush to clean the background.

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