Image Bank - Multiple Flash

Multiple Flash is a technique that is used inside a photography studio. It involves taking one photo but setting of the camera's flash several times while the model or subject moves to create the desired image. Multiple Flash is very similar to the Multiple Exposure technique which we conducted last week using the regular cameras outside. It makes the individual images look faint as they are overlapped over each other to create the desire effect. Multiple Flash is an interesting technique to use to create intricate patterns in an image, as well as demonstrating movement. The best Multiple Flash images come from using a plain black background as it allows the colours and the lighting to illuminate more, making the photos visually more attractive than those taken on a white background.

Using a black and white effect on Multiple Flash images looks really effective as it causes the models to look quite ghostly, like in the first image. I chose this image as one of my favourites from my research because I like the way the lighting makes the model look almost see-through, or almost as if it is a big x-ray. This effect is interesting because it makes the model look texturised, which I could possibly conduct in my personal project as I could contrast a human's skin texture with something quite rough for example. I think that the image is effective because of the pattern that it makes - it causes the eye to follow the model as the image progresses from left to right, and this is an idea I'd be interested to replicate in my personal project, as I can show a contrast or change from one object or model to another. 

My other favourite image is the last photo of the playing cards. I like how this one was captured to only show the cards moving, leaving the hand still. This is effective as it helps to show the form of the object, showing that the hand is in fact a 3D object. I like the probably-unplanned contrast in this photo between the black and the red cards, as well as the white on the cards with the dark background. The intensity of the black background shrouding the hand gives off an eerie, mysterious tone to this image too as you cannot see where the hand is coming from. I believe that this would be an effective idea for me to conduct in my personal project as I took can play with emotions, contrasting them such as happy and sad. If I can get hold of some face-paint, photographing a clown with a happy face and then a sad face next too each other using multiple flash could look really effective as the blurring movement from this technique will further enhance the mood of the photo.