Work Diary - Multiple Exposure

Shoot Evaluation:
I personally found shooting for this really enjoyable as I can already so easily relate the types of photos to what I would like to produce for my personal project, so I made sure to thoroughly experiment with this shoot. However, there were camera difficulties which meant I had to share a camera so I didn't get to shoot as many as I would have liked to have done, but I feel like I properly understand how to conduct the technique now for the future. The images I did manage to produce do all look really effective and I experimented with shooting both indoors and outdoors to experiment with the different lightings to see how they affected the images. With three of my final images, I took around 4-6 different photos for each one, which I feel I should reduce in future as I found that the more photos you take for one individual image, the fainter the subject becomes which makes it difficult to actually see what you have shot.

With this particular image, I felt like I took too many photos which meant the progression of my model towards me wasn't fully captured the way I wanted it to. I feel like this is my worst image from the shoot also because I believe I moved slightly in between shots which has given the different layers slightly different compositions. However, it does also help to create an intriguing pattern within the image which is something I could potentially experiment with in the future.


My favourite image from the whole shoot was actually one that was taken inside. I didn't think the outcome would be as effective as I thought that the colours would become quite dull and boring, but actually, as I shot directly under a light, the repetition of it made the whole image quite bright and engaging.

This image was actually constructed with quite a few different photos, which was the only one that effectively worked like this. Because of the number of photos within the image, it gives off an edgy, rough texture-like effect across the entire image which is quite effective in distorting the viewers' attention. I also like this image because my model was wearing all dark clothes, which contrasts nicely with the brightness of the surroundings, which ideally helps to show the viewers what they are meant to be looking at.


What I now need to do to further improve and extend my knowledge of this technique is to perhaps in my own time experiment with photographing simply objects, rather than always including a model in my work to see what sort of results I will get. I think I should also work more on the positioning of my models and looking at different ways they can move to create intriguing blurred movement within the images.

How Could I Apply This To My Personal Project?:
I found from today that some of the more effective images come from just a few photos as it produces a much clearer, more vivid final product. During my research, I came across a few photographers who simply experimenting with just two images over the top of each other. I particularly liked this image of a man combined with a cat:

This particular image has inspired me for my personal project of Contrasts. I always knew that I wanted to contrast the human world with the animal world, but I was never sure how to go about doing it. What I could do is using multiple exposure, take photos of specific features of animals and combine them with human faces and vice versa to show the contrast between different species. Multiple exposure is definitely an interesting way for me to contrast different topics - whichever I choose to contrast - as it means I can just layer opposites on top of each other. For example, when I look at the Contrast between good and evil, I could use multiple exposure to take one photo of perhaps an angel, and then one of a devil, slightly side by side so that they are both visible but clearly contrasted against each other. I could also experiment by using a black and white image, then a coloured image on top in a multiple exposure photo to see how that turns out, but that could just result in an off-colour final product. i could also use this technique to show the contrast between emotions. One of my images today involved layering a flower across my models face while she was pouting. This looked like an interesting contrast because flowers are often associated with happiness, but she looked sad.