After my initial experimentation's with double exposures on film I have also decided to touch upon various other methods I can use to create a similar effect. One of those areas is layering, a technique which many photographers have use throughout the development of film and digital photography these include Nancy Burson, Gerhard Lang and contemporary, Idris Khan.
Below are my images which explore this technique; by using both image and textures I have then created a 'new' image. all of these have been taken using my digital camera, a Canon 50D. I chose to use this method as I wanted it to be a true comparison of film and digital photography.
Test 1
For this test I used just one image (image 1) and overlaid it using photoshop, in total there where 3 layers the first was at full opacity and the other two varied from as little as 10% - 70%. I only wanted the effects to be minimal as I was looking at creating a similar outcome to that of a slow shutter speed.
Image 2 is the final image and I'm fairly pleased with the outcome as I feel its slightly more interesting visually than the initial image I started with.
Image 1
Image 2
Test 2
For this test i wanted to experiment with the digital landscape images I had taken on a recent trip to Crosby with the 5x4 camera, I thought I wold be interesting to use textures and experiment with how the feel of an image can be change when doing this.
Image 1 is the texture which I used, and image 2 is the initial landscape before the texture was applied, other various editing to contrast and saturation also took place to create the final image. The method I used was to initially import my landscape and texture into photoshop I then overlaid the texture and experimented with opacity and layer mode, for example soft light and dissolve.
Again I am pleased with the final image and the aged appearance the chosen texture has given the initial image.
Image 1 (texture)
Image 2 (Crosby)
Final Image
Test 3
After experimenting with textures on the landscape I thought it would be an interesting comparison to use this technique on a portrait. The same method as mention in test 2 was again used to created the final image, although the initial portrait was taken using the in camera black and white preset.
The final outcome I feel possesses a real sense of mood and atmosphere, theres a vulnerability within the image which has really become really quite prominent from using this use of editing in an image.
Image 1
Image 2
Final Image
Contact Sheet
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