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In photography, a multiple exposure is when two or more individual exposures are made to create a single photograph.
This is an example of what i did with an Holga camera, which let you shot multiple expoure on the same piece of film!
To do the job, the shutter release of the camera should be independent from the winding mechanism of the film (if we are talking about film cameras) but we can have multiple shots using our imagination and create some cool and dreamlike works.
Basically there are four way of doing that, or at least those are the one i thought on:
1) Buy an expensive Pro DSLR and probably it will let you shot some few times on the same picture.
2) Buy a cheap Holga from eBay
3) Use a software photo editor such as Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, by altering the opacity of the two images and line them up over each other, or set the layers to multiply mode, which 'adds' the colors together rather than making the colors of either image pale and translucent
4) DSLR with an external flash unit
DSLR with an external flash unit
As the title says, we need a dslr unit with a lens (obviously) and an external flash unit for it.
Actually the trick to have multiple exposure is to:
- have a long shutter speed (you need to try it for your best fit, as every environment will require a different long shutter speed)
- use an external flash unit which let you shot the flash by pushing a button
How to:
Target the subject of your picture, shot it with the flash on (as a normal shot with flash), and then move quickly (it depends on how long is the shutter speed you are using) on another subject and just press the button of your flash unit to flash for a second time.
We will get a double exposure picture, because the automatic flash on the first shot, freezed the first subject, then the manual flash will freeze a second subject.
Actually you can have multiple exposure even with a single flashing light if the subject is in good light condition.
That's what i did
First of all, what is an Holga camera!
Well,if you are reading how to create an Holga effect, you probably know it. But i will do some wiki and explain.
Well,if you are reading how to create an Holga effect, you probably know it. But i will do some wiki and explain.
The Holga is an inexpensive, medium format 120 film toy camera, made in China, appreciated for its low-fidelity aesthetic.
The Holga's cheap construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions. The camera's quality problems have become a virtue among some photographers, with Holga photos winning awards and competitions in art and news photography.
from Wikipedia
So the main features are:
- Vignette
- Vintage/Acid color
- Good Contrast in the center of the picture
- Blur on the edge of the picture
some picture taken with the holga can be viewed here on Flickr
You can buy a cheap Holga on Ebay
Here we go with our Photoshop Tutorial
1) First of all, let's open an image we like. That's mine, a shot taken in Asakusa
So the main features are:
- Vignette
- Vintage/Acid color
- Good Contrast in the center of the picture
- Blur on the edge of the picture
some picture taken with the holga can be viewed here on Flickr
You can buy a cheap Holga on Ebay
Here we go with our Photoshop Tutorial
1) First of all, let's open an image we like. That's mine, a shot taken in Asakusa
2) We are now going to create a vignette. Go to Filter -> Distort -> Lens Correction and create the vignette by giving -100 in Amount under Vignette and choose Midpoint by the one that fit best your tastes.
I did Amount=-100 and Midpoint=+80 and here is the result:
I did Amount=-100 and Midpoint=+80 and here is the result:
3) Now we are going to recreate some Acid/Vintage color by going on Layers and adding a new Curves Layer by pressing this button:
4) To let the colors look like Acidified and Vintage we have to draw an S in the curve layers it just appeared like that:
Press CTRL+SHIFT+E to merge layers.
5) OPTIONAL This step will saturate colors a bit but it could omitted. If you want to do so you can go Image-> Adjustments -> Tone/Saturation and add saturation. I did Saturation=+20
6) Let's add some contrast by giving an unsharp mask to the luminosity channel of the picture.
First we have to go to Image-> Mode -> Lab Color and then in the Layer|Channel|Trace we click on Channel as that:
First we have to go to Image-> Mode -> Lab Color and then in the Layer|Channel|Trace we click on Channel as that:
Click on Luminosity and the picture will be displayed in Greyscale
7) Then add the unsharp mask to the Luminosity channel by clicking on Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask and add values as 20|20|0 (you just have to move the first two option as you prefer). I did 20|20|0 and that's it:
8) Let's go back to RGB color by clicking on Image-> Mode -> RGB and we are almost done:
9) OPTIONAL, we can add a 10% to 20% transparent Black layer over the picture to obtain a more flat image:
10) That's the final result i had in a few minutes!
We can even add some Blur on the edge by using the same way explained in my Tilt-Shift Tutorial
Hope you enjoied it, and if so, SHARE it!!
8) Let's go back to RGB color by clicking on Image-> Mode -> RGB and we are almost done:
9) OPTIONAL, we can add a 10% to 20% transparent Black layer over the picture to obtain a more flat image:
10) That's the final result i had in a few minutes!
We can even add some Blur on the edge by using the same way explained in my Tilt-Shift Tutorial
Hope you enjoied it, and if so, SHARE it!!
