Exposure
‘Exposure’ is made up of double or multiple exposure photography, created in-camera using a Nikon D5300. Portrait photographs were taken for a school project, whereas photographs of nature were taken a year later.
Some portrait photos were edited in Photoshop, but only to crop out parts that didn’t need to be included, and to change the image from colour to black and white. No images of nature were edited in Photoshop and all multiple exposures were, again, created in-camera.
Many of these images involved playing around with perspective, such as taking the photo from a lower angle so that, when combined with the subject, it would look as if the subject is higher than they actually are.
This was the first double exposure project I have ever created in-camera, and the first one I have created using the D5300. In the future, I plan on using a mirrorless camera, so that I can be more intentional with my compositions.
Double or multiple exposure photography can be done in many ways. I started off creating these types of images in Photoshop, before I was able to get a DSLR capable of doing in-camera multiple exposure.
In Photoshop, the best base image to start off a multiple exposure can often be a silhouette of a person, backlit by the sun or natural lighting. This can be done by getting lower than the subject when taking the photo. The second image can be anything, and I personally have experimented with nature being blended with a human subject. I would then bring both of these images into Photoshop, and use the blending mode ‘Screen’ to blend the two images into one.
In-camera multiple exposure is a faster way of doing this, where most cameras have this capability, but a mirrorless camera gives an added capability of allowing you to see both the image you have already taken, and the second image you are about to take over the first, as you are composing a multiple exposure. Otherwise, you’re left guessing your composition, and hoping that the image turns out well. Photoshop can remove the guesswork if you don’t have access to a mirrorless camera.