Although its name is scary, “Double Exhibition”, I do not know of any photographic technique that has inspired both photographers like this. As an amateur photographer, it would be a shame if you let this problem go by, however difficult it may be. It may seem, waste the huge flow of creative photographs you could get through this technique.
As always, I promise to try to make this article easy to understand. I will also try to convince you to make your first “double exposure” immediately after reading this article. Please, this is not another article I read myself and now. I leave it for when I touch it. ‘ You’re reading this today and playing today.
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In photographic jargon and in this context, the word “exposure” means “photography”, no more, no less. I know that with these words I will provoke more than one purist who will want to go into the more technical details of what an “Exhibition” is, but guys, we’ll soon talk about simplifying the concept so that we all understand each other. The exhibition here is “Photography”. Double exposure is double photography.
Whatever it is. With double exposure, creative possibilities multiply. Everything you could photograph before, now you can do it by combining it with any other subject, object or pattern: ghostly bodily effects, reflections, intertwined silhouettes, the possibilities are endless. The double exhibition not only allows you to obtain compositions that are impossible to achieve with a single photo, but even with it you don’t get photos that you couldn’t even have imagined, while you’re producing a double exhibition. , you are often the first to be surprised by the message, story or feeling captured by the combination of the two photos.
If a photo is worth a thousand words, imagine two. In my opinion, double exposure is something very close to nonverbal poetry, it is something very visual that can produce in the viewer feelings or emotions that are not always easy to describe with words.
Originally, with analog cameras, double exposure was obtained by taking two photos in a row, one after the other, without passing the film or reel, the same film or negative space was used to take two different photos, one on the other. .
With today’s DSLR cameras, there are mainly 2 ways to get double exposure:
Your camera does not include this photo “merge” feature. You also don’t have Photoshop or say you don’t master it to the point that you can merge two photos into one. What do we do? If you have an iPhone, iPad or Android phone or tablet, can you ?, there are a myriad of apps, many paid but some free, that you can download on your mobile and from there create your works with double exposure. I’m not going to recommend any particular one because I haven’t used any, but if you sign in to the AppStore or Google Play Store and search for “Double Exposure” or “Double Exposure” you’ll be surprised at how many apps there are.
Now the interesting part. Don’t forget, the artist here is you. The camera or retouching programs are a simple “tool”, but the creator of the photo is you.
Here are some tips that will shorten your learning journey and allow you to start producing great photos right from the start. Suggestions and tips that most of the photographers you know already apply and that I would like you to know from now on:
Finally, I need you to feel a little inspired, to feel and perceive the beauty of the Double Exposure, your mouth will have water:
These are photos that other mortals have taken and that you too, with a little practice, can take and even overcome.
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