For this project i wished to step
away from digital photography and experiment with double exposures, i chose to
use an INSTAX 90 to take the photos, the images came out of the camera in a
small sized image and were both exposures took place within the camera. I chose
to do this after looking into Victorian Ghost portraits and looking at amateur
photographers create double exposures on Photoshop.
While exploring the double exposures i started off by doing a single face and moving it into a different position, this however was unsuccessful as it created a blend making it look like one person, after trying this a couple of times i moved onto another focusing more on the ghost effect, i placed the camera onto a tripod and took one photo with one person standing in one place and them standing in another without moving the camera, this enabled the background to stand out more as it had been exposed twice, however the images of my subject were the opposite they were very faded and i had got the effect that i had wanted, however i did not want to stop experimenting with the double exposures, next step i wanted to combine the human form with harsh structures for example i had various images of a human with a building or a bookcase, a structure that was not necessarily a similar shape or had a contrasting colour, this combination seemed very odd at times however a few examples worked very well. After this i went back to the first attempt but tried it with two people, and got them to swap places and pull the same face in either photo, this created a very hybrid face morph type image.
When trying to narrow down my images i found that using most of them separately rather than using them to create a set of images provided me with a much stronger set of images than they would if i tried to force a set upon them.
While exploring the double exposures i started off by doing a single face and moving it into a different position, this however was unsuccessful as it created a blend making it look like one person, after trying this a couple of times i moved onto another focusing more on the ghost effect, i placed the camera onto a tripod and took one photo with one person standing in one place and them standing in another without moving the camera, this enabled the background to stand out more as it had been exposed twice, however the images of my subject were the opposite they were very faded and i had got the effect that i had wanted, however i did not want to stop experimenting with the double exposures, next step i wanted to combine the human form with harsh structures for example i had various images of a human with a building or a bookcase, a structure that was not necessarily a similar shape or had a contrasting colour, this combination seemed very odd at times however a few examples worked very well. After this i went back to the first attempt but tried it with two people, and got them to swap places and pull the same face in either photo, this created a very hybrid face morph type image.
When trying to narrow down my images i found that using most of them separately rather than using them to create a set of images provided me with a much stronger set of images than they would if i tried to force a set upon them.
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