Photography: Alternative Process II

In Photography we are continuing our work on Alternative Processes this week with creating double exposures and tiltshift images (look at the awesome example above by Keith Loutit).  Below are a few techniques and the final 2 images are due on Monday:

 Double Exposures: There are a variety of ways to create double exposures the most controlled being to take two images and merge the as layers on Photoshop.  You can also use cameras which allow for two exposures such as the Holga and Diana or apps on your smartphone.  My favorite app is Hipstamatic but not that they are charging here's a link to a few free apps which allow you to create double exposures.

Tiltshift: We are not actually doing tradional tiltshift which use a special lens (which tilts and shifts) but rather mimicing the effect.  The three basic methods are hand blurring the images in Photoshop, using a website such as www.tilitshiftmaker.com, of creating them on the smart phone with apps such as Instagram (using the little teardrop icon) and here's a link to a few other free apps which allow you to create tiltshift images.

Photography: Double Exposures

 In photography we are working on some experimental, creative techniques this week and we will begin by creating double and triple exposures.  You can intentionally expose images more than once in the camera or afterwards using Photoshop.  When you're making multiple exposures you should also think about which images you are combining and you can make the final piece thematic, random and comedic, or create a photo illustration which makes a more specific point.  Here are three great examples from Jenna (above)< Kim (below), and Melanie (bottom), terrific work!