Kali

Double Negative

Double Up

Double Martial

Double Yvan

Cerebral Dance

Continuing with the theme of double exposures, this new creation from a shoot with Josh seems to suggest a dance with himself.

Kata

This double exposure is also available for sale on my Fine Art America page. Click on the Fine Art America logo link on this page to view all images on sale there.

The Unbearable Solitude of Oneness

Double Haun

In physique photography, the model is usually instructed to make very small changes from frame to frame. This image is a double exposure created in Photoshop from two such images. I like combining two images where the model is looking in different directions because it implies an external expression and a second, hidden thought.

The Difference

This image is another experiment with digital double exposures -- double exposures created using layers in Photoshop. The model is Craig Davidson. The two images I used to create the double exposure are one frame apart on the same roll. That might seem obvious since there is very little difference in Craig's size and position between the two images, but in most cases the images I decide to use for this effect are not adjacent on the roll. Sometimes they aren't even on the same roll. To create this image I used the Photoshop blending mode "difference" which inspired the title of the image.

Composite Twins

This image was created by stitching together two separate images of Alan beside each other. I like the fact that they are mirror images without actually being mirror images. For example, if Alan were looking in the mirror at himself the reflected image would show his other hand raised, not the same hand, and the tilt of his torse would be exactly the same, not just similar.

Duality

This series of images originates from my recent photo shoot with Alan, however in each case I have created double exposures. For these images I chose two images that were very similar -- perhaps only the hand position was different along with some small movement of the camera as I shot the next frame. One image was copied over the other as a new layer in Photoshop. Then I chose "Color Burn" as the blending mode for the second layer.

I like the resulting images in each case because the blending mode created an eerie feeling, especially in the shots where Alan is looking directly into the camera.

Double Vision

The double exposure is an old photographic effect, usually created by exposing two different images on the same negative. In prior postings on this blog I have shown a different type of double exposure created by developing one photograph from two negatives sandwiched together in the enlarger.

In my progression from film to digital imagery I have been experimenting with different ways to create similar effects without the use of film. The three images in this week's blog are the result of this experiment.


In each case I have taken two digital images of the same model. I opened both in Photoshop, then copied and pasted one over the other as a second layer. Then in the layer dialog box I chose the blending mode "Difference" and an opacity level near 100%.
As I began this experiment I tried each of the different blending modes and played with different opacity levels for each, trying to duplicate the effect one gets with film. None of them duplicated the effect, but the method I used to create these images creates an interesting alternative to the film approach.
In particular I like the way this effect works on models with great muscle definition, like the two images of Dwain. It creates a hard edge that accentuates the muscle definition.
In the final image of the three, the overlap of the two images creates a kind of halo effect around the interior image.
Expect to see a new gallery on my website in the near future filled with other images like these as I continue experimenting.

Twins

The images this week are composites created with Photoshop. Regular readers of my blog will recognize them as part of the ongoing series of photos shot in the French Doors at the back of my house. These particular shots are from a photo session yesterday with a model named Damon.
I turned Damon into twins by opening two of the photos in Photoshop, dragging one photo on top of the other to create a layer over the first, then masking part of the top layer to expose the image of Damon on the bottom layer. In order to make it easy to match the two photos, the entire doorway photo session was shot with a tripod to keep the camera in exactly the same position relative to the doorway. All the

camera settings (aperature, shutter speed,

white balance and focus) were kept the same from shot to shot. Damon was clued in to the plan so that he stayed on one side of the doorway or the other and occasionally gave me shots where he appeared to look to the side at his other self.

Double Sean

This is a continuation of the "Double Negative" series I began a few weeks ago. The prints in this series are all made by sandwiching two negatives together in the enlarger to make one print.

Usually a double exposure is created by exposing the same frame of film twice. Creating a faux double exposure with two negatives gives the photographer a little more control because any two photographs can be chosen and they can be aligned however one wishes.

Double Negative

The print at the left is a double exposure created in the darkroom by sandwiching two negatives together and creating a single print.

Although the images are similar, they are actually from different rolls of film, even if they are from the same shoot.

I was struck by the amplification of feeling in the final product and almost unexpected psychological meaning. In this photograph the model seems to be stepping outside his own body and looking back at himself.

This is the first in a new series I plan to add to the galleries on my web site in the near future.