People often discuss double exposure and multiple exposure photography as if they were two completely different techniques. In reality, they’re part of the same family. The simplest distinction is this: a double exposure combines exactly two exposures into one finished…
How to Create Double Exposures for Halloween Photography
Halloween gives double exposure photography a natural advantage. The season is already filled with silhouettes, masks, bare branches, strange shadows, skeletons, dark windows, reflections, fog, costumes, and dramatic light. Instead of simply photographing those subjects exactly as they appear, double…
How to Take Double Exposures on Film
Double exposures on film have a quality that is hard to duplicate perfectly in digital editing. Two moments share the same physical frame. Light from one scene combines with light from another before the film is ever developed. You cannot…
