Analog photography: Multiple Exposure Study
Shot with Fujicolor Superia 400, using sunny 16 rule exposure on both frames.
Since I've got Ricoh 500 GX on my hand, which has multiple exposure feature, I conducted a self-study for analog multiple exposure. Usually in digital we can manipulate this by overlay blending and masking in Photoshop, but doing it directly in analog camera feels more natural and blended than with Photoshop.
Shot with Fujicolor Superia 400, with the first frame 1 stop underexposed.
The basics of multiple exposure is anything white will destroys information, anything black will maintain its information. So our brightest frame will determine the shape of the photo. In the picture above, I metered over midtone a little bit underexposed so I captured only the bright sky, grasses, and silhouette of a building which I will overwrite it with another frame, creating a nice framing out of the silhouette.
I think doing multiple exposures in street is a great advantage since we can take multiple photos instead of cramping everything on a single frame. With multiple exposure the photo will tell a lot more stories than a single frame. Just need the right framing and exposure, it will create a whole lot different story.
Enjoy!
