Double exposure experiments

I used a portrait and landscape picture in different layers and used the layer blending mode, 'screen', to get this effect. I also made both pictures black and white. 

New York skyline, taken from the top of the Rockafella building.

Brighton beach, taken from the pier.

I like this effect and would consider using it for my final piece but need to experiment more by taking more photographs to layer up and trying different techniques.

Animal Portraits

Aperture: F5.3 Speed: 1/15  Lens: 40 mm ISO: 2800

Aperture: F5.3 Speed: 1/15 Lens: 40 mm ISO: 1800

Aperture: F5 Speed: 1/15 Lens: 36 mm ISO: 2200

Aperture: F5.3 Speed: 1/8 Lens: 40 mm ISO: 3200

Portrait Moodboard

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Review of ideas and experiments

I plan on taking this project forward by taking more portrait and landscape pictures, trying out double exposure effects and light painting effects.

So far I have enjoyed light painting and digital portraits the most and would consider using this idea for my final outcome.

3. Which photographers are you going to research in relation to your own pathway ideas?

Photoshop edits

All these pictures has been made using the layer blending modes in Photoshop to blend one photograph with another.

Light painting photograph edited using the hue/saturation tool to change the colour of the light to green. I also made the portrait picture to black and white.

City light landscape layered on top of a portrait, I erased where the picture overlapped with the background of the portrait to get this effect.

I used the image above but changed the hue/saturation of the City lights landscape to make the lights purple and I also made the portrait black and white.

iPad light painting effect.

Neon lights photographs layered over the portrait.

iPad light painting effect.

Bokeh effect made in Photoshop layered up on one of my portrait photographs.

Rainbow wallpaper effect made in Photoshop layered up on one of my portrait photographs.

Portraits

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D3100. 

Aperture: F4.5 Speed: 1/60 Lens: 30mm ISO: 1600

Aperture: F5.6 Speed: 1/13 Lens: 48mm ISO: 3200

Aperture: F5.3 Speed: 1/15 Lens: 40mm ISO: 3200

Aperture: F5.3 Speed 1/15 Lens: 40mm ISO: 1800

Aperture: F5.6 Speed: 1/15 Lens: 55mm ISO: 2000

Aperture: F4.5 Speed: 1/60 Lens: 30mm ISO: 1800

Neon lights

These photographs were taken on a Nikon D3100 in Times square, New York

Aperture: F4 Speed: 1/60 Lens: 24 mm ISO: 400

Aperture: F5.6 Speed: 1/20 Lens: 55 mm ISO: 400

Aperture: F5 Speed: 1/15 Lens: 36 mm ISO: 400

Aperture: F5.6 Speed: 1/50 Lens: 52 mm ISO: 400

Aperture: F5.6 Speed: 1/50 Lens: 55 mm ISO: 400

Aperture: F5.6 Speed: 1/100 Lens: 55 mm ISO: 400

Photoshop Light Painting

1. Open a picture in Photoshop

2. Create a new layer and use the free-form pen tool to create the lines

3. Select the brush tool, change the size and in the brush pre-set menu change the pressure to pen pressure and make sure the colour is white. 

4. Click on the path pallet, stroke path and select the brush tool.

5. Open the blending mode options and change the inner and outer glow of the line by editing the colour, size       and noise.

6. Create another new layer and add in some more lines with the free-form pen tool over the original ones.

7. Click on the path pallet and use the same brush tool as before.

8. Lower the opacity of the line and add some Gaussian blur to give a blurred effect.

9. Add a new layer, click on the brush tool and edit the brush pre-sets.

10. Increase the spacing, scattering and size jitter to get a random sparkle effect. 

11. Click over the lines created previously.

12. Open the layer blending options and play around with the inner and outer glow settings.

City Lights

These photographs were taken on a Nikon D3100, from the top of The Empire State building, New York.

Aperture: F3.5 Speed: 1/8 Lens: 18 mm ISO: 3200

Aperture:F5.3 Speed: 1/10 Lens: 18mmISO: 3200

Aperture: F3.8 Speed: 1/15 Lens: 20 mm ISO: 3200 

Aperture: F3.5 Speed: 1/6 Lens: 18 mm ISO: 3200

Aperture: F3.5 Speed: 1/13 Lens: 18 mm ISO: 3200

Aperture: F3.5 Speed: 1/5 Lens: 18 mm ISO: 3200

Aperture: F5.6 Speed: 1/2 Lens: 55 mm ISO: 3200 

IPAD Light Painting

These photographs were taken using a Cannon EOS 400D. 

Aperture: F10 Speed: 10 Lens: 31mm ISO: 100

To improve these pictures I could layer them up with others and use the blending modes to get different effects, I could adjust the hue/saturation to change the colour of the light or adjust the brightness/contrast.

Patrick Rochon Analysis

This is a snapshot of a video by Patrick Rochon, a light painting photographer with over 19 years experience. He has done work for magazines, cd cases, DVD's, posters and other promotional materials. This piece was made in 1998 for a Toyota Altezza advertisement. The theme of the piece is cars, this relates as the light painting around the car gives the impression the car is moving fast. The subject of the piece is made to look more abstract because of the bright colours used. I chose to analyse this piece as I would like to experiment using a similar light painting technique.

The image is take from a strange angle, being low down looking up at the car and it is slightly tilted as well. The arrangement of the picture is very effective as it makes the car stand out from the colourful background that was made with the lights. 

I like this photograph as the colours are so sharp and I love the effect that the light painting gives to the piece.

Here are some more examples of his work:

Light Painting

These Photographs were taken with a Nikon D3100 using the setting F5.3 for 10 seconds. The 10 seconds allowed someone to draw with a light pen and its pathway captured in the picture.

Some of the photographs could be improved by cropping out some of the red lights seen in the background or the colours could be changed in photoshop using the Hue/Saturation tool. These images could also be used for double exposure effects by layering them up and changing the blending modes.