Saturday, May 06, 2006

On Saturdays...Anything Goes


44 Comments:

Blogger micki said...

Yesterday, the subject of multi-exposures came up. I’ve experimented with those a few times - all of them with people, and most of them self-portraits. So, since Saturdays here are designated Free For All Day, because I do nothing on Saturdays anyway, today I’m posting a couple of my multi-exposure shots. The top photo came from my first batch of shots. A couple months later, I tried again. The first time I was shooting blind, and had never done this before. Worked out well, but I wanted to see if I could get myself a little less transparent. With the second shot, I gave each exposure a little longer time and moved all the clutter from the front porch. Now that I’ve discovered the joys of Tri-X, I will be attempting another set of multi-exposures to see if I can get myself a little less transparent without overexposing the rest of the scene.

I was probably quite a sight to see shooting these. Both times I had to sneak out of the door with all my equipment, props, and house keys so that my sons wouldn’t notice my absence. They are my shadows and make such a fuss when I go outside. (For those who are new here, they have three older sisters to watch over them when I was doing my experimenting.) Each time, I forgot my shoes. I also hadn’t purchased the remote for my camera at these times; so I would hit self timer, then make a mad dash across the rocks in my bare feet to get in position and pose before the 10 seconds was up and the shutter tripped.

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil Konica Minolta 70 Kodak T-Max ISO 100 3 exposures, each 1/90 f-11 Manual Settings *didn’t note the lens, but I think it was the Sigma 70-300 zoom or the Minolta 28-85mm zoom

Shooting, Listening to my Tunes, and Reading About Photography Konica Minolta 70 Kodak T-Max ISO 100 3 exposures, each 1/45 f-8 Manual Settings Minolta 50mm lens

8:36 AM  
Blogger Laurie said...

These are so much fun! I love them!

I noticed something, we have the same hair style...lol! Your's is a bit longer than mine right now. 1 1/2 years ago I donated 14 inches, I am getting ready to do it again, but I still have a few more inches to go. (I wear bangs too, (I hate my forehead). I am a red-head. Maybe some day I'll post a pic of myself, but I hate the way I look in photos.

9:18 AM  
Blogger Patty said...

:) Cool shots! :)

10:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great montage. I like the result very much.

10:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice effect, Micki. You just gave me some ideas... :-)

11:35 AM  
Blogger Azhar said...

I pretty much like these shots - pretty creative - great looking - 70s ghostly type scene - pretty cool.GREAT shots!

11:50 AM  
Blogger Sandy said...

You just gave me some idea too. I love both of these pictures. You have a great imagination:). What tunes?

12:00 PM  
Blogger PlasticTV said...

Cute, but a little freaky at the same time. :)

12:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Looks like fun! I'll have to try that some time.

12:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These are exceptionally good results and the ghostliness is something else ! What an intriguing effect.

1:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

multiple exposure--multiple fun

2:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW...I see ghots...I LOVE the stories that always come with the stories. Beautiful photos...kudos for doing this with film.

Impressive work Micki...veeeeeeerrrrryyyyyyy impressive.

Oh I'm feeling way better thk u ;)

Philo-Graphious

2:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There was a time when children were seen, but not heard. Now, apparently, they are barely seen and not heard. LOL

These are terrific photos with clever compositions.

I have an old minolta SRT200 camera that still shoots well. Maybe I should pull it out and use it...

...Naw (he says with a nod to your fine images), I'll stick with the Canon 20D.

2:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

very strange and very cool!

3:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am really amazed at your creativity. Especially love the first one, because of the gestures :-).

4:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Excellent!
My fav of the day, well done ;)

6:11 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very cool. Well done. :)

7:29 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very entertaining shots (and descriptions)! Ghostly. I have to try this sometime.

9:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oooh, fantastic! Especially the second one says to me, "Busy mom". Bet you wish there were three of you sometimes.

9:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'll repeat another poster's question: What tunes?

Inquiring minds want to know.

9:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

quite impressive Micki! love the effect..cheers ;)

10:59 PM  
Blogger Carrie Nichols said...

What cool pictures!

11:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very good multiple exposures. Ghostly!

12:12 AM  
Blogger Furlans de diaspore said...

very cool and ghostly :)

12:12 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a fun series! Well done.

1:55 AM  
Blogger somebody said...

wow! I`ve got so much to learn!!! Your shots is excellent

2:13 AM  
Blogger Wolf said...

Micki, looks like you had a lot of fun doing these! What a great idea, very well done! :)

2:25 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmm, ghosts!

2:34 AM  
Blogger Donncha said...

I love "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" and your second attempt is just as good but the first one is so spooky. The larger version of it is quite striking and I love your poses, especially your eyes as they look away for "hear no evil".
Wow!

4:59 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Interesting shots! Well done :)

6:44 AM  
Blogger jane said...

Excellent effects here.

6:51 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nice shots - like the ghost effect! nice technique must try by myself i think :)

7:32 AM  
Blogger Nicola said...

Wow, that's really amazing that you did this with your camera without any retouching! Really cool self-portraits!!

8:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

People so rarely attempt multiple exposures anymore (I'm guilty) because of the ease of photoshop. But there is something that seems more authentic when you do it in camera on film. These shot are well executed. The first one is just spooky.

11:11 AM  
Blogger Cool Daddio said...

It's been a long while. I definitely need to try some again. Very Very well done on your end.

12:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh you make me miss the film days. I love the multi-exposures on this one.

11:38 AM  
Blogger Jill said...

LOVE THIS!!!!!

7:44 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice shots! Unfortunately in digital, there's no way of capturing a multi-exposure with different backgrounds or split-timings on the same digital frame without going digital editing/post-processing multiple frames...

1:21 AM  
Blogger manju said...

Great shots!

2:20 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a cool series of shots. This would be greatif it had beendone in photoshop, but the fact that you are doing it with FILM makes it spectacular!

2:33 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thats so good micki!

2:56 PM  
Blogger frame of mind said...

Once again, you skillfully demonstrate one of the advantages of film vs. digital - excellent work, and I rather enjoy the transparent qualities inherent in this type of exposure.

6:55 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very creative! Great multi-exposure!

Abe

6:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

great work, i love toying with this idea myself

2:45 AM  

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