Hypnotic Photos Show the Flight Paths of Birds and Bats
Stifled by lockdown, photographer Doris Mitsch began to look up for inspiration and started photo-stacking bird flight paths with the editing sometimes taking her days to finish.
Dreaming With Eyes Open: An Ode to Multiple Exposures
As a busy Dad of two young boys, life gets hectic quite often. I still do plenty of photography, but gone are the long days spent in a blind waiting for a bird to appear. Nevertheless, I've found other ways to fulfill my creative desires.
Multiple Exposures of Neon Lights and Nature Sights
Finnish photographer Christoffer Relander shot a mesmerizing and surreal series of photos in which he used multiple-exposure photography to blend views of Hong Kong cityscapes and Scandinavian nature. With a focus on neon signs, the project is titled, "Neonland: Urban Overload."
Graduated ND Filters vs Multiple Exposures: Which is Best and When?
Using a graduated neutral density (GND) filter is fairly easy and doesn’t require any advanced techniques in post-production, but the easiest option isn’t always the best choice; due to the filter’s transition being horizontal, anything above the distinction will be darkened and anything below will be left alone.
How to Blend Exposures in Photoshop to Create a Dramatic Seascape
Long exposures are a great way to capture the movement of roiling ocean waves, but you can take that effect to the next level by combining multiple exposures, as shown in this 15-minute tutorial from photographer Greg Benz.
Images Made by Cutting and Weaving Two Prints Together
In some sense, you could call photographer Jason Chen's latest work multiple exposures. Except that, instead of capturing two images on a single frame of film, he's literally weaving together two prints in a fascinating exploration of "time, movement, process, and mutation."
How to Jump Start Your Motivation
No matter how much energy you have going into a project, it's likely that at some point you'll run out of steam. When you're hours in to editing your photos and are beginning to have an existential crisis about the real meaning of the words "tone curve," you'll suddenly stop and wonder why you're doing this in the first place.
Then the next day, when it's time to return to editing, you'll stare blankly at your computer screen or come up with any number of excuses or tasks that will prevent you from getting started.
Silvia Grav’s Strange and Surreal Black & White Photo Manipulations
Madrid-based photographer Silvia Grav's work is best described as "surreal." Paired with poetic captions that Google Translate simply doesn't do justice to, each black-and-white photo manipulation holds a deep artistic meaning.