Double Exposure: Blue Sky and Something Creepy in the Ivy

Day 100 of 365..................what do I win?!!!!

"Double Exposure: Blue Sky and Something Creepy in the Ivy"

 

So, I've been researching how to create a double exposure in my camera, and I'm finally getting a handle on it. This has certainly opened my eyes to the possibilities. Sure, you can easily create images like this in Photoshop with blending options, but there is something rewarding about doing it in-camera. As for the technique.....it is magic! Well, it depends on your definition of magic. I first took a portrait of this mug in the studio. His face is positioned just at the front edge of a softbox, allowing the foreground cheek to go dark. Then I blew out the white background, thereby allowing the second exposure to not appear in this area of the image. I then took a photograph of the ivy on our fence, with a bit of sky for variety. As for post work, all I did was to remove a bit of the ivy in the white area. Voila! This technique will be revisited in the near future. Thanks for exposing yourself to my "art." #doubleexposure #portrait #sky #ivy #canon5dmarkIII #tamron70200 #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein

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