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Double exposure on film
Chronos
One of the many marvellous photography techniques provided by analog photography is the double (or tripleā¦) exposure film, directly on camera.
I was always fascinated by the possibility of handling the negative from the moment of shooting, and this factor was the key one for me when it came the time to chose a camera; I need a fully mechanical camera that allows me to control shutter speed, aperture, and lock the film for double exposure. Doesnāt seem like i am asking to much, am I?
Nowadays is relatively easy to produce double exposure. Although i like digital photography, i always preferred to create my double exposures with my trusty old camera, get out in the streets and enjoy shooting, avoiding tedious hours of post production in front of a computer screen, often ending up with a result that is closer to graphic design than photography.
The magic of double exposure is limitless. I love how itās possible to mix and mash spaces that are completely different from each other, make them clash inside a new world that takes life inside a negative. I call it pre-darkroom; a manipulation of reality that we cannot affect in any way. Only at the time of processing the film we will how the planes stack with each other. Most times it is actually almost impossible to discern how the images complement each other; it might be simple luck, or it might very well be that these 2 worlds really take a life of their own on the silver of the film, and they become something else. In the end, what we try to do is to clumsily control the light.
Nikon Fm2 & Kodak T-Max 400
The university building on a Sunday afternoon. Why am I here anyway?
So some time ago I got an Olympus XA as a gift from one of my father's co-workers who knew I was into photography and who also did not have any use for this camera.
I was skeptical of the Olympus XA and let it rest for a while because I was too busy shooting with the Canon AE-1 Program.
It was only recently that I decided to give it a try anyway and began to shoot with the Olympus occasionally, mainly because it is such a small and light-weight camera that fits into the pocket of my hoodie.
Little did I know what a gem I had laying on my shelf - I like how the colours came out. I need to practice with this one though; being a rangefinder and not an SLR, I need to pay attention to the focus and get better at estimating distances (most pictures were blurry/off-focus).
I guess I will get the hang of it pretty quickly and it is well possible that you are going to find more pictures taken with the XA here in the future.
It's only words
And words are all I have .....
Olympus OM2n film camera
50mm wide open
manual focus
Fujifilm
A wet dull morning in the lake district.
I always like to look out for the signs that invariably are covered in stickers from visitors
Minolta XG-1n, 50mm
Kodak Gold 200.
Developed and scanned by FilmDev.