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- Creating Multiple Exposures
by Digital Darrell
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Nikonian in the USA
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INTRODUCTION
If you are a D2X user and would like to do some special effects,
but don't like doing a lot of post processing with your computer,
this is an article for you. By learning to use the Multiple
Exposure features of the Nikon D2X (D2H, D2Hs and
F6) you can make excellent special effects IN CAMERA ... no
post processing required!
Below, we'll consider a few special effect
types and how to use the multiple exposure controls on your
camera. It's a lot of fun, so why not try it!
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Back
in the early 1980's I bought my first Nikon. I'd read
about doing multiple exposures and wanted to take a
few myself. I purchased a Nikon FM, with a cool multiple-exposure
switch next to the rewind lever. I later sold that camera
and bought a Nikon FE instead. Look at the picture in
figure 1, of my Nikon FE, which also
has the same multi-exposure mechanism as the FM. It
was a simple system, fully manual, but worked well.
I took advantage of it and made a lot of really enjoyable
images.
I
have many fond memories and excellent photographs created
with that little multiple-exposure lever. Do you remember
using it yourself? Sure you do! |
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Figure
2 is one of my favorites. Two of me in the
same frame? Yes, that's me in the top and bottom of
this 1982 picture. I'm about to drop a flower pot on
my other self. But, notice that the shadow of the tree
has no shadow of me mixed with it. How did I do this?
This
is a simple masked double-exposure. We'll talk more
about the technique to shoot images like this later
in the article.
Obviously,
this was the beginning of my photographic journey, since
I hadn't yet learned to watch out for the background.
But, it does show a way to have some fun with your camera.
After a little practice, you can turn out some excellent
in-camera creations.
If
you don't particularly like digital post-processing,
this is a good way to do some special effect images.
No Photoshop knowledge is required, since everything
is done in-camera.
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If
you learn how to use the multiple exposure features of your
D2, you'll be able to take special effect pictures when people
least expect it.
I'm
sure you can think up some clever ways to use multiple exposure
techniques! In my early multiple exposure experiences, I would
often shoot masked pictures of unsuspecting victims… er… people,
and put them in the strangest places.
Here's
another of my favorites. My dear wife, Digital Brenda,
asked me to wash the dishes since she was going to dedicate
herself to change diapers.
A couple of weeks later I had to show my sympathy and
compassion for her, daily performing this highly unrewarded
chore. I took a double exposure of my dear wife, and
put her face in a pot in the sink. Yes, I still had
to wash the dishes, and -misunderstood- I slept on the
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Fortunately
now, 25 years later, it's one of her favorite pictures too!
I'll
leave to your imagination the many sneaky, trouble making,
and fun things YOU can do with multiple exposure capability.
If you have a D2x.… you have that built-in capability!
How
did I create the images above? I'll explain more about this
later in the article. For now, let me say that these pictures
were done by normally exposing only sections of the frame,
while other parts were masked off with a Cokin filter mask.
Then the masks were moved and another exposure taken.
The
D2 cameras have a much more advanced Multiple Exposure system,
and more automation. But, as I found out in researching for
this article, they are even more fun than the old way.
Why
not get your D2x and the user manual, and let's explore the
multiple exposure functions. Soon you'll be making images
that cause people to exclaim, “How did you do that?”
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