UNIT 30 Task 1a

10 Different experimental approaches

Double exposure

This is where you take two exposures to create a singular image, and a multiple exposure is where you take two or more exposures to create a single image. Multiple exposures in film are a technique is when the camera shutter is opened more than once to expose the film more than once/multiple times.

 The technique is sometimes used in cinema photography to give a visual effect of ghostly images or to add people and objects into the scene that where not originally there. When doing double/multiple exposures digitally you can make them superimposed by using photoshop this enables the images to be overlaid over each other. When using photoshop you can set the layers to multiply mode, which adds the colours together rather than making the colours of either image pale and or translucent.

Overlaying textures

When overlaying a texture digitally you just normally add a new layer with the overlay and edit the opacity of it. Analogue is very different when developing your image you want to get a piece of fabric/material and place it on top of your paper this will create an effect on your image.  

Solarisation

Solarisation is where the image recorded on a negative or a print which is reversed in tone. So this makes dark areas appear light and lighter areas appear dark. Although this technique is quite an easy concept it is hard to get consistent results because you have to be careful with the amount of light used thus making it hard to get the same result.

 Painting with the developer

Painting with a developer or also known as a chemigram is where an image is made by painting on a light-sensitive paper such as photographic paper which is used in the darkroom process. The effect this approach gives is a watercolour painting. The possibilities can be multiplied by using materials from painting with varnish, wax, oil etc.

Burning negatives

Burning negatives is simply where you burn your negatives with a candle. By using a candle flame this will manipulate and distort your negatives. The processes results end up melted, stretched, and twisted images that have colour shifts. After burning the negatives you will want to scan them in to see the final product.

Sandwiching negatives

Sandwich printing also known as sandwiching negatives, is a technique which includes you combining two negatives or slides into the film carrier. This technique is normally used to create a juxtaposition of image elements which would not occur naturally.

Photogram

A photogram is where an image is made without a camera, by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material for example photographic paper and then exposing it to light. The normal result is a shadow image that shows variations in tone.

Distressing negatives

There are many ways to distort a negative such as scratching, burning and distressing. You can delay clearing or never clear the negative. The chemicals left on the negative will eat the emulsion a bit and bond to it. If you leave It in the sun and let the sun heat it up this aging process will hasten. There are other ways to distress it such as stepping on them, crumple it and taking a piece of sandpaper to them.

Photomontage

Photomontage is the process of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs in to one image. The term is formerly known as photo shopping because now a day’s people use photoshop because it is much easier and cleaner looking.

Printing through bags

Printing through bags is similar to overlay where you place the bag on top of the image to give it that effect.