PLAN
As a result of wanting to take portrait images, but not having actually practised the technique, I decided to go outside and practise in my local area. I could still photograph people in my pictures, but the backs of them (strangers), and I got a lot of inspiration from Martin Dietrich. I want to go to a location and wait for the perfect moment to take the photos.
LOCATION
I thought interesting locations that are related to me and close by. For this experimental/practise shoot, I’m starting at Ramsgate Port and making my way down to the Harbour.
EQUIPMENT
I am going to be taking my 70D Canon camera with a standard lens, I wanted to take the 24mm lens, as it closest to what we see, to make the audience feel they are looking through my eyes. So for another shoot, I will hire that lens out from the kit room.
Another part is the setting up of the double exposure, I have research and look at what different settings there are, and I like additive the most. It gives a double exposure look of film but also matches the best to what I see. Some of the others were too strong and not enough opaqueness.
CONTACT SHEET
SCREENSHOTS OF EDITING
I opened up one of my images in Adobe Raw Editing 
I knew these images would look better in black & white; however, it was getting the right tonal contrast. I first tried the traditional black & white option at the top. 
Then I tried different presets out that were available. I found that B&W Flat was that best one. It had gentle tones and brought out the double exposure the best. 
Next in Photoshop, I open curves and created a ‘s’ shape to add a little more contrast to the image. 
BEFORE 
AFTER
RESULTS
I didn’t know what to expect, but overall, I feel that I have produced some interesting images. At first, it was hard to create what I see with particular objects, but the location of choice was perfect, and also was the weather conditions. It was a cloudy dry day, and this white cloud background is the ideal conditions for double exposure. It almost acts like a white studio background.
I would say the only negative was that after doing each double exposure, I had to wait about 5-10 seconds for the camera to process (busy) it. Which was fine, but I couldn’t capture the people walking past fast enough, to create what I see.
Overall, I think the key to how I see things, is by finding shapes and moving the camera subtly, just enough to create a double effect. Another thing was having a lighter clearer background work well.
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