Trying out a little man made double exposure by overlapping films and developing them. I couldn't seem to get the times right so one is exposed and the other is under exposed. It was because the second and third i did i had them both overlapping so less light could get through. I ended up setting the time for 2 minutes exposure. The first one I exposed one film then replaced it with a different negative. The times were completely the opposite sides whilst one was exposed for a longer time whilst the first one was for about 3 seconds each negative.

These two photos were experiments with the film. The first piece out of these two I put some clear nail varnish over the top of some of the film and burnt it with a lighter to create that lightened area and a dark hole. This also crinkled up the film so it did not fill the paper. The second was the same negative but with another negative over the top. I quite liked experimenting with film.

This effect was created by exposing the photo as normal but "painting" the developer on. I quite liked this idea for film photos. Another thought linked in with Rauschenberg.

Infact, I found this piece of work that was very similar to mine!

I did a small lot of photos with Claudine a few weeks back (i have been rather lazy in going into Brighton and getting them developed), they were up the downs on a sunny-ish day with a lot of wind. These are not anything too special but it gave me a good idea to manipulate them. I thought of the idea of using chemicals to react with the paper but since getting hold of chemicals was a lot harder than i thought i used everyday objects. Here are some of the outcomes all unedited:

1 hour in hot water with a slice of lemon. Scratched into it with a chopstick end and wiped with a kitchen paper towel.

Left for an hour in hot water and 2 tablespoons of table salt. Wiped with a kitchen towel paper.

1 hour in Tesco's Lemon and Lime sparkling water, wiped away with a kitchen paper towel. Also scratched a little bit with the end of a chopstick.

30 minutes, PG tips tea bag straight from hot water.

1 hour with squeezed lemon juice over it, wiped away with kitchen paper towel and a little bit scratched with a chopstick.

1 hour soaked in Tesco's Cola and wiped away with a kitchen paper towel.

I'm very surprised with the results, during the 1 hour sessions the photos didn't do anything so I am thinking whether it's just the colouring being wiped away with the kitchen towel when it's wet? But it doesn't seem that way with the salt water.. I did choose a lot of acidic liquids as I was told that they react more.

I will edit this and post a couple photos I like from our shoot.

 

 Tried a bit of double exposure (didn't really work that well)

These are some of the work in progress.

Rachel Hodgson

Kit Ellery

Bridget Meyne

Danni Baxter

All edited photos from my shoot. I think this shoot went very well but I did struggle a lot on what compositions would work. I have to learn to keep an open mind on poses and how to create them in different ways. I think because I had a time limit and a lot of people to photograph.

If you don't have either a specific image you want or the variety of images you are looking for it will be harder to get the final photo you will be completely satisfied with. However, saying that, having experienced people who are not camera shy and quite confident in themselves to pose also helps a lot more. Kit and Danni for example were excellent models, and working with them I could tell they were at ease with the camera. Rachel and Bridget were more wooden - still good photos come out from them but they were not as comfortable I would say.

The equipment I used in this shoot was a Canon 1000D with a 18 - 55mm lens.
Two flash heads and a soft light.