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10 top tips
1
Experimentwiththewayyou
movethecamera.Withone
scenein frontof youtrymoving
thecameravertically,horizontally,
andin shivering,rollingand
organicmovements.Youcan
thencomparetheresultsand
determinewhichworksforthe
imageyouwanttocreate.
2
Beawareof highlightsin the
composition.In muchthe
samewayasonemayapproach
lightpainting,theseelementscan
beusedtodrawlinesthrough
yourimage.Thisis especiallytrue
whenphotographingrunning
waterorif lightis coming through
gapsin foliage.
3
Useliveviewwhileshooting
in ICM.Thiswillhelpyou
determineif youneedtoadjust
ISO,whitebalance,exposure
compensationorshutterspeedto
createtheimageyou’reafter.
4
UsingNDfilterscanallow
youtoshootandmovethe
cameraoverlongerperiodsof
time,whichcanhelptocreatea
softereffectin yourimagery.
5
Lookforinterestingcolour/s,
patternandtexturein your
subjectasmostdetailwillbelost.
However,pausingbriefly while
shootingcanhelptoretain some
detailin thescene.
6
Havelotsof spaceonyour
memorycardorcarryspares;
it is surprisinghowmanyICM
imagesyoucantakein a relatively
shortamountof time.
7
ICMis wellsuitedtogreydays
andpoorlightconditionswhen
otherstylesof photographymay
notbepossible.However,don’tbe
putoffexperimentingin fullsun.
8
Lookforhigh-contrastand
boldpatternsin theimages
youaregoingtouseformultiple
exposure;thiswillhelpbringout
formwhenlayersarecombined.
9
Buildupmultiple-exposure
portraitimagesbyshooting
yoursubjectfrommultipleangles,
distancesorbycombining ICM
andstaticshots.
10
Keepinga journal
of experimentsand
combinationsthathaveworkedis
a goodidea,aswithouta record,
recreatingeffectsmayprove
diffi cult at a later date.
Software
I processmyimagesfirstin Adobe
Lightroom,makingminoradjustments
andcorrections.I thenusePhotoshop
tolayermultipleexposuresandadd
textures,if applicable.I alsouseNik
Collection’sAnalogEfexPro2; thefilm
optionsin thissoftwareareespecially
usefulforadjustingthetone of the final
image in ME images.
elementssuchastreebark,soil,
mossesorclouds.
I don’thaveanin-camera
MEfunction,soI useAdobe
Photoshoptolayermywork,
experimentingwithendless
combinationsofblending
modes,andusingtheselection
toolstoaccentuateorrepeat
elements.I ama greatfanof
in-camerawork,whichI hope
onedaytoexperimentwith,
butalsoanadvocateofusing
whatyouhavetoexplore
boththenatureinyourlocal
landscapeandyourcreativity
within.Therearea fewlimits
tothisformofphotography
andthetechniquesaresimple
tolearn;assuchit offersthe
scopeforboundlesstravel
through your imagination.
Wild garlic captured using intentional camera movement and multiple exposures to create a work of art
Thisimageis called
‘GoldenLeaves’.
A textured
backgroundsuch
asthisonecanbe
added in Photoshop