Practical Photography - UK (2019-09)

Above Christopher’s multiple-exposure technique evokes the

hustle and bustle of the busy streets of Manhattan in New York.

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ThenewyorkciTy
st reetsaresomeof the
most-photographedlocations
in theworld,butby usinga
multiple-exposuretechnique,
chri stopherkovac s
(christophertamaskovacs.com)
was ableto delivera uniquely
di fferentperspective.
“innovember 2017 i was
fin allyableto fulfiloneof
mydreams wheni endedup
photographingin newyork.
“T herewasno shortageof
ac tion,so i setoutto create
im agesthatwouldeffectively
ca pturethemovementin
the city, and using multiple
exposures was the best way for
me to communicate my vision.
For these images i stood in the
same spot for 20 minutes and
continued photographing the
same scene at about five shots

perminute.Thisallowedfor

enoughmovementto be

ca ptured,therebyallowing

metoeffectivelycreatethe

contrasti soughtbetween

themovementof peopleand

ve hiclesagainstthestillness

ofthe architecture.

“inpost-processingilayered

ar ound30 imagestogetherand

adjustedtheopacitylevelson

th e lowerhalfof theimages.

ithen erasedoverthestreet

si gnsandanyotherareas

wherei didn’twantto see

anymovement.Thiswasmy

fir st explorationof colourin

my images and there was

definitely a learning curve.

i used a custom filter that i

made previously to create the

edges and the colour scheme.

All post-processing was done

in Photoshop cS6.”

# 5 Build up the

impact in layers

multiple exposures

Nikon D810 | 28mm | 1/60sec | f/8 | ISO 640

Nikon D810 | 28mm | 1/160sec | f/5.6 | ISO 1000

tip

usea

remotetrigger

If youwantto firetheshutter

ata particularmoment, but

don’twantanycamera

shake,investin a

remotetrigger.