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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