Lost multiple exposure image

BJC0000 · Jul 30, 2021

Not sure where to post this but I've been looking for a specific image taken using multiple exposures.

I know it's in one of my many photography books but just can't find it.

It's an image inside a church and was taken using 4 exposures over several hours:
one for the basic interior
one for the (light painted) columns
one for the interior lights and finally
one for the stained glass

It's a superb example of what film can achieve when used by someone who really knows his stuff.

Anyone point me in the right direction?

pentaxuser · Jul 30, 2021

This is unlikely to help much but I vaguely recall seeing something like this involving a church but it has to have been either here on Photrio where someone used what you have described and attached a link or I have seen it elsewhere such as in a book but I think in my case that's unlikely so maybe it was here and someone else will recall it

pentaxuser

BJC0000 · Jul 31, 2021

Bang on Michael, I've found it!
I even had the page bookmarked (if only I'd been looking in the right book).
More exposures than I remembered - really impressive.
Thanks for troubling to reply.

AgX · Jul 31, 2021

Maybe you then can describe the employed exposure technique?

-) masking the various parts

-) selective lighting

BJC0000 · Jul 31, 2021

Well it's a pretty lengthy explanation and may not mean much without access to the picture.
There may also be copyright issues with just posting both explanation and picture.
Can't you get access to the book - even through a library?
It's available here in UK from Amazon for £30 new or £20 used and if you're into large format it's worth every penny - only the price of a couple of sheets of film.
Sorry not to be more helpful.

tezzasmall · Jul 31, 2021

Curious to see this image, I tried going to Amazon to see preview pages of the book, hoping, and as it turns out I'm told that I bought it in October 2007! I'm going to search my bookcase right now!

Terry S

BJC0000 · Aug 1, 2021

Nicely explained Michael and full marks for taking the trouble (as it was an extreme example I was originally searching for I still think the image and Steve Simmons description is worth looking at).

Basically a lot of the exposures were made using the 'painting with light' technique which is also very useful for night photography.

There's a simpler example using fill flash in the Roger Hicks / Frances Schultz book 'Lighting for Photographers' (pages 152/3) to give a well-lit shot of a room interior and still show the exterior. I guess it doesn't need to be flash - just an extra light inside?

My digital photography is pretty basic (snaps!) but I'm struggling to understand how these pictures could be achieved digitally (lots of layers and masks?). There are some instances where film just seems so much easier.

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