Final piece

Final piece

Photographer Brandon Kidwell inspired my final, his creative double exposures show a combination of man and nature working together to create an amazing compositions.

    

I decided to create an analogue double exposure for my final piece, I feel a double exposure is the most basic way to manipulate film. The final result turned out really well, both exposures are visible in the image and the composition has worked really well. My final piece portrays one of the most basic ways of manipulating film to create beautiful, yet surreal results. To improve my final pieces I could experiment with coloured film to see the difference between the results.

This idea strays from my original idea, I wanted to broaden the idea of cameraless photography to include other analogue techniques. I feel my final represents my idea as it shows the manipulation of film, which cameraless photography is based on.

My final pieces:

These are other pictures from the photo shoot that I didn't decide to use as a final piece but turned out really nicely:

Experiments with different kinds of film

Revolog Volvox

With this film bright green dots appear in different shapes and sizes all over the picture. The dots are also more visible in darker parts of the image and will give the picture a three dimensional effect.

Black and White Matchbox Camera

Match Box Camera

I created a camera using a small matchbox and a roll of film. I used black and white film which worked really well, although the pictures are not sharp, you can still see the person. The image looks better further away, but as you enlarge it becomes fuzzy and unfocused. To improve this experiment I could photograph landscapes, street or nature. Furthermore, to obtain a clearer image I could make the pinhole smaller so that the image is clearer.

The results:

Contact Sheets:

Matchbox Camera

Matchbox Camera Colour Film 

A matchbox is an analog handmade camera. It works by letting light enter through a small hole to reach the photosensitive film. It then records the image you are hoping to capture.
Since I used cheap film, the image turned out blurry and unfocused. Some of the images were over exposed as I was unsure of how long to leave the shutter open.