*(Not) Looking Down*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
Model : Lilly
I don’t have a huge amount of experience in model guidance, but I knew that I wanted some different attitudes from Lilly. And one of these was « snarky ». I think it was captured really well here and I like the contrast between the peaceful face and the snarky face.
*Fond Memories*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
Model : Lilly
So, again, all of these are accidental, not in the sense that I didn’t want to do double exposures but in the sense that I didn’t know which shot I had previously shot. Looking at this one suggested someone reminiscing to me.
*Shyness*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
Model : Lilly
There’s a high degree of unpredictability with double exposures in general, but with portrait double exposures as I do them, that’s magnified : orientation of the initial shot, framing, distance, focal length… So I knew the results would be hit and miss. But some of the hits are interesting in that they tell a story of sorts even though the shoot itself didn’t.
*Duplication #1*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
This is a very experimental series. In order to bring my plant double exposures into the studio, I purchased a flash, and wanted to roadtest it before the big session I have planned in a couple of weeks. So I asked a friend to act as a model. The quick and dirty double exposure was double portraits. One was underexposed and the other was exposed properly. The results are undeniably bizarre, but I’ll share my favorite from the series this week.
*Flower Hair*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Agfa Scala 200
Model : Virgile
I mostly focused on shooting leaves of various shapes on my texture shots. But I did shoot a few flowers. They came out lighter (because they were white or yellow) and that makes for interesting double-exposure. I am wondering though if I might not do a colour roll next time with only flowers and see how that comes out.
*Leaf Disease*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford Pan F
Model : Daniel
It’s quite clear that the short and loosely defined plant textures lead to creepier pictures than the larger, better defined leaves. On this photo the shadows on Daniel’s face concentrate the mass of tiny leaves, conveying the impression of a nasty skin disease…
*Profile in Leaves*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Agfa Scala 200
Model : Olivier
The more I look at the Scala shots, the more I like them. Sure the blowing of the background didn’t work, but it’s still contrasty, and it feels to me a bit like those old portrait shots. I’m not comparing myself to Irving in any way, but these shots feel a bit to me like they are from the same era. I’ll definitely be exploring these double exposures further, and possibly writing an article about the process. Let me know if that is of interest.
*Eaten by Leaves*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford Pan F
Model : Gabriel
The Ilford Pan F photos from that session are a lot more contrasty than the Agfa Scala, and so the effect is starkly different. The plant texture in the shadow on this portrait of Gabriel looks like a strange and slightly creepy plant extrusion…
*Swarmed*
Fuji XT3 (XPAN) + Agfa Scala 200
Model : Manuel
The long leaved plants convey a soothing, poetic look to the double-exposed portraits, but the small leaved plants have an altogether creepier effect, looking like a swarm of insects. I really like (in a nasty kind of way) how ravaged Manuel’s face looks on this one.
*Analog Tattoo*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford Pan F
Model : Daniel
The way the plant textures paint themselves on the skin can be especially interesting when the plants have long, discernable shapes. The effect really looks very different depending on the nature of the plants shot in the initial run, and that’s clearly a key finding from this experiment.
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