Double Image

[robh1920]

I have seen shots where the same person is in an image twice. They are shaking hands with themselves or are talking to themselves or what have you. The photographer(shooting film) told me it was one exposure, lens cap replaced person repositioned and the lens cap removed. I have tried this with my camera but only get the images as ghost, you can see the image but you can also see through it like a ghost. Any Ideas on how to do this?

My attempts where in a total blacked out room, I set the image on bulb and flashed it three times from different angles. I then moved the subject and flashed it the same number of times. They both were ghost images. Same settings and flashes but not moving the subject and it did not ghost. Just looking for ideas here. I tried stopping down more and flashing more with no luck.

Thanks,
Robert

[SCone]

Double exposure, take the first shot, then trip the film advance to stop the film from movng, then take the second shot. You're using one frame of film and giving it two exposures.

It's been awhile since I played with the trick. The first time it happened to me it was not intentional. We were with some friends and I took some pictures, no big deal. Then a week or two later I took some more shots, same living room, some of the same group. But when the photos came back from processing, something wasn't right. John was sitting there with us! It really spooked everyone at first, John had died of a heart attack and we had gathered at the house after the funeral. But there he was, sitting on the couch. It took a while, but the shot was kind of blurry and there were some other things that weren't right with the shot that gave it away.

But it sure gave us a jolt when we first saw the pic.

[futurshox]

So do you have to underexpose it slightly to avoid the background being too bright? And then, I suppose, creatively boost the exposure of your double character?

Stephen, I can imagine the shock! What a time for that kind of accident to happen!

[CaptainTom]

Double exposure, take the first shot, then trip the film advance to stop the film from movng, then take the second shot. You're using one frame of film and giving it two exposures.

What is this FILM thing ?

[SCone]

An ancient technique using celluloid to reproduce images. Some say it's very similar to digital photography.

[robh1920]

Tom, I passed your comment on to the "film" photographer ( we refer to him as "Old Man" at work). He laughed then started to try to explain that with digital you cant do that double image trick, then laughed harder.

I think there is a way. I will keep using different settings till I give up but in the meantime if anyone knows a shorter process than trying all possible combinations I would appreciated it.

Robert

[robh1920]

Ok, Im about ready to give up. One more question about this. Is there a way in photo shop to merge two layers with out losing quality of the layer? My last attempt at getting these double images would be to take two exposures of the same person on the same couch just in different spots. Could I then merge the two and not lose quality? I tried automate in CS3 but it gives me the ghosting effect.

Thanks,
Robert

[KdLaneJr]

Watch the videos in the link. You'll be amazed at how easy it really is.

[robh1920]

Thats it Ken,
Thanks for the link.

Robert.