Thursday, January 14, 2016

Spring Challenge

1. Name of Tutorial?

How to set up your Canon DSLR to shoot double exposures in-camera


2. Save and post an example of the type of photograph this tutorial produces?

















3. What equipment do you need? (Make a list. Be specific.)


To shoot a photo with a double exposure, I would need one of the cameras listed below:


  • 1D X
  • 5D Mk III
  • 7D Mk II
  • 6D
  • 70D



4. List of important things to do to prepare for shoot? (Make a numbered list.)


  1. Obtain one of the specified cameras from the list above 
  2. Press the 'Creative Photo' button to access the 'Multiple Exposure' mode
  3. Set 'Multiple Exposure' to On
  4. Set 'Func/Ctrl' and 'Multiple Exposure Ctrl' to 'Additive'
  5. Set two exposures 
  6. Change 'Save Source Images' to 'All Images'
  7.  Set 'Continue Multiple Exposure' to 'Continuously'
5. List of important tips during shoot. (Make a numbered list.)


  1. Shoot a silhouette photo
  2. Shoot in Av Mode 
  3. Set a wide aperture to ensure your shutter speed will be fast enough to shoot handheld 
  4. Go to mode options and set "Select Image for Multiple Exposure"
  5. Choose a base 
  6. Choose an interesting texture for your second image 
  7. Switch to Live View to see the overlay of both images to help you compose the second image


6. List of important tips on how to process in Lightroom (or other software) after shoot?


  1. This photography technique does not require any particular processing because the double exposure is shot using certain modes in the specialized camera, mentioned above. 

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