davidd's A DOLL A DAY 2026

[Alliecat]

Oh, these are so cute.  Did you throw sawdust into that shot??  I love the action it implies!

are double eksposures an option on digital cameras?
I suppose it would have been easy-peasy if I had Photoshop and used Layers.

I didn't think it was; I used to enjoy doing them on film.  I have an e-mail from a photographer I follow that purports to have a video ex-plaining double ex-posures; I haven't watched it yet but I ex-pect it will involve a camera with more settings than I have, cos I haven't figured out how to do it with mine.  I'm pretty sure it won't do them.
Yes, layers can be handy.  But in-camera effects are da best kine 

[davidd]

But in-camera effects are da best kine.

Oh! I figured it out! So simple!
At 4am, when I was still awake -- you know that story -- just stressin' about one thing or another, it dawned on me – the classic "olden days" method for taking "ghost" photos: a long ex-posure! Remove the figure partway through the long (and probably light-painted) ex-posure to achieve the "transparent" effect.

That shot you did with the perfect level of ghostly transparency must have taken multiple attempts... or you got really lucky on the first try!

I'm gonna have to try that. It's been so long since I tried light painting that I've completely forgotten how to do it.