I think it was about six months ago before I even heard of Bisexual Lighting in Photography (cinema).
So I thought I would give it a try using a double exposure in an in camera single photo. Double exposure also a first attempt since film days.
Setup in the comments.
(Nothing should be construed regarding my opinion regarding bisexuality by choosing garlic as the Subject...it was readily available in the kitchen.)
Left and right lighting using a Godex wand.
Hi Dean! What did you use as the background? Is it crumpled aluminum foil? Also, this might be a dumb question, but I am only a 3 year old photographer ... what was the advantage/reason/effect of using an in-camera double exposure? I don't know much about this at all. THANK YOU!
Yes, crumpled aluminum foil makes for a great backdrop for achieving bokeh without having to add lights.
In-camera double exposure (with the method I used) allows for the average the lighting on multiple photos on to a single photo so you don't have to edit layers in post-processing.
With the R5 I could have chose:
Additive: which the exposure if every image is added cumulative. With this method you have to underexpose according the the number of photos so you don't overexpose the final image.
Average: based on the number of photos the exposure is automatically compensated dependent upon the background.
Bright or Dark: The Brightness (or Darkness) of the original image is compared at the same position.
Because this was my first time I chose to shoot Average.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain, Dean. I've been spending the past month or so learning everything on my camera. It does offer in-camera double exposure, but I don't know much about it yet. I wrote out a list to check off everything I want to understand, and that's on there. Also, I'm going to try the crumpled aluminum foil background. I always appreciate your experiments!
Hi Dean. What did the double exposure achieve? Did you expose using two different light sources (red, blue)?
I have a single light source.
One exposure on the left with the hue set to Purple. The second exposure I moved the light to the right and changed the hue to Blue.
this is very interesting. i have not heard of this lighting technique and will be reading up on it. i love things i can try in the ‘kitchen’ studio! Thanks for the detail and the idea. the image you produced is totally cool too!
Don't forget the Dining Room Studio!