Did you ever sandwich two negatives in to the carrier to make a "double exposure" print?

Question

Well, did you?

Isn't that more fun than Photoshop?

Piano Man, I would not say that there was a rule for the exposure, as it depends on the density of the negatives. I also did some where the negatives were quite dissimilar and one had to be placed in the carrier and exposed for (let's say) 10 seconds and then the other negative placed in the carrier and exposed for maybe 4 seconds.

Vince M - SANDWICH!!! I thought you'd jump on this question!

Answer 1

I remember doing my own processing for 2 1/4 negatives. Since my cameras didn't have built-in light meters, I learned a lot about exposure as I went along. That left me with many bracketed shots and some negatives that were too light (underexposed). Out of curiousity, I sandwiched some of them together and found a few creative images. I was always a fan of double-exposures (some of my cameras could do that), but this was a way to salvage images from ruined negatives.

Those were the days...

Answer 2

I did that before in my Photo class. I loved it. The dark room is much more fun than digital. You can do so much more and make it your own piece of art instead of using the same old things in photoshop to make an effect that everyone is doing. Maybe one day I'll make a darkroom in my house. I didn't get to use my school's last year because they switched 100% to digital and ruined the point of the class. I used to look forward to going into the darkroom. It is so much easier than photoshop.

I don't miss develpoing the film though. About 80% of the time my film would have bubbles on it.

Answer 3

I spend some time each summer season camping and making loooonnnngggg time exposures and always had the intention of trying that. Takes quite a bit of preplanning as to where there is empty space in each image, and I have about eight rolls composed in a generic manner leaving empty space for just this purpose. Who knows, it's a long cold winter up here, this might be the year ! I thank you for asking the question 'cause now it's fresh in my mind.

Answer 4

It's been a long time since I was in a darkroom, I can't remember if I did. All of my double exposures, that I remember how I did theme was done in camera.

Answer 5

That would be the equivalent of blending two images in photoshop using multiply, wouldn't it? Giving an underexposed image so it would have to be 'overexposed' by... umm... how many stops? One?

Answer 6

Yes, I do it all the time. I think it's more rewarding than Photoshop because it isn't a "quick fix", it takes actual work and effort. But that's just my opinion.

Answer 7

I superimposed negatives of me and my wife when we were both kids. It was cool. I printed it on Ilford fiber based paper.

This was long before photoshop.