iPhone Photography – Combining Pictures

If you’ve never tried multiple exposures, I suggest you do. Although I do warn you that in the beginning it can be a little frustrating, because the results are likely to leave a bit to be desired, shall we say. Like everything else, it takes some time to get some intuition about what subject matter works and the kind of photos that produce interesting combinations. I found that even after you’ve done it for a while, this technique always has surprises in store for you.

Mannequin head and wall paper texture combined with the Diana Photo app on iPhone. — This is a combination of a mannequin head photograph and a picture of the wallpaper in my living room. Sometimes, you don’t have to go far to add interest to your photographs.

I was introduced to the Diana photo app in an iPhone photography class I took. With this app, you can combine pictures from your iPhone camera roll in a simple way and experiment with the multiple exposure technique.

Mannequin head and sofa fabric combined with the Diana Photo app on iPhone. — Another mannequin head photo combined with a texture/pattern from my living room using the Diana Photo app. This time, I used a close-up of the fabric on my sofa.

So far, I’ve had the most success combining a photo of some particular subject and another involving a pattern or a texture. I think this is because one needs to shoot pictures with superposition in mind, and I have yet to get a good grasp of how to do this. I’ll keep you posted when I figure it out.