Multiple Imagery Technique

What is Multiple Imagery?
Multiple Imagery appears in grid form, usually made by 3x3 or 4x4, and is shot of one subject at various angles.

How do I do it?

1. Pick a subject to shoot 
2. Take either 9 or 12 pictures of that subject from various angles 
3. Edit each picture individually, make sure the size of each image is 5.5 width with a resolution of 300, then flatten each image 
4. Open a new transparent document and rotate the page so it is landscape
5. Drag each image onto the blank document, joining each picture or leaving gaps and then put them in the order which you desire
6. Crop the left over blank sides and then flatten the image if you wish to have it as a jpeg, if not, do not flatten 
7. Lastly change the size of the overall image to 17 width with a resolution of 300

Multiple Imagery Work Diary

In this lesson we shot 2 multiple imagery sequences in the studio and 3 outside. When inside the studio I wanted to explore how multiple imagery looked with a person as the subject so that when it comes to beginning my unit 3 project according to my brief, I would know if I could use it. When outside I shot things related to nature as I liked the idea of shooting them from different zooms and angles to show how different things might see them, for example, a close up of the detail of flower to show how it might appear to a creature such a bee. Overall, once finishing the editing of both my studio and location photos, I found that I really liked the finish product of multiple imagery and that I actually enjoyed the creation of multiple imagery.


In this photo I took pictures of Tina's eyes and nose facing in various different directions, I put these images in an almost chronological order, it seems as if they are following each other. Out of both my location and studio multiple imagery photographs, this is by far my favorite and I put the most effort in this one, turning each picture black and white, then altering each black and white setting also.




In this image I took a picture of a flower bush from various angles, I like this picture because of the ever changing focus on each different image. I decided not to over edit these pictures as the flower bush itself was very beautiful, therefore I just did levels and curves. I put these pictures in a random order as I thought it looked nicer than as opposed to if I put the close ups all in one line and the further away ones in another, and the furthest in another.

Multiple Imagery

Multiple Imagery Image Bank

 In this image the multiple imagery shows the same pose being pulled however from different angles, the images have been left faint and overlap each other which as an effect I like and really influences me with my own project. I like the composition of this picture also as there is still a gap in the picture so it doesn't seem like too much is going on in the image, I also like how each different position shown is a different size, so it seems to mold together quite well. Overall, I really like looking at this image, I find it very intriguing.

In this image multiple imagery has not only been shown through each individual picture but also due to the fact it is in a grid. In this picture I love the context, I love how with each body part shown there is forest or river or clouds, they all represent something different to me, or at least in interpret them different. For example, the bottom right to me illustrates day dreaming, and the bottom left is interesting because it is a river which runs along and it is where a vein would be, where blood would flow through. I like how this picture has been put in black and white as I think it is a nice effect as this is a picture which makes me think.

In this image the girls face is replaced with a tree which I like, I also like how there is no background and it is transparent, as this reflects the image which is also transparent. What I have noticed is a running theme with multiple imagery is that they all cause thoughts, well at least for me. This picture represents to me a girl who has an open mind and who is growing as a person, hence the tree. I like how in this image there is still the small detail of the wisp of her hair, I think that is a nice touch.

In this image the multiple imagery almost makes the image seem like a memory and a boy photographing from then and now. The overlapping of backgrounds also adds to the then and now effect, it seems if it had went from a boarded up place to a built up city area. To me this picture is an expression of the quote 'How times of changed'. I like how this picture has been edited to gray scale because to me it creates a mood of nostalgia, and I really like it when a photograph has any mod at all included. 

This picture to me expresses two points of view from the same person at one point, the point of a view musician to be more specific. The picture shows a composer and music notes, these are the only two places a person will look. Now that I am studying this picture it seems that the use of multiple imagery is expressing a dream as the background seems more like a bedroom and that the composer is what she wishes to see as opposed to just her music sheet. This picture expresses a persons goal. 

This picture to me expresses what words cannot write or what a person always seems to read about but cannot be transformed into words ever properly, as a matter of love. Or perhaps this is a persons love story and that is why the people in this image overlap what seems to be pages, however it is the words coming to life. Now I have looked at it more closely I have realized this is just one woman in different positions and this now says to me how a person is engulfed in a story, overall I think this picture can have a lot of meanings to a person individually. I really like this image.