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There's a few ways you can do this with film and printing. You can take 2 to 3 exposures at half or a third of the exposure time as you're moving the Camera and then. Using one sheet of photographic paper expose all three images onto the paper. One of the other way used to do multiple exposures within the Camera by clicking the release button and winding on without actually winding the film on. Again you have to reduce your exposure time to allow for multiple images on the same piece of film.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for dropping me a message and letting me know

Thats brilliant, so glad you enjoyed it. I think its refreshing to see how many ways one word can be interpreted with the ICM technique and each and every one valid and unique.

@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 Just got back from my first attempts Charlotte; mixed success, but learned a lot!

@@grandaded stick at it - Rome wasn't built in a day!

Hi Claudia - my ISO I try to keep at 50 or 100 when I am doing ICM. You may have seen higher ISO readings when I was showing the sharp images - then I don't mind too much increasing my ISO to ensure I keep a good depth of field or a fast enough shutter speed if I am not using a tripod (which I rarely do!). I tend to think cameras have such good capabilities with ISO these days, I think nothing of going to 800 and will even use 12,800 if I don't have my tripod with me and still want the shot. With ICM I tend to select a shutter speed and adjust the depth of field first, then ISO. Hope that helped. Glad you enjoyed the video,

@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 Thank you so much, Charlotte, for the very helpful response. I recently listened to a panel discussion with 3 ICM artists, including one of whom shoots with 1000 ISO all the time, the other 2 prefer 100, which is what I have generally favored, so I was puzzled. 😁

You are most welcome, I am glad you enjoyed the video. Have fun with your photography

Thanks so much for your lovely comment, I really appreciate you taking the time to leave it for me.

Brilliant, thanks so much for letting me know - I am so glad it helps you to develop your ICM skills - enjoy the shale rattle and roll - might have to use that as a title somewhere!!!

Brilliant - thanks for letting me know xx

Thank you so much! You even enjoyed Christmas in the summer! I fiind its all about reacting to anything I find beautiful, or intriguing! Then i explore and play.

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@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 Many thanks for your replies. I will drop you my email address on your website. Thanks to your good self I've created my first ever double exposure in Photoshop. At 76 this old girl is enjoying the remote learning as I'm a bit disabled now so cannot gallivant as I used to. Take care thank you once again Pam Reynolds

Thanks so much! 😊 I'm glad you enjoyed seeing the process and the end results.

Stu, thank you so much for a wonderful reply to my video. Its blown me away how much you have taken from what I presented to you. Part of learning ICM is also learning what YOU like. Anyone can teach what they do, but ICM is all about personal interpretation. I often get asked what makes a bad or good ICM image and really there is not a definitive answer - because if you love what you create, that is the most important thing. That awareness will come with time when you make an image and look at the back of the camera with excitement - that should tell you what you like. Build on this and you will also find your own style. 8 years ago I learned ICM 'bar code' style - over time i have finessed that towards what i like personally in my images, not what i think it necessarily should be. I thought your lovely long thought out comment deserved a thoughtful answer as i really appreciate you taking the time to make it.

Just in case you would like to be kept up-to-date with new articles, presentations and webinars and training I send out a monthly newsletter that you can register for by going to my website and scrolling half way down the home page to the signup point. As a thank-you, you can download a free ebook. charlottebellamy.com/ Thanks Charlie

@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 Thank you Charlotte for your considered reply. I mentioned a while back that I follow Kim Grant and through her teachings & philosophy, I have learnt to be more consider and intentional in my own creation of images, so combining this with observing your ICM skills and learning from your teachings, this will hopefully result in me being able to create ICM images that reflect my intentions and result in images that I really like, which it's all about really isn't it. 😊

Liz you make an excellent point about my hands! Glad they were useful, so many times I teach people ask me to 'actually show' what i am doing with the camera as its all well to try and explain it, but an example paints a thousand words. Most people are amazed how little movement i actually make for my ICM images. Thanks for watching this vid, hope you enjoy others.

Hi Liz, sorry just saw your comment about auto - no I always use manual auto, and have it set as low as possible. On my Nikon Z6II that is 50.

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Glad it was helpful!Just in case you would like to be kept up-to-date with new articles, presentations and webinars and training I send out a monthly newsletter that you can register for by going to my website and scrolling half way down the home page to the signup point. As a thank-you, you can download a free ebook. charlottebellamy.com/ Thanks Charlie

Glad it was helpful! thanks so much for the comment.

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Glad you enjoyed it Thanks Morina. Its been a long time coming getting to those blubells - it was only the hail storm and changing weather that dragged me out of the woods after 4 hours!

Thank you so much - to inspire is my greatest wish. Have a lovely day and enjoy your ICM.

Just in case you would like to be kept up-to-date with new articles, presentations and webinars and training I send out a monthly newsletter that you can register for by going to my website and scrolling half way down the home page to the signup point. As a thank-you, you can download a free ebook. charlottebellamy.com/ Thanks Charlie

Thanks so much for your lovely comment, so glad the tutorials are useful. I hope you continue to enjoy them Charlie

Hi Stu - 'flat' is a feeling of how much depth the image has when you look at it. Do you feel carried through the image, or do you feel that it is 2 dimensional and that you are looking at something rather than into it. Hope that helps. I love to encourage the viewer into my images and ensuring that the light is variable throughout the image can help with this.

@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 or the clarification - I now understand 🙂

Glad you enjoyed it x

I was just amazed to see that colour in the spring when it was just from the leaves not blossom - a definite bonus for me.

Stu, thank you sooooo much for your lovely comment. I always say if I can help and inspire just one person I am delighted and happy. This makes me very happy! LOL. Dividing opinion is great - it means you are creating images that make people think and question. How wonderful someone wants to hang your work in their house. ICM is the most wonderful creative technique you can make with your camera. I love Kim's work and follow her regular postings, her ethos towards photography is super. I hope you continue to enjoy the videos I post - they are a bit sporadic, but do eventually happen! There will be one on bluebells soon.

@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 Thank-You for your lovely reply. Through listening to Kim I've learnt to be more considered and thoughtful about my image creation so learning about how you approach ICM is building on my being more mindful of the scenery I'm in and the images I want to create. You've already taught me one important lesson in that your ICM images will enhance the scenery or location your in and not mask totally where are are!! Anyway I love creating images of bluebells they are so photogenic so will look forward to learning more, this will help when our bluebells flower in our springtime in August/September here in NZ.

Thanks so much for your comment, I am glad you enjoyed it.

So glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the comment. Its a process I use a lot to balance back ICM images that have lost a little of what I originally saw in the scene.

Hi, thanks for your comment. I use either back button focus with auto focus or I move the focus point around the scene depending on where I want the focus with manual focus. I'm afraid I can't remember which one in this. With regards to where to move the camera - the direction is a personal choice, but if I want the tulips to appear separate I make sure I give them some space where I want to move too initially. To get 2 tulips, you need to hold the camera still twice, to get 3 you need 3 times and so on. I hope that helps?

@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 Thank you Charlotte, I'm going to try with back button focus with auto focus and compare it to manual focus. Then I'll stick with the easier of the two! 😅 I'll see how it goes, I guess the moving part is trial and error. I'll have your video on when practising. Have a great day!

Super thanks for your comment, glad it helped your understanding - have fun.

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, much appreciated.

Have fun, I love my bird ICM - not tried amphibians though!

Thanks Colin - I'd love to do a recording just about myths in general! LOL Might make many enemies though!

Thanks glad you enjoyed it.

I know its great - so if anyone ever questions you, show them the back of the camera and they will never have an issue with it!

Thank you!

Thanks for the comment, glad it was useful. Enjoy your photography.

Great, I hope you enjoy it.

I think it probably has to do with starting with a contrsating image - so even if its just browns there are normally creams in there to contrast to. I also use light a lot so that the colours pop out against the other elements. Hope that helps - otherwise no secret!

BRILLIANT - There are so many possibilities to explore

Oh thats so good to hear, glad it helped in some way. Charlie

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment and let me know. Charlie

Thanks for such an enthusiastic response - I have loved making the geese images, its been a long learning curve but when it all builds and you see what you want in the back of the camera it is very satisfying. Enjoy. Charlie

Thanks so much for your comment. Yes I have experimented with this. It is good to know how to do it, and in one project I was 'missing' an image to complete the set and made it in this way to compliment the other 'real' ICM images. I love the images where there is one small elemsnt still sharp and the rest has been manipulated, although I tend to do this via multiple exposure now. Just be aware that creating ICMs in PS - the edges of the canvas always show a very sharp line detail which is a give away to a judge or anyone else looking at the image that it has been created in post production.

@@charlottebellamycreativeph9021 Thank you for your kind reply and comments, Charlotte. Very insightful indeed. Thank you.