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The last technique I explored in Hastings was taking multiple exposure pictures in camera and mostly using some ICM (intentional camera movement) to blur the picture a little. I normally took 5 pictures with my Nikon which uses additive exposure so that the final image is not overexposed. The real lovers of multiple exposure are those possessing the Canon 5D mk 3 where the camera will blend the exposures together using different blending modes such as dark or light, which allows for some nice effects. I have tried similar with the Nikon but by taking separate pictures and blending them together in Photoshop afterwards, which is pretty labour intensive. Here are some examples of shots taken in Hastings, in a couple I was using the Holga lens as well.

Holga make a plastic pinhole lens available in both Nikon and Canon fit. Here are a very few pictures I took using it on the beach in Hastings. The pier was facing directly into the sun which gave some lovely light effects on the water. I took a very light tripod to use just with this lens as t really not enough light gets onto the sensor to be able to hand hold the camera At the end there is also one picture taken using the Lensbaby 35mm optic. I only used this a few times as I found that I preferred the Holga lenses in this particular scenario.

Hastings is a great place for photography and on Monday we spent our time in the area around the pier and the fishing boats. The boats were buzzing with activity and were being hauled onto the shingle and being spruced up. I had gone as part of a workshop concentrating on  alternative in-camera effects. I had taken with me a pinhole lens, a Holga lens and a Lensbaby and we also worked with multiple exposure and intentional camera movement. Here are a few of the pictures I took with the Holga lens, a cheap plastic thing (I bought mine in a Nikon fit, secondhand for £15.00). It fits on the digital camera and can sort of be focussed using little symbols for one person, several people, mountains etc as a guide. I found that it produced some rather nice pictures of the boats, rather like illustrations for childrens books. The last picture is a multiple exposure as well.