My photo, by Sion Fullana
Monday, February 15, 2010 at 2:00PM | Glyn Evans 
The final image is called "We Are Nothing but Ghosts Walking on a Street".
I was in Chelsea, in New York City, on my way to a meeting at my new favorite cafe. When I saw the cross walk and how cool it look with the people walking through, lost in their thoughts, the idea for this photo came to my mind and thought about trying it out. In order to get it, I first shot a few different takes on the iPhone 3Gs built-up camera. And then opened them on the Autostitch app to melt them together in sort of a triple exposure. Then I opened the PS Mobile app and cropped the image square to get rid of the "curved edges" that Autostitch had created, I converted the image to black and white and added the thin white frame. Finally, on CameraBag app I processed the photo to the 1962 style to get it more depth and contrast. And used Mobile Fotos to upload it to my flickr account. And that's all!
Above: The 3 photos used to create "We Are Nothing but Ghosts Walking on a Street".
Above Left: The results of the 3 photos loaded in to AutoStitch. Above Right: The photo after being cropped in PS Mobile.If you would like to share your "how to" photo, then send me an email, and I will email back details on how to submit your photo to the blog.
Glyn Evans
HOW THIS EFFECT WAS DONE:
There have been a few questions posted here asking how Sion created this effect, so for those who are unsure here we go.
- Step 1. Take a number of photos with the iPhone camera app, ensuring that the subject moves and NOT the camera, so either mount it on a Joby Gorillamobile tripod or hold it steady.
- Step 2. Having taken the photos now open up AutoStitch and select each photo.
- Step 3. Now AutoStitch will import and line up all the key landmarks, but because you have not moved the cameras position all the landmarks will be in the same place, so the app gets confused and and overlays them all.
- Step 4. Now that you have your overlaid image, simply crop and save, and that's it your done.
I hope the above steps clears up any confusion around the way this image was created.
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Reader Comments (16)
FANTASTIC! Thank you Sion for your step by step. I've always been curious to know how photographers come up with their final images, and this a great tutorial. Since I began my foray into iPhoneography, I was and still am, buying new apps based on those used by phtographers whose work I admire. Autostich in particular is one I will acquire immediately following this entry. I am a fan of your work, and look forward to your postings to Flickr & Twitter.
Also, Big Up to you Glyn for the iPhoneography Blog! It remains the only Blog that has found a home amongst my Photo apps. so as to stay informed of new artists and apps. Cheers.
yeah, well done sion!
really nice idea!
Great idea! Very creative Sion!
Sion, this is incredible! I've seen some great photos when iPhoneographers push the limits of AutoStitch and use it in ways I'm sure Cloudburst never intended.
Thanks for sharing not only the image but the recipe!
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We should make these masterclasses a regular feature.
that's really cool sion! thank you so much for sharing! never would have thought of combining images like this before i read your post! amazing!
Very nice! I did not know that Autostitch would do this, but of course it would! Better resolution than DXP too!
Brilliant piece of art... You've given me new motivation !! Thanks !!
Hey check my result with the technique described by Sion:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdviphone/4314521594/
It's an awesome image! Thanks for sharing your technique!
Thanks, everyone!! I'm very glad you enjoyed the post and I would definitely love to see any results that you create with the app, if you use it, like FDV did (good job on that one, by the way!).
chapeau!
Off the chain, bro. I dont have Autostitch, but I have other apps that allow me to create really funky multiple exposures. Great work.
I've had autostitch for a while but still don't see how to "melt them together"
@Charles, please see post update for step by step instructions
I used a similar effect here. Thanks for the technique Sion.