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double exposures are a fun and creative way to get multiple different images in the one frame you might have seen some cool examples of silhouettes with patterns in them or Clone Wars style pictures with the same person around different positions in the frame for this tutorial I'm going to show you how to make these two examples in your DSLR no Photoshop required I'm going to be using the Canon 5d Mark 3 and the Nikon d800 find a subject or even yourself to position in the frame like any silhouette make sure there's a strong back light coming from behind the subject such as the sky or even a white wall can work set your exposure so the background is mostly blown out I like to use the spot meter to do this once you've got a suitable silhouette turn on the multiple exposure options on the Canon press the paintbrush button at the back of the camera and switch disable to on function control leave all the settings on this screen as they are but make sure you scroll down to the bottom and choose select image for multiple exposure choose the silhouette you shot previously and confirm it on-screen you'll be taken back to the multiple exposure menu and then from here turn on live view you should be able to see that very same silhouette on the screen now it's time to find a pattern or filthy or silhouette such as flowers leaves trees the only limit is what you can imagine compose the shot to your liking and try and fill the silhouette with pattern but make sure your underexposing this second image ever so slightly this is because the camera is adding the exposures together in camera by default so if you shoot on the meter things are going to be overexposed now I'm going to show you how to make a clone wars multiple exposure with your subject in three different positions around the frame first up grab your DSLR and tripod and then frame up the shot using the Nikon I'm going to turn on multiple exposure press the menu button and then find multiple exposure under the shooting menu turn it on and select single photo now choose the number of shots you want in the final frame in this example I need three get your subject in the first position for and then expose the shot to your liking take the photo and then rinse and repeat for the next two frames so there you have it a quick guide to using multiple exposure on your DSLR I would love to see the results you get using these methods feel free to tweet me at Lexus Avedis or hit me up on CNET plus if you want to check out the full text run-through of this tutorial you can also find that over at the how-to section on cnet.com