Until recently I've been habitually editing my double exposure images as black and white, my preference for many reasons, such as: consistency across a collection, an aesthetic preference, a sense of drama. However, I'm aware that my love of the black and white image is not universal and that colour edits may offer some viewers more context and engagement with these works. So for a while I'm going to present some colour edits and work on consistency within a colour collection. 

While revisiting a much loved place in Tasmania recently (September 2025), I made several double exposure compositions of this ancient quartzite outcrop. 

The south side of the Wanganui River is one of my favourite local walks. In September, the annual white baiting season starts, and the river is decorated with structures to fish off and people trying to catch the tiny native juvenile fish heading upriver.   

Trees as viewed from walks along the roadways of South Westland.

Denniston Plateau a former (and maybe furture) mining area in the highlands north of Westport in New Zealand. Signs of human modification of the land is everywhere, but resistance to a new era of open cast coal mining has been in the news recently. This was a hard place to live and work back in the early days and the mining was substantially all underground. The new proposition will change the shape of the land substanially. 

Post flu walk, slightly over extended. Epic Buller coast, must revisit. Too much to process-mentally.

In-Camera double-exposure captures are a style of photography I've been utilising to explore the natural environment for a couple of years now. The style of capture developed while I was on an artist in residence placement in early 2023, and has developed into an on going practice. Usually at lease once on a camera walk I'll spend a few minutes exploring compositions and rotations of landforms or flora. Some work better than others, and I like to let things develop spontaneously rather than plan a double-exposure location.

 For the last few years my walking around camera kit has been a Canon 5DS R (930 g) with a 24-70mm f2.8L II lens (805 g), this setup has great image quality and is very robust, it handles the weather well and has all the technically capacity(tricky features) I need, BUT it is heavy and bulky, you can definitely not put it in your pocket or even easily inside a raincoat. 

So, recently I began to deliberate buying a new or at least new to me (2nd hand) walking around camera, I began by looking at large sensor point and shoots (no detachable lens), I though I had it nailed, I even found a well priced option of the model I'd settled on- fortunately before I committed I realised there was one technical feature that I want/need  that the camera didn't have, and so began a few weeks of trying to balance out the new camera decision triangle = Budget / Technical Features \ Physical features.

Budget was low- aiming for as close to  $1K as possible, because this is just a recreational camera, not a replacement for my working or project kit.

The uncompromisable technical feature was a double or multiple exposure mode, as this has become a significant part of my walking around photography action (although not in evidence in this blog so far). This severely limited the range of cameras I could consider.

The Physical features that I rate a most significant are the overall weight: I was hoping to get under 1kg. But, environmental seals were the real critical feature: I've had unsealed lenses and cameras fog up, and if I'm going out when is likely to be an issue I would have to take the other kit, which defeats the purpose of a new kit :(

In the end I couldn't make the triangle balance, after going down rabbit holes and giving DPreview's comparison charts a thrashing, I settled on an OLD camera not a NEW camera. 

I dug out my Canon 6D from storage, back in late 2017 it lost the cover off the left hand function dial, which compromised the environmental seals and it developed a habit of glitching ( shutting down) in damp conditions, so in early 2018 I bought a 5DS and over the years since a 5D MKIV(drowned) and a 5DS R. 

The 6D is noticeably, lighter and smaller but also a bit simpler in functionality. It needs a good sensor clearing, it's internal battery is flat and I'm expecting it to glitch again, but it's kind of nice to use. So for now I've postponed the new kit and I'll take the 6D out walking.