Image bank - Multiple imagery

Multiple imagery in photography is a collection of pictures presented in a grid of different scales each time.

This multiple imagery piece is a variety of adjectives such as wacky, interesting and attractive. It is most certainly unique and inspiring for my advertising project. 27 lips have been painted a different colour or pattern with different shapes and textures. The bright colours pop from the picture and each one is interesting in its own way. Each lip contains at least one formal element, and have then been combined into a multiple imagery piece in order to make them look more effective as a group. I created a multiple imagery piece similar to this with lips and their poses in a previous project, but with less effort and detail. In my opinion, a photograph that you can tell has had a lot of effort put into it definitely makes it that little bit more successful compared to some. There are two individual pictures where the model's mouth doesn't fill the whole frame, and I believe that the exposed black backdrop in these two images spoils the overall multiple imagery. 

I like the clever creativity in this multiple imagery piece. A series of 6 individual photographs have been split up by the square grids, whilst sitll forming one picutre, all in the same piece. There is a picture of grass, a starfish shell and the sand, a normal shell and the sea, a sunset, a sandcastle and a bright yellow and white flower. These images are all aspects of the beach, whilst work well in this multiple imagery becuase they are all situated around this one location whilst all still having their own photograph. I like the idea of cutting up a picture and putting it back together with another one of the same topic e.g. a packet of crisps and an ice cream cone. They are both aspects of food, that I could put into a multiple imagery piece similar to the one above. 

This is a multiple imagery piece of somebody demonstrating a hair tutorial through pictures. The step by step guide has been conveyed through the top left picture, across and all the way down to the bottom right hand finishing image. This is a clever way of advertising a hair product perhaps through images and real evidence to illustrate a hair style that could be achieved through the use of a particular brand. I like the model being placed infront of a white background in this multiple imagery because each images blends nicely together and there is no interuptions to each pictures individual composition. A back view of the woman's hair has also been captured in the bottom middle image which shuffles up the pattern. I think it is most certainly a successful multiple imagery piece with a great idea behind it; not just a collage of a random object taken from different perspectives. 

Of course this is my favourite multiple imagery piece because puppy pug photography is incredibly adorable. This piece consists of 7 different images that haven't been placed in even rows like the other ones. I like this way because it allows you to include landscape photography and portrait photography in the same overall image. It also makes the multiple imagery more interesting as there's different scales; the top two images focus on the pug's whole body, middle three images focus on the pug's top half, and the bottom two images focus on close ups; the puppy's face and its tail. The neutral tones in this piece are also a successful combination because it makes all of the photographs look more simplistic and attractive, as each frame features just the pug; no extra additions such as background confetti or props. Having just the beige, white and black plain colours was an effective choice when piecing this multiple imagery together.

I like the creativity and uniqueness that has gone into this multiple imagery. I can't make out if it's real leaves/materials etc or how it was created in general, however it is an extremely imaginative and original piece. Rather than this one being a tutorial or sequence of something developing in each individual picture, every grid is different to the other, whilst still having the same theme; people dressed up in natural resources. The poses of the people are varied to mix it up a little bit and each picture has a different prop/costume which doesn't make anything look repetitive. This is an inspiring image because it encourages me to use a 4x2 multiple imagery piece with each picture conveying a different way to hold something or perhaps a different recipe that could be made through adding strawberries to the ingredients for example. 

This multiple imagery is extremely similar to the hair product one up above; in how it conveys a step by step process of how to achieve a certain look. Again, it is going in the direction of across, all the way down to the bottom right hand finishing image. I think that this one is a little less informative than the other one because it is simply showing the eye gradually becoming more smokey and done up, without adverrising the products used. This piece is just for an audience to look at and admire, not actually follow. People could be inspired to use the colours that this model has used, but will just unfortunaetly have less of an idea on how to apply this make up unlike the hair tutorial multiple imagery. Nevetheless, the cold frosty tones and pastel shades are a perfect duo because they complete the look, rather than adding a random pop of red to the pictures. By these blue tones being the main colour in this image, it conveys how one shade of a formal element (colour) can be effective on its own. Shape is also featured in this piece with the oval eye and the arched eyebrow; it is all that's visible in each grid.