Accidental double exposures

Australia / Japan mashup on film

I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but I have 4 accidental exposures on a roll of Lomography 400 Color Negative film.

Grand View Hotel, Cleveland and some unknown Japanese signs.

I shot the first 4 frames in mid-2024, then I must’ve rewound the film and not labelled it correctly. I then took that roll with me to Japan in September 2024.

This is my favourite - Japanese garage and some illuminated signs from a games arcade in Brisbane. The neon lights overlay the structure of the building nicely.

Shooting with my (now dead) Minolta TC-1, I walked around Kanazawa with my son on a stinking hot late summer day taking photos.

Ceiling windows of a shopping centre in Brisbane, overlaid with a Japanese shuttered building in Kanazawa.

Imagine my surprise when I got the roll developed a couple of weeks later. I was a little annoyed at first, after all, it’s not as if I could pop back to Japan and shoot those scenes again in a hurry.

Another image of the Grand View Hotel in Cleveland, overlaid with another Kanazawa street scene.

After some reflection, I actually love them now. They are a good representation of the happy accidents we get when shooting film.

Have you ever taken accidental double exposures? I’d love to hear your stories!

Cheers

Matt

P.S. I’ve been a bit behind with my Subtack posting, as well as my podcast and video creation. I was in Sydney for my daughter’s 18th birthday in early May (short video about the Leica store below) and then after that I was sick for a week. I’m hoping to post more often now I’m better!