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Jun 21, 2007 
You may often see photographs, or rather pairs of photographs which just click together. The decision making is often a tough one for photographers, and I will go over the ways in which to go into making what is often referred to as a ‘diptych’, ie. two photos in one image, or two in one frame if that’s how you work!
This example of photograph pairing is very simple, and in my opinion one of the most effective forms of this, and that is, ‘looking at the same subject, from a different perspective or distance’.
I’d say that this is the most common type of pairing that you will see, and when you are out shooting some photos, I urge you to have a look at the same subject again, and see if you could shoot it again from another angle, that would complement the previous. I feel that there are often potential pictures that appeal, or even scream to be shot twice and then paired up.
Another example of this double shot of the same subject, could be this fabulous photograph from ‘notraces‘, a lovely shot:
This is a simple shot, of the front, and back of the same car, which is of amazing depth and simplicity, but yet, something unachievable in a regular photograph.
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The next area of this subject is what I can only describe as, ‘pairing subjects’. This often means things of the same colours, such as a shiny dark blue car, and a beautifully dark blue sky with fluffy clouds, or a brown and reddish plant, and dead leaves on the ground. Furthermore, the photographs could be of a linking subject, such as winter, or flowers.
This is quite difficult to describe, and so I feel this photograph from ‘rebeccamissing‘ will do the job just fine. It is entitled, ‘the language of winter’ and is a beautiful pairing of photos:
The complementing colours, and the matching subjects make for a simple superb photograph here, the subject in hand is clearly winter, and the photo is a wonderful pairing of two common subjects of wintertime.
The reason that this photo is particularly notable, is that although the photos look great individually, pairing the two brings out detail that you may not have noticed previously, and makes us link the two together.
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This post has come to a somewhat sudden end, however I feel that I have enlightened you into the prospects of pairing images together. You can pair them together in software such as Photoshop and Gimp, and if you even want, Paint, they’ll all do.
So I urge you to think about next time, what photos would look nice together, not just how they look on their own, it is a less walked path, but it is one that I find, much more rewarding.
Hope you’re well,
Charlie -
