In photography and cinematography, a multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image, and double exposure has a corresponding meaning in respect of two images. The exposure values may or may not be identical to each other.
A multi-exposure composite image of the October 2004 lunar eclipse taken from Hayward, California
An 1886 chronophotographic study of horse motion, by Etienne-Jules Marey
Triple exposure photograph from 1915
Multiple exposure image made using a digital camera and Adobe Photoshop
Cinematography is the art of motion picture photography.
Arri Alexa, a digital movie camera
Georges Méliès (left) painting a backdrop in his studio
Live recording for TV on a camera with a Fujinon optical lens.
A deep focus shot from Citizen Kane (1941): everything, including the hat in the foreground and the boy (young Charles Foster Kane) in the distance, is in sharp focus.