For the past two years I have been sharpening my skills as a photographer and photo-composition artist. I have developed a technique of photo-composition I call Time-Fusion Photography. Time-Fusion is the process of compositing imprints of individual temporal events into a common perceptual framework. A Time-Fusion Image is an arrangement of individualy composited images or image fragments on a common background, very much like the pieces of a patchwork quilt sewn onto a single large sheet.

Time-Fusion is a concept that applies to much more than photography, in fact, there are lots of examples in nature. Here are a few examples:

Examples 1: The Dinosaur's Footprints - As he strode along some muddy ancient river bank, T-Rex's strides imprinted themselves to be later composited into rock by the pertrification process. The fossil tracks are an example of a Time-Fusion record of his individual footsteps.

Example 2: Tree Rings - Each season, the tree wood adds an encasement of new growth, which can be distinguished from the previous year by its color and texture. When the tree tree trunk is sliced, it reveals a Time-Fusion record of the tree's individual yearly growing seasons.

Example 3: Geological Sediment Layer -

One of my favorite Time-Fusion drawings shows a chimp walking along evolving into a man then into a computer programmer. link. A Time Fusion photograph of a horse running by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878 was an early forerunner of the motion picture. link.

I use compositing in my photography to impart a sense of motion and action. It's the most effective way I know of to achieve the impression of movement in a still picture, while maintaining full image detail.

Composite photography is nearly as old as photography itself. Many photography pioneers overcame limitations of early cameras and films through their extensive darkroom creativity. A frequently used "trick" was to composite several people together in the same print from individual negatives. This was achieved through the use of paper exposure masks maticulously cut out with a sissors. Today, photo compositing is done digitally, but masking remains the compositor's principle tool.