7 Sure Fire Halloween Photo Tips
Halloween Photo’s can be challenging if you don’t know how to create those spooky feelings, check out these 7 sure fire halloween photo tips to create spectacularly spooky photos this year.
How to create a horror feel in your photos?
Creating that creepy horror look in your Halloween photos is easier than you think. It’s all about the light. Have you ever seen how creepy light looks?
Halloween Photo Tip #1: Try these five creepy lightings:
There are plenty of dim lights, like porch lights, that create dramatic lighting perfect for nighttime shots:
- Side lighting for long shadows
- Single spot flash light
- Back lighting for silhouette shots
- Uplighting for the horror look
How to create a spooky silhouette?
HALLOWEEN PHOTO TIP #2: Create a spooky silhouette.
A create idea for sunset/ blue hour. Find a spot where the sun (or main light source) is A create idea for sunset/ blue hour. Find a spot where the sun (or main light source) is behind the subject you want to capture. Then set your exposure to the light source, use a slower shutter speed and watch as your subject darkens into a silhouette. This is create for costume photos. Just be careful not to loose all the details.
HALLOWEEN PHOTO TIP #3: How to deal with low light?
Here are my quick and easy halloween photo tips for dealing with low light situations this Halloween:
- Crank up your ISO
- Slow your shutter speed down (use tripod under 1/80
- Use a wider aperture
- Manipulate the light you do have (reflectors, off camera flash etc)
- Edit it after the fact.
HALLOWEEN PHOTO TIP #4: How to create ghost writing in your Halloween Photos?
To create ghost writing / drawing you’ll need a camera that can do at least 8 sec long exposures. You’d be surprised how easy this is. Set up your camera for a long exposure on a tripod or secure surface. Then use a torch to draw pictures, lines or words in the air. The long exposure will capture the light floating in the air.
HALLOWEEN PHOTO TIP #5: How to add ghosts to your Halloween photos?
Creating a double exposure goosebump-worthy photo (ghostly) by taking two long exposure photos of around 8 secs but only have them stand their for around 5 secs. The change the location for remaining 3 secs.
Or use two photos and merge them in something like Photoshop , check out my Best editors post if you don’t know which photo editing program to use.
HALLOWEEN PHOTO TIP #6: How to find the best spooky locations?
The Best Halloween Photo locations have a simple backdrop:
- Single bare trees
- Windows
- Empty Fields
- Pumpkin patches
- Somewhere abandoned
- Old churches
Need some creative Halloween Photo ideas from Photo Booth Props to Candid Photos- check out these Quick and Easy Halloween Photo Ideas
