Getting Fun and Great Halloween photos
Halloween is almost here! That spooky and fun time of the year! This is a perfect time to pull out the camera and capture all the creatures of the night. Halloween photos are always tough. The lighting is not ideal and everyone is so anxious to trick or treat that they are all running in different directions. Here are a few tricks (and treats) to help you capture all the spooky fun!
Don’t forget to start early! Have them start getting ready a few hours before it gets dark. While you still have great light. As soon as they start getting ready, grab the camera. Document them getting ready and all the little details! Document them applying makeup and doing their crazy hair. Sometimes the best photos are the ones that are overlooked. Take a photo of your child’s hand painting her fingernails black.
You will get your best photos at dusk that hour or two before the sun is down. This way you can still get the glow of the jack-o-lanterns and the bright colors of the costumes without using your flash.. To maximize the costume, focus and photograph the best part of the costume. Is it the mask? The tutu skirt or the peacock feathers on her headpiece? Get in close! Fill the frame of the photo with the best part.
The biggest piece of advice it to turn off your flash! You will be surprised at how fun the photos will turn out without a flash. Have the kids play with their flashlights to get some fun and unique shots. Using the light from the flashlight instead of your camera flash. Have someone hold the flashlight under their chin up towards their face for that spooky look. Instead of the usual crisp images, you will also get some spooky effects that show motion and energy.
Try some different creative angled shots too. Hold the camera up high and point down for a birds-eye view. Get in close and then go out wide to get the whole scene. Walk ahead of your group of trick or treaters and turn around to capture them walking toward you. Then take one from the back.
Try to photograph in the beginning and then go have fun with the kids. As long as you get a few fun ones that is all that matters. Above all, Halloween is all about having fun with your children. HERE are a few photography tips from my last blog post that will also help to conquer the night! Trick or treat! www.NiomeeBPhotography.com
____________________________________________________________________________________________
This post is sponsored by:
The Brett Saks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, hopes to make our Arizona communities safer for bicyclists by teaching adults and children about road safety and mutual respect between drivers and cyclists in fun and engaging ways. We are “Shifting Gears to Saves Lives,” as more than 600 cyclists are lost each year to car-bike accidents. Learn more at gearupaz.org.
