Halloween Press Release
Reprinted with permission from the
New
York Institute of Photography website at
<http://www.nyip.com>"
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> HOW TAKE GREAT HALLOWEEN PICTURES
>
> Pope Gregory III started it all in 739 A.D. when he
> officially designated
> All Saints Day, but he wouldn't recognize Halloween
> as we celebrate it
> today. It's become a night of fantasy for children
> of all ages, and with
> its pumpkins, costumes, and trick-or-treating it's
> also a great opportunity
> for you to capture the spirit(s) with your camera.
>
> "It's easy to turn this night of fantasy into
> permanent picture memories,"
> says Chuck DeLaney, Dean of the New York Institute
> of Photography, "but you
> have to follow two simple guidelines or, excuse the
> pun, you won't have a
> ghost of a chance."
>
> "The most important guideline," says DeLaney, "is to
> know exactly what you
> want to be the subject of your picture. Then, when
> you look through the
> viewfinder of your camera, make your subject the
> most important thing in
> the frame and try not to show anything that
> distracts from it. The second
> guideline is to try to capture the 'feeling' of the
> occasion too."
>
> For example, if you are shooting a jack-o-lantern,
> it's your subject. Make
> that clear by moving in close and almost filling the
> frame with the
> pumpkin. Keep the background simple so it doesn't
> distract from your
> subject. Hint: To make this picture even more
> interesting, include the
> faces of the kids or Dad or Mom hovering over it.
> Get down low so that you
> see their faces looming over the top of the pumpkin.
> Careful now, you don't
> want to cut any heads off, even on Halloween.
>
> Now the second guideline. To capture the eerie
> "feeling" of Halloween,
> shoot at night using "ghoul" lighting. Rule One is
> to turn off your strobe!
> You don't want pictures with its cold, clear light.
> Rather, you're looking
> for eerie lighting that captures the "spirit" of
> Halloween.
>
> Hint: To capture the glow of a jack-o-lantern, don't
> light just one candle
> inside the pumpkin. Two or three lit candles will
> produce a far better
> picture.
>
> When you take a picture of your favorite goblin in
> costume, have a helper
> shine a flashlight from off to one side or from
> below, the way we all did
> as kids. This is "ghoul" lighting and it will
> produce wonderfully scary
> lighting in your pictures. The biggest mistake
> amateurs make is to shoot
> from too far back. So get in close and fill the
> frame. You don't have to
> shoot from head-to-toe. Rather, you're usually
> better off if you fill the
> frame with just the head and shoulders. And bend
> down low to kid's-eye
> level. Don't shoot from adult-level.
>
> Hint: If your kids wears a mask, take two shots -
> one with the mask on and
> one without so that in future years you'll be able
> to identify the little
> devil behind the mask (and you may be able to use
> the picture for your Xmas
> card). And don't forget fido. Put a mask or silly
> hat on the family pet,
> and shoot - but fast. Fido or Cleo will be too
> embarrassed to suffer this
> indignity for more than a few seconds.
>
> "The key to good Halloween pictures," concludes
> DeLaney, "is to capture the
> spirit - the feeling - of the occasion. The spirit
> of Halloween is ghoulish
> fun and silliness. So for great Halloween pictures,
> know what you want the
> subject of each of your pictures to be, and make it
> important in the frame.
> Then add 'mood' that captures the spirit of
> Halloween by the ghoulish way
> you light your pictures or the silly way you pose
> your subjects."
>
> For more ideas on how to take great Halloween
> pictures, visit the New York
> Institute of Photography Website at
> <http://www.nyip.com>
>
>
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