Things You'll Need:
- good digital camera
- nice sunny day for daytime shots
- lots of extra lighting/spotlights for night shots
- willing subjects!
-
Step 1
Big inflatable pumpkins are nice too!Head to the pumpkin patch. Taking photos with fields of pumpkins behind your subject makes for a fantastic scenic fall shot. Let the kids sit right on the ground or on a pumpkin and stand back to get the full effect of the surrounding pumpkin patch.
-
Step 2
Find an antique black iron fence. This great background for Halloween shots can be found in most historic cemeteries or old neighborhoods. Old gravestones in the background create a truly eerie effect.
-
Step 3
Create a spooky lighting effect. Use a spotlight from below where the subject is sitting, or use yellow or green light bulbs.
-
Step 4
Set the stage. Create great trick-or-treater pictures by having kids walk towards you on the sidewalk as you sit on the porch step- taking the picture from the angle at their level will create more compelling shots.
-
Step 5
Costume ball. Instead of trying to take Halloween photos when kids are anxious to get outside for trick or treating, have them try their costumes on a few days before Halloween in order to get higher quality photos when they are more relaxed. Or, you could take them to a studio for extra fancy Halloween portraits.
-
Step 6
Candy Fun! Don’t forget to take pictures of one of the most fun times of the evening- the candy swap. When parents check for safety, kids trade one brand of candy for another, and mom and dad snag a treat or two; pictures of the kids with all their candy spread out in front of them will create fun memories.
-
Step 7
Halloween Past and Present. Create a digital photo album that’s all Halloween through the years of costumed fun. You could choose a black album cover and label the album "Ghosts of Halloween Past."
-
Step 8
Hayride Fun. Hayrides or kids sitting on haystacks create another great Halloween background for seasonal photographs.
