Digital Home Thoughts: Hallowe'en Photography Tips

"Tips to Keep in Mind for Halloween this year - There are plenty of subjects around to photograph at Halloween ranging from the traditional jack-o-lantern through to people in costume, to trick or treat ‘treats’ etc. It’s a time of color, emotion and lots of interesting subjects. The keys to capturing them are not that different from the normal keys to good composition in photography. As you photograph Halloween this year keep in mind some of the basics of good digital photography. I’ve selected the following tutorials that we’ve written before that should be helpful in your Halloween photography..."



So it's still two weeks away, but there are undoubtedly a bunch of us here who plan on maxing out our camera's memory when the eventful day comes. Nothing says Hallowe'en like dressing as pirate with a honkin' camera hanging around your neck, eh? :wink: In any case, October 31st is a huge time for cameras. The problem of course being that most of the interesting Hallowe'en stuff happens after dark. Low-light photography is arguably the hardest type of photography there is and many of us (myself included) could use a few more pointers. Most of the stuff mentioned in the article are serious photography basics, but are good things to keep in mind when the magical evening arrives. Just remember: caramel and cameras don't mix.