Photo Tips, Halloween safety, and a little philosophy come your way in this blog to celebrate Halloween. On this Halloween, we think it will be fun to re-visit a topic from last year at this season. Thus we packed this blog full of photo tips. You see, Halloween has a lot of visual spectacles and its celebration creates real photo camera opportunities galore.
The BullHorn Media Blog is not just a blog about our services or the latest trends in international technology. Although we cover those topics our blog page is also a place to showcase our human side. And every year we are concerned that families find safe and secure ways to celebrate Halloween.
A Bullhorn Blog of Photo Tips and Treats—No Tricks
Just as we expressed last year, we want our Florida families and communities to have a safe, healthy Halloween holiday. Thus, Bullhorn Media takes a break from our usual techno-topics.
Halloween and Family Time Make Photo Opportunities.
This blog brings you some tips for a Happy but Healthy and Safe Halloween for you, your family and our community.
Have a Bullhorn Halloween—At Any Age
2019 Halloween brings out the child in all of us. On the one hand, you might really be a kid, a middle-school-aged young man or young lady. You might be planning a big night of trick-or-treating with your friends. On the other Halloween Hand, you might be the dressed-up middle-aged chaperone of a kids’ Halloween party.
Likewise, you might just be the coolest grandmother on the block. But whatever your age, we realize you might be the designated photographer with the camera.
Thus it’s time again for Bullhorn photo-tips. You are welcome to cut, paste and copy them to a Word Document. Then you will be prepared to make some memories from Halloween 2019.
Likewise, if you see this blog after Halloween, you are sure to find a reason or an event to enjoy our professional photography tips
How to Make Photo Memories of the Halloween 2019 Scene–and Beyond
1. Number One of Our Top 7 Photo Tips: Dress Rehearsal with Camera and coaching:
Have everyone get dressed up. Then mom and dad are the directors of “movie moments.” Coach the kids into their character. They will have so much fun.
2. Number Two of Our Top 7 Photo Tips: Backgrounds are Important!
Choose a cool-looking place for the “rehearsal“photo-session. Posing in front of porches simply doesn’t always work. However, we’ve seen fake wings turn to gossamer in a simple park setting.
Photos of Halloween Trick or Treat Time Create Childhood Memories
And, as another example, robots and aliens look really good at a local junkyard. And part of this photo tip mandates you do this shooting during the light of day, mid-afternoon if you can. As Trick-or-Treat night turns into darkness, you’ll have the advantage of gotten good, clear pictures in light of day.
Pro-Hint: Always ask permission about taking photos if the setting is private.
3. Number Three of Our Top 7 Photo Tips: Some Scene Setter Shots:
Get the shots of the pumpkins, the colored leaves, and spooky stuff. And don’t forget the family pet. Dogs might even wear a hat—with your cat…hmmmm… that’s less likely. But the pets with the costumed kids will help you make memories.
4. Number Four of Our Top 7 Photo Tips: Remember To Photograph from Several Levels!
Be sure to take some shots from a kneeling down Position, eye-to-eye, on the same level as the child. Then, take some photos from the “adult” position, standing. In later years, the smallness of the child will stand out.
5. Number Five of Our Top 7 Photo Tips: Shoot from a Worm’s Eye View:
Don’t forget at some point to make some images from a prone position on the ground (the worm’s eye view.) Likewise, try some shots standing high above the child for a variety of “looks.”
6. Number Six of Our Top 7 Photo Tips: Vary the Vampire Shots:
Take your shots from a variety of distances. Get close-ups with different expressions, as well as distant shots, whether your kids are vampires or princesses. And get those 2/3 views also. Plus, pose everyone individually and every group (All the guys!) and (all the gals!) sub-group.
7. Fly-Eyes! Take Your Camera to A Trick or Treat or Costumed Party Event:
Be a fly on the wall, like a good photo-journalist. If you are part of the candy-give-away, stand back while they go to the doors. Then click away. You’ll be glad you did. Natural shots, as well as posed portraits, will help you tell the story of Halloween 2019.
Halloween Photo Tip: Get Very Close Close-up Shots of Your Little Pirates.
Terrific Take-Aways from Photo Tips
Check out an excellent online photography site if you are interested in capturing someone who looks like a ghost or in shooting a person who looks like they are levitating. If you can shoot manually, even a little bit, you’ll love these tricks. You will be inspired. And these are not difficult illusions to create.
Halloween is just the first holiday in our wintry season. As Thanksgiving and Christmas will soon be upon us, you will be making many more special memories. Because we love photography and videography, not just as our profession, but as a personal pastime, we will be bringing you more memory-making pro photo and video tips in the future.