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How to Make a Spooky Photo Without Trying Too Hard
It’s so easy it’s scary
Halloween is approaching.
I have mixed feelings about it. I like the candy, of course, and watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”.
But I could do without all those tacky Halloween yard inflatables, and all the slasher movies on TV.
Still, photographically, Halloween presents a lot of possibilities.
I’m speaking, of course, of spooky photos.
Spooky Photos
The obvious approach to making spooky photographs seems to always involve a lot of effort.
A still life with a skull, or maybe a little fake gore.
A double-exposure treatment, to create a ghost-like figure.
Or maybe some carefully applied Photoshop textures and filters to give a night time landscape a creepy look and feel.
Scary stuff.
Not really, of course. It’s usually a little overdone.
So, I say, skip all of that, and use ordinary everyday subjects. It’s just a lot easier, and it can still be spooky.
