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Include ALL FOUR of the following styles of photos.
Include ALL FOUR of the following styles of photos.
NOTE: Stay in your assigned groups; everyone needs to take a turn IN FRONT of the camera; the goal is to create CREEPY and SPOOKY images.
MONSTER LIGHTING
How to:
Use a flashlight from below to create spooky shadows!
Must be close up
Scary faces
ISO 1600
Set your shutter to 1/60 or higher to avoid camera shake.
Turn it B +W in Lightroom
STILL LIFE
Memento mori: an object serving as a warning or reminder of death, such as a skull.
How to:
How to:
NOTE: each group's composition must be different!
Set up the area by creating a spooky composition with the given props and snap away!
ISO 1600
Set your shutter to 1/60 or higher to avoid camera shake.
SPOOKY CURTAINS
How to:
Photographer: In FRONT of the curtain.
ISO 1600
Set your shutter to 1/60 or higher to avoid camera shake.
MODEL(S): behind the curtain, making SCARY faces and movements
How to:
Need at least TWO models.
Long shutter in a dark area.
ISO 100
f stop f/22 or higher!!
Set your shutter to about 1-3 seconds
One model stays completely still.
Another model moves in a creepy way. The model will appear blurred and ghostly.
When you are FINISHED, upload your images to your desktop and place them into a folder labeled "Spooky Portfolio"
When you are FINISHED, upload your images to your desktop and place them into a folder labeled "Spooky Portfolio"
THEN upload your images into LIGHTROOM and make them spookier!
NOTE: Be mindful of your backgrounds! Crop out anything that would be distracting.
SPOOKY EDITING IDEAS in LR or PS
SPOOKY EDITING IDEAS in LR or PS
BLACK AND WHITE
Photoshop Directions:
To turning it black and white click (1/2 circle) , selected black and white
adjustment layers to create more intensity: brightness and contrast
VIGNETTE
Photoshop Directions:
Click and drag the above vignette onto your image!! (top layer)
Apply a blending mode to make it more natural!
DISTRESSED IMAGE
Photoshop Directions:
Drag the above image onto your image OR find or take a photo of crumpled paper.
Drag it on TOP of your image (layer on top)
Adjust blending modes
AGED IMAGE
Photoshop Directions:
Make it look OLDER
Click on the HALF CIRCLE on layers and add a "solid color" adjustment layer that is brownish.
Adjust blending mode to your liking.
SPOOKY PHOTO CONTEST EXAMPLES
SHADOWS ON THE WALL
using the flash in a darker area to make it appear like night (f22 with a flash)
FLASH
SPOOKY EYES
Take a silhouetted photo
Make a new blank layer
use your brush tool to paint in eyes to a silhouetted photo!!
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