Halloween Photography Tips

It's almost Halloween - a fun, yet scary time to take pictures.  Here are links to some articles that may help take the fear out of this year's photographs.  And a couple that might put it back.

Taking Halloween Photos:

1. How to Photograph Halloween by Jerry Walsh at Wikinut; 9 part illustrated article
2. How to Take Great Halloween Pictures at New York Institute of Photography; illustrated article on photographing Jack-O-Lanterns, gremlins, goblins, and ghouls.
3. Halloween Photography Tips by Darrin Rouse at Digital Photography School; very short illustrated article
4. How To Photograph Kids Wearing Halloween Costumes at The Fun Time Guide.com; some good basic tips
5. How To Photograph Lit Pumpkins & Halloween Lights At Night at The Fun Time Guide.com; some good basic tips
6. Photographing Halloween at Kodak; brief illustrated tips
7. How to Photograph Zombies by Liz Masoner at Digital Photography School; short illustrated article
8. 5 Halloween Photo Tips by William Sawalich at Digital Photo; short article
9. Halloween Blacklight Photography by Liz Masoner at about.com; very short illustrated article
10. Halloween Photography Tips by Liz Masoner at about.com; 4 very short articles (spooky lighting, creepy angles, special effects, and "set it on fire")
11. Bringing Graveyards Home – How to Photograph in a Cemetery by Chris Molnar at Halloween Alliance; short illustrated article; (Always be respectful when photographing cemeteries)
12. How To Photography: Composing Hair-Raisin’ Halloween Photos at PhotographyTalk
13. 13 Photographic Techniques for Spooky Halloween Photos at Step by Step Photography; well illustrated article

Other Stuff :

1. How to Create a Really SCARY Halloween Portrait by Robert Grant from LearnMyShot; 3 1/2 minute YouTube video 30 Photoshop Halloween tutorials: horror, creepy and scary by Michael Garmahis at Garmahis
2. Halloween - Street Photography by David and Sonya Newell-Smith from BargeSlideShow; 10 minute YouTube Video
3. This Nikon D3 DSLR Halloween Costume Actually Works by Stan Horaczek at PopPhotocom; Tyler Card's Halloween costume; vimeo video
4. How To Photograph Ghosts by Stephen Warner at about.com; short article
5. Halloween hauntings: William Hope's spirit photographs at The Guardian; photos of spirits created by William Hope in the early 1900's.

Low Light Photography Tips:

1. Low Light Photography Tips by Nasim Mansurov at PhotographyLife.com; illustrated article
2. Low light photography: 40 pro tips for any situation at Photography Monthly; 4 professional photographers give their 10 tips for low light photography
3. Low Light Photography infographic from SnapBlog:

Snapsort's Low Light Photography Infographic