Thursday, October 30, 2008

Happy Halloween - Bag O Tricks

jackolantern pumpkin halloween photo technique dragging the shutter
If you've ever wondered what it's like to traverse through fields of thousands -- truly, thousands -- of jack-o-lanterns, I can tell you it's pretty creepy. The one above was one of the more benign designs I photographed earlier this week at Van Cortland Manor, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York.

The eerie effect in this photo was all done in-camera: a long shutter (a second and a half, I think) combined with a flash pop and a camera twist. It's a technique I like to have in my back pocket.

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