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These photos show that Halloween costumes were much scarier 100 years ago

Oct 31, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Although Halloween can be traced back to ancient times, the celebration today is all about getting a sugar rush if you’re a kid or getting hammered if you’re an adult. And while creative, costumes are rarely truly scary, especially if they are DIY.

However, Halloween costumes looked way different 100 in the 19th and early 20th centuries. You don’t believe me? Well, there are photos that prove it! Thanks to artist Ossian Brown, we get to travel back in time and see what the costumes were like back in the late 1800s and early 1900s. And if you ask me, “creepy” doesn’t even begin to describe them!

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Check out this spooky photograph of the Bat Nebula this Hallowe’en

Oct 31, 2022 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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We are all about Hallowe’en at DIYP, and to celebrate we wanted to share this incredible image of the Bat Nebula. It really does look a lot like a bat, flying through space surrounded by tiny stars.

The image was captured by the RiDK 500 telescope at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile, and processed by Mark Hansen and Mike Selby.

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Is this green screen outfit the best Halloween costume ever?

Nov 4, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic Add Comment
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I’ve seen my fair share of cool Halloween costumes over the years. But meteorologist Lisa Michaels has won this year’s first place in my book. She appeared on KFVS News in Missouri and did a weather report dressed as a floating cloud, thanks to a clever green screen costume she made herself.

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How to light paint a terrifying mask just in time for Hallowe’en

Oct 15, 2021 by Alex Baker Add Comment
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Do you like scary movies? If so, here’s a light painting tutorial for you just in time for Hallowe’en, by Jason Page. You might want to sleep with the lights on after watching this!

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How to create spooky Halloween lighting in a small home studio

Oct 28, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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Halloween is just around the corner and you may want to shoot some spooky portraits in your home studio. I know I do! In this video from Adorama, Gavin Hoey will show you how to make a lighting setup and get some spo-o-o-oky portraits even if you shoot in a tiny home studio.

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Halloween is coming – Use these lighting tips to plan your spooky photo shoot

Sep 20, 2019 by John Aldred Add Comment
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Ok, so, we’re in the latter half of September. I think that means it’s ok to start talking about Halloween now. Christmas is still definitely off-limits, but Halloween? Yeah, I think we’re good. And you know what that means. Spooky photoshoots!

This video from the folks at Aputure goes over how to create suspense in your film with lighting. But the tricks and principles contained within it apply just as equally to shooting photos, too.

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This Halloween costume is a fully functional Nikon camera

Oct 31, 2018 by Udi Tirosh 5 Comments
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Here is an eye candy for any of you who are going to a costume party this Halloween. Photographer Bryan Troll built a full body Nikon camera custom. That alone was kind of impressing (and by kind of I mean extremely), but he did not stop there. The camera is fully functional with a strobe, “real” camera and an LCD. And the LCD is actually showing the photos that the camera is taking.

We asked Bryan if the costume was hard to build and he told us that

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This guy’s Halloween costume is a working DSLR camera

Oct 30, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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I thought that I can’t think of a better Halloween costume for a photographer than a huge camera. But Yohei Shimada took it to a higher level: his Halloween costume is a working Canon DSLR that takes actual photos.

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How to shoot Halloween horror in a small home studio

Oct 29, 2018 by John Aldred Add Comment
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There’s only a couple of days left now until Halloween, but there’s still time to do a spooky horror photo shoot. And, why does it have to be during Halloween anyway? Any time is good for a bit of horror! In this video, Gavin Hoey shows us some great tips and techniques to light and shoot horror in a small home studio.

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An artist created this spooky pumpkin photo using practical effects and lighting

Oct 26, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Halloween is a holiday that can spark our creativity in different areas: decorating the home, carving pumpkins, or creating costumes. And of course, it sparks imagination in photographers as well.

Inspired by Halloween, Felix Hernandez has created a spooky photo of pumpkin on fire that looks like it just got out of a horror movie. As always, he used practical effects, lighting, and patience to achieve all the effects he wanted, and he kindly shares with DIYP some details about this spooky shot.

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

Alex Baker: from diyphotography.netAlex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

David Williams: from diyphotography.netDave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

John Aldred: from diyphotography.netJohn Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

Dunja Djudjic: from diyphotography.netDunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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