I had fun photographing some of the neighborhood kids in their Halloween costumes this past Friday. I had set up a background and a couple of lights earlier in the day so I decided to take advantage of the setup to do some Halloween portraits. The black backdrop is what I had set up. It worked pretty well except for a boy in a black wizard robe. I couldn’t get enough background separation. For everything else, I think it worked out well. Next year I will buy an orange pumpkin fleece background or something similar so I have an alternate backdrop handy. Because of time constraints, I couldn’t spend a lot of time with each child. I had to think of poses that would be easy for the kids to get into and shoot quickly. Then, I just let the the kids’ creativity take over.
