photo sharing: halloween at home

[mylittleprincess]

:wave2: All!


Halloween is almost here so lets post those pics of costumes. I will start since we had a party last weekend!!

Me & DD5

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3067.jpg
Me & DD13
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3070.jpg
Jello shots!!!
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3079.jpg

Can't forget the "furry" witch Bella
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/ATT00169-1.jpg

[MICKEY88]

nice pics, thanks for sharing, I'd share pics of the Pirates Ball I was at last Sunday, but this is a family oriented site...LOL

[mikamah]

What a fun idea.
I went out with a bunch of coworkers last weekend. We call ourselves the pink ladies and one of the secretaries I work with made all these costumes, and we walked around Salem MA and collected donations for breast cancer research. This was the second year they did it, and my first. It was a great time. Salem is insane at halloween.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/mikamah/IMG_4537.jpg

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/mikamah/IMG_4472.jpg

[fitzperry]

Those dresses are wonderful! What a great idea.

Haven't had much opportunity to photograph my kids in this year's costumes, but here are a couple from the not too distant past. ;)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/fitzperry/DSC_0015b_edited-1.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/fitzperry/DSC_0096_edited-1-1.jpg

[WeLoveNemo]

...but it is never too early for me to start thinking about Holiday Cards. What are some favorite websites for creating yours? I am especially interested in cards with multiple pictures since it is so hard to get all of three of my girls to smile pretty at the same time :cutie: :cutie: :cutie: !!
Thanks!

[Miss Kelly]

I create custom cards in Photoshop or Fotofusion. :goodvibes

[Master Mason]

Last year I photshoped together a picture of everyone and then had it put on a card at wally world

I have it on my external drive I'll try and get it uploaded to smugmug to share..

[mylittleprincess]

Love these pics!! Come on lets see some more!:goodvibes

[mylittleprincess]

I usually do a Photo card at Shutterfly.com. Last years was a family pic at Disney and same with this year.

[fitzperry]

Last year I photshoped together a picture of everyone and then had it put on a card at wally world

I have it on my external drive I'll try and get it uploaded to smugmug to share..

I've done the same thing the past two years but had Shutterfly print them. There are loads of electronic scrapbooking sites where you can download "papers" and embellishments. Beware, it's rather addictive. Here are a couple I've done. If you don't want to go to all that trouble, I know that Shutterfly and Kodakgallery both finally offer templates for more than one photo.

Have fun!

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/fitzperry/Card2copy.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/fitzperry/Christmas06v4_edited-1.jpg

[Master Mason]

Ok,

Here is mine from last year
http://gregghall.smugmug.com/photos/213487453-L.jpg

[iluvmickeytown]

Ooh love this thread. Here is one of my DS last year. I have to find one of his sister.http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/Mardulla/October31_20063183.jpg

[Suburbanmom]

Last year, I had a good deal from www.vistaprint.com. so that's who I used. I created the page in photoshop elements and then uploaded it as one image (.jpg).

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k311/AmyandMark/ChristmasCard_inside_001.jpg

[lsayd]

Our own little Tinker Bell! Poor dog, she was the victim of my daughter's boredom as she was cleaning out her closet and found an old costume of hers (had to photoshop the background, never trust a 16 yr old to clear the garbage out from behind a subject while photographing!).

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/lsayd/IMG100002photoshopped.jpg

[mylittleprincess]

These are sooo cute!! :) I love them!

How did you change the background for the Tinkerbell Dog? I just cannot master this. I have the Adobe Photoshop and I just cannot figure it out. I think I am listing it on Ebay. :confused3

[mylittleprincess]

Here are a couple more....

SCARY DH
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_7506.jpg


My friend's dog
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_7454.jpg

[tinkspark]

Oh I am so excited you started this thread ... my fiance and I had so much fun this year!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/hazeljellybean/captaintink.jpg
We had a few studio pictures done at downtown disney. Luckily, we did because these are the only pictures of us where our costumes are not drenched from the rain.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/hazeljellybean/tinkerbellbirthdaycopy.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/hazeljellybean/mepeterandwendy.jpg
They were looking for the mushroom that alice gave me to make me tall. :rotfl2:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i73/hazeljellybean/danpeterwendy.jpg
Peter did not like the codfish too much. :)

[lsayd]

About the photoshop question:

Photoshop can be quite intimidating, but if you have the time to sit and play with it you'll be able to do a lot of "basic" things like this. I have Photoshop 7, so it may be a bit different in other versions.

Changing the background took a few steps - this one was done quite quickly. First go to Window at the top and click on Tools (if it is not already checked) - this will open your tool bar. I used the magnetic lasso (tool bar) to cut the dog out (done very quickly - could have "cleaned" it up a bit). Then went to Select on the top and from that chose Inverse. That selected the background. Then went to Filter (also on top), to Blur, and chose Gaussian Blur. I left it on whatever settings that it was set on. Then changed the foreground color to orange (tool bar). Then chose the brush tool (tool bar) and set it on a splotchy brush (up at top) and splotched up the background.

I'm sure just reading this it doesn't sound simple, but it really is quite basic as far as photoshop is concerned. Try and sit with it a bit before definitely selling it - it can be frustrating, but also lots of fun.

[Marinerbaby]

Here are a few of my Pirate crew. :)

http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL554/460897/17840602/278754495.jpg

http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL554/460897/17840602/278731783.jpg

http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL554/460897/17840602/278731781.jpg

http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL554/460897/17840602/278731777.jpg

Edited to add our garage. :) Not real people but a real sleigh and costumes. . .
http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL554/460897/13615163/285878891.jpg

[madge]

I've done the same thing the past two years but had Shutterfly print them. There are loads of electronic scrapbooking sites where you can download "papers" and embellishments. Beware, it's rather addictive. Here are a couple I've done. If you don't want to go to all that trouble, I know that Shutterfly and Kodakgallery both finally offer templates for more than one photo.

Have fun!

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/fitzperry/Card2copy.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/fitzperry/Christmas06v4_edited-1.jpg

oooh. I think I'd like more info on this, please! :)

[My2Girls66]

I love the multiple picture cards! I will look into doing one this year. I took my X-mas picture while in Venice, Italy back in April. I try to take them while on vacation. I upload them to Ritzpix.com, choose from their selection of cards then pick them up at the store.
This years photo:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y203/SusieW/DSC_0358copy.2.jpg

[Gdad]

A couple from last year...

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/106713962-L.jpg

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/106717096-L.jpg

This is the 'Enough Pictures- Time to Trick-or-Treat' Look. :rolleyes1

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/214740514-L.jpg

Last year was Cinderella and Cinderella- This year is Tinkerbell and Sleeping Beauty. :goodvibes

[tinkspark]

Marinerbaby... those are such fun photos!

[fitzperry]

oooh. I think I'd like more info on this, please! :)

IIRC I've purchased most of the stuff I've used here: http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/digital.asp . If you google "digital scrapbooking" you'll get plenty of sites that sell "supplies" and offer tutorials. If you scrapbook you'll see that things are organized in a similar way. Usually you buy and download a kit that has several different coordinating papers and embellishments in jpg format. You then pull them into your photo editor (I use Photoshop Elements 4.0) and use layers to create the layout. It's fun because you can resize things and use them in all kinds of different ways--for instance, the snowflakes that I used as frames in that first card were really little embellishments with initials in the center. I'm sure I'm not explaining it very well, but it's lots of fun and not as difficult as it sounds. :)

When you're finished with the card you just save it in jpg format and upload it to Shutterfly or whichever service you want to use. Check the sizes available before you make the card though so you'll have the right aspect ratio. I think Shutterfly's cards are 5x7.

[madge]

IIRC I've purchased most of the stuff I've used here: http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/digital.asp . If you google "digital scrapbooking" you'll get plenty of sites that sell "supplies" and offer tutorials. If you scrapbook you'll see that things are organized in a similar way. Usually you buy and download a kit that has several different coordinating papers and embellishments in jpg format. You then pull them into your photo editor (I use Photoshop Elements 4.0) and use layers to create the layout. It's fun because you can resize things and use them in all kinds of different ways--for instance, the snowflakes that I used as frames in that first card were really little embellishments with initials in the center. I'm sure I'm not explaining it very well, but it's lots of fun and not as difficult as it sounds. :)

When you're finished with the card you just save it in jpg format and upload it to Shutterfly or whichever service you want to use. Check the sizes available before you make the card though so you'll have the right aspect ratio. I think Shutterfly's cards are 5x7.

This was the information I was looking for - I've dabbled in digital scrapbooking, but not really enough to know what I'm doing. I think I've got enough time to play with things before I have a good enough picture (I have 3 kids ;) ) to use for the card. :lmao:

[woody64]

No costumes but here are my pumpkins. Hopefully tonight I will carve the castle!
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/bgidlow/DPP_0001.jpg

Trying out different tricks
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/bgidlow/DPP_0002.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b267/bgidlow/DPP_0003.jpg

[Michele]

My DS's this year are a nerd.....
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/moodymom44/IMG_9329.jpg

and the Invisible Man
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/moodymom44/IMG_9331.jpg

[mikamah]

Great pumpkin carvings Gdad and Woody64. Very creative.

I was playing with my camera after we carved our pumpkin saturday.
Here's the best I got.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/mikamah/IMG_4736.jpg

[mylittleprincess]

Such GREAT pictures!!!! Here are our pumpkins we just carved tonight.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3252.jpg


http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3256.jpg


Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

[mickey2000]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/diz/SundayOctober2220063.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/diz/SundayOctober2220064-1.jpg

[DVC Jen]

Wow this thread is kinda making me sad. Our youngest went to a costume party last Saturday night - but isn't planning on doing anything tomorrow. Neither one of my DDs carved a pumpkin.

Maybe I will just have to taken matters into my own hands tomorrow when they are in school.

Mom can have fun too - right?

I wonder how they would react if I picked them up wearing a costume :lmao:

[mylittleprincess]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/diz/SundayOctober2220063.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v372/diz/SundayOctober2220064-1.jpg

Absolutely Adorable!!!!! What great shots!!!

[AndrewWG]

I wonder how they would react if I picked them up wearing a costume :lmao:

You can't do that unless you submit a pic of your costume on this thread! :lmao:

My DD isn't into it at all this year. I think it has to do with us being so busy this fall that there hasn't been alot of time to get excited about it. I think I will still carve a pumpkin with her this weekend. Who says it can't be done after halloween?

[iluvdisnee]

Pics of my DD's this Morning before they Headed off to School!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2129/1808221211_bc17529970.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/1808221701_934d6b45b1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/1809069634_e8ce78b816.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/1809069346_27ea83d529.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2382/1808220895_18275b396b.jpg

[iluvdisnee]

OOPS, I didnt realize there was a thread already dedicated to this! Here are some snapped of my DD's before School this morning! We have a Pop Star and an Army Girl!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2129/1808221211_bc17529970.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/1808221701_934d6b45b1.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/1809069634_e8ce78b816.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/1809069346_27ea83d529.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2382/1808220895_18275b396b.jpg

[jann1033]

Wow this thread is kinda making me sad. Our youngest went to a costume party last Saturday night - but isn't planning on doing anything tomorrow. Neither one of my DDs carved a pumpkin.

Maybe I will just have to taken matters into my own hands tomorrow when they are in school.

Mom can have fun too - right?

I wonder how they would react if I picked them up wearing a costume :lmao:

that might depend on if you wore one like mickey 88's friends must have worn or not:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[rtphokie]

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/photos/215624694-M.jpg

My son went as Optimus Prime this Halloween. It's a box from Office Depot, light sticks for the running lights and a lot of paint. It was a fun project for us to put together this past weekend. Everybody should have a box costume at least once.

[NurseJamie]

Happy Halloween everyone!

Just curious to see what other people do with their Jack-O-Lanterns using a Disney theme or character. popcorn:: I've done mine free-hand so they are by no means perfect. Here are mine:

2006 - Jack Skellington

Pre-lighting
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8314/jacknotlitupqp8.jpg

All lit up
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1244/jackwithlightml6.jpg

And after being outside for a week or 2 he only got better!
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9670/rottenjacknr9.jpg

This year -I tried to do my fave Disney character, Squirt from Finding Nemo!
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/7402/squirtlittg6.jpg

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/8308/squirtsidefd8.jpg

Show me yours! :maleficen

[fitzperry]

Here's one of my goofballs just before they headed out today . . . .

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/fitzperry/DSC_0075-1.jpg

[ktulu]

Very nice!

This is the decorations in our yard.

http://www.ktulu.com/IMG_6600.jpg

[Shasta]

My daughter tonight.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a2/pshasta/IMG_0107.jpg

[FirstTimertoDiz]

My own Captain Jack Sparrow....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/dragontrainerL/DSC_01260001.jpg


And my attempt from a couple weeks ago on the pumpkins....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/dragontrainerL/DSC_006000011.jpg

[mikamah]

Great job on the pumpkins. It' is very inspiring to me to get a little more creative next year. Ours wasn't disney, just a face with a star and moon tattoo. Happy Halloween!!

[funhouse8]

I loce everyones costumes & pumkins. The Invisible Man is great!

My son as Willy wonka

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/funhouse8/100_7787.jpg

[mylittleprincess]

These Costumes are Great!!:goodvibes Hope everyone had a good Halloween! It's all over....:sad1: Now onto Christmas..:cool1:

Here are my final pics from last night

Here is DD as Sharpay from High School Musical:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3284.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3283.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3295.jpg

My DD as a Fairy
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3296.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/sweetposes/IMG_3316.jpg

[Donold_Fan]

Here's mine....

Zero...
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/blhamon/Valas_2006_138.jpg

Lightning...
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/blhamon/Valas_2006_142.jpg


It was dark, and I couldn't get the camera lined up properly. I didn't use a tripod, just set it on the counter across the room from the pumpkins and I couldn't get in to look through the viewfinder. Oh well.

[davisdenyel]

Here is a link that has some of our halloween pictures.

http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee24/3halloween/

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee24/3halloween/CIMG1368.jpg

[Pea-n-Me]

These were from a couple of years ago (and are blurry) but the first one's Stitch and the second one's Tink.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/paulandlinda/October05103.jpg

[davisdenyel]

Dont look at the dates. I need to change the date on my camera. I did these carvings a few days ago. I also did Grumpy but could not get a picture of it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/hailey4me/102_3780.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/hailey4me/102_3779.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/hailey4me/102_3777.jpg

[Metallicat]

Jack Skellington.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v716/lga2461/nightmare-Jack1_____goateestyle.jpg

[NostalgicDad]

DS6.....

http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/215709825-L.jpg


DD9.....

http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/215716809-L.jpg


My youngest son and one of his neighborhood friends. She was Tinkerbell to match his Peter Pan. I never expected the classic look she gave him right when I snapped the shot.


http://ddbimages.smugmug.com/photos/215714795-L.jpg

[cryssi]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a107/cyumickey/tikipumpkin1.jpg

freehand drawn and carved with an x-acto...

[DramaQueen]

I LOVE this thread!!
Some of your costumes are soooooooo amazing!
The Pink Ladies = :eek: beautiful!!!!
& I love all the tink costumes (especially the doggie tink!)
Some reeeally really great costumes!
Can't wait to see more!!



This year I didn't go Disney, and since I was just staying home with my sister & my friend to hand out candy I just did a quick homemade one;

http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v136/49/62/1643550032/n1643550032_26688_2706.jpg
I was Amy Winehouse. heehee :laughing:
(the beehive [which is actaully my real hair...everyone kept asking if it was a wig!] was done with hair extentions, lots of bobby pins, lots of teasing & TONS of hairspray. Needless to say it was a pain in the butt to brush out afterwards!)

And to keep in the Disney Spirit, here's my last years Halloween costume;
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/skizzle__/halloween/100_3544.jpg
A Homemade Tink. :tink:

[mikamah]

My ninja turtle Leonardo and a neigbor's Mickey.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l7/mikamah/IMG_4861.jpg
On to Christmas!:scared1: Where does the time go?

[MarkBarbieri]

Here are my two kids:

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/215834019-L.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/215835767-L.jpg

Here's a slideshow (http://www.box.net/shared/static/4fjdj8in1o.exe)with some of the trick-or-treaters that stopped by on Halloween.

[iluvmickeytown]

Wow those are some lucky trick or treaters. Hey next time your in Fla can I pay you to tutor me:lmao: . Your pictures leave me speechless. Did you take classes?

[shep]

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf20b3127ccebe8ea2f74f2400000025100Qat2bNq4bsW

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf20b3127ccebe8ea2e2ce0100000025100Qat2bNq4bsW

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf20b3127ccebe8ebad2ce3d00000026100Qat2bNq4bsW

[AndrewWG]

Here are my two kids:

Here's a slideshow (http://www.box.net/shared/static/4fjdj8in1o.exe)with some of the trick-or-treaters that stopped by on Halloween.

Mark,

That slideshow is GREAT! I don't know how you get the exposure so perfect on all your shots. I just can't imagine that mine would turn out nearly that good.

On a side note, if I had a slideshow of the kids that came to my house for halloween, it would be about 10 seconds long. I don't think that the Adams Family words would even start before it was over. I think we got about 10 kids MAXIMUM. It just isn't like the old days...

Agian, GREAT job!

[mikamah]

That slide show was fantastic. Mark, you are so talented. I love to see the work you do. Thanks.

[Steve's Girl]

Here's my trio this year...

http://wendymitchell.smugmug.com/photos/216759341-L.jpg

[Gdad]

My Girls...

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/216777295-L.jpg

This ones not the best but kind of cool since 'Tink' was flying. ;)

http://www.capturelifeinaction.com/photos/216777111-L.jpg

[Vijoge]

What a fun idea.
I went out with a bunch of coworkers last weekend. We call ourselves the pink ladies and one of the secretaries I work with made all these costumes, and we walked around Salem MA and collected donations for breast cancer research. This was the second year they did it, and my first. It was a great time. Salem is insane at halloween.


One person made all those beautiful dresses? Amazing!

[We-Luv-Disney]

Here are my two boys from this past Halloween, no description needed!
http://www.pbase.com/catson/image/88371009/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/catson/image/88371014/original.jpg

[diznylnd]

Your girls are too cute! I just could not help but think how much your one dd looks like Diane Keaton...maybe its the hat or glasses?? even her face looks like her. Too cute. lol


http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf20b3127ccebe8ea2f74f2400000025100Qat2bNq4bsW http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/diznylnd/1740609_10.jpg http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/diznylnd/512_bio_homepage_main.jpg

[MarkBarbieri]

Wow those are some lucky trick or treaters. Hey next time your in Fla can I pay you to tutor me:lmao: . Your pictures leave me speechless. Did you take classes?

Nope. Just spent lots of money, read lots of books, and deleted lots of crummy shots. I'm at the point now where all I think I need to do to get where I want is to spend lots more money and read a lot more books.

[crystalcml]

My Brother Count Dracula:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/crystalcml/picz399.jpg

Me and the girls as "The Pink Ladies" from Grease:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/crystalcml/picz391.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g94/crystalcml/picz389.jpg

[pyrxtc]

I know it's early but we wanted to see the full effect of it all together. She is going ofr a 1980's Pop Star Barbie look.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M137Dcopy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M179Dcopy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M70D-blueEyescopy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M176Dcopy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M168Dcopy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M143D2copy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M139Dcopy.jpg

Now I was just having fun....

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M135D2copy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M135D5copy.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/pyrxtc/MPIX/M135D6copy.jpg

[pyrxtc]

She is 11 and her hair is normally straight. it's a good thing I remember how I wore it then!

[DVC Jen]

She is only 11? WOW! I was thinking she was more like 14 or 15. She looks very grown up.

Nice costume - I remember those days. LOL

[hearts8701]

with mickeys not so scary halloween parties about to start up in september show me your costume photos from the party

[DisneyB2B]

Here's one of me and my friend last year I'm cruela and shes the girl from exorcist :scared1: lol

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v136/105/70/516544641/n516544641_128005_8474.jpg

[Married_Him_@_Disney]

There's another thread with bunches of costume pictures from MNSSHP at http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1438840

Can't wait to go to MNSSHP again! :yay:

[MarkBarbieri]

I don't have any from the Disney party. I do have some pictures from Halloween back home last year. We set up a mini-studio in the garage and shot the trick-or-treaters as they came through. It was a hoot. We're going to do it again this year (hopefully better). You can see the shots at http://photos.barbierifamily.org/gallery/3752403_m6qFr.

[MarkBarbieri]

As usual, we set up our garage as a studio and shot the trick-or-treaters as they came through. The shots are here (http://barbieri.smugmug.com/gallery/6440281_J3EYV#408162288_cm99o) on my Smugmug site and the slideshow is here (http://barbierifamily.org/slideshow/2008Halloween.exe).

Here are a few of my favorites.

My mildly insane older son dressed as a gnome on a toadstool:
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408165331_5RDMQ-L.jpg


http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408165554_Xf8ib-L.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408170628_Rv2EG-L.jpg

These kid's grandmother made these costumes. They were very impressive.
http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408180624_yyU2n-L.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408182901_FkEze-L.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408189000_eCMHc-L.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408207603_xkVNP-L.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/408161275_JNHBf-L.jpg

[saturndb]

great pictures... love the one of your son :rotfl2:

Do you email any of those pictures to the parents?

[MarkBarbieri]

Do you email any of those pictures to the parents?

I send out a link to the Smugmug site to all of the parents in the neighborhood. They can download the photos from there. That avoids clogging people's mailboxes.

[campinggal]

:thumbsup2 Great job Mark! I was hoping you had 'set up shop' this Halloween as you did last year!

Did you do anything different with your set up this year compared to last?

Awesome job with your son's costume! The most creative one I saw in our area was one of my daughter's classmates went as a voting booth- complete with curtain. We had an informal poll at the end of the night because the 'booth' had two polling boxes (one representing each candidate) to collect the candy.

Thanks as always for sharing.

[Furgus]

Can we use this to share our own pictures? Well I am going too since I thought my little girl was pretty darn cute in her Elephant costume. Which my Mom made. The head was all hand sewn and the body was on the sewing machine. She used to make all of our costumes when I was a kid growing up, and we had the best.

This was Gillian's first Halloween costume:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2989842641_a3afc6ce7b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/2989810265_7dc2c1ce37.jpg

Mark, awesome job on the images above. I think this is a wonderful idea, and something I might try to set up next year.

[abbingtonmatt]

cute....:thumbsup2

[saturndb]

I might have to try this next year.

It's a great idea

[MarkBarbieri]

I might have to try this next year.

It's a great idea

I had the idea a few years ago when I got frustrated by the lack of decent pictures of the kids in their costumes. Once I committed to getting a decent shot of my own kids for Halloween, it was an easy jump to include others. My advice is to keep it simple, set it up near where you are handing out candy, and be prepared to shoot kids as quickly as possible because they won't want to waste a lot of time posing when they can be trick-or-treating.

Our neighbors all love it because they now have decent pictures of their own kids and they love watching the slideshows. We shoot a lot of the neighborhood events - block parties, birthday parties, etc - and everyone asks to watch them when we are hosting events at our house. We've only been here 3.5 years, but the kids have all grown tremendously during that time and a lot of people have moved into and out of the neighborhood.

[saturndb]

Thanks for the advice Mark. This could be a cool thing to add to my halloween display...

[ssanders79]

Last night was pumpkin carving night at our house. Well, that lead to wanting to take some shots of said pumpkin....... Then.... my first attempt at light painting. (I might be hooked, it was fun.)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/4060196055_e302fd959d_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssanders79/4060196055/)

[JoeDif]

:thumbsup2 Nice!!

[WDWFigment]

Awesome shot. Really nice looking pumpkin, too!

[ssanders79]

Thanks. This was my first attempt at carving a pumpkin other than the typical run of the mill jack-o-lantern face. It was not as hard as I thought it would be, but I learned a lot.

We had some fake pumkins that I carved the Black Pearl and my wife wants me to do the other one with the castle.

[GrillMouster]

Brilliant!

[Todd_H]

Very cool!

[Brad M]

Here are a few of mine...

Mario

http://www.bradsphotography.com/People/Halloween-2009/DSC1907/699230524_ZDPR8-M.jpg

The mustache didn't last long

http://www.bradsphotography.com/People/Halloween-2009/DSC1938/699231876_79CUC-M.jpg

Mario flexing his muscles

http://www.bradsphotography.com/People/Halloween-2009/DSC1934/699231197_WAoPz-M.jpg

One of my better self portraits :rotfl2:

http://www.bradsphotography.com/People/Halloween-2009/DSC1940/699232202_eNwxd-M.jpg

[ogreenlee]

It was raining here, so we didn't get to take any outdoors like I wanted. I certainly didn't set up a backdrop with lighting to get these, and these were taken after trick-or-treating in the rain. It was all I could do to get everyone to hold on while I set up a tripod in my living room. I'm a natural light photog, and I'm still learning to bounce my flash, as is obvious here. lol


http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x274/olivegreenlee/IMG_0471W-1.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x274/olivegreenlee/IMG_0468W.jpg


We went to the neighborhood halloween party and there was a man holding a very nice Nikon with a speedlite. I didn't know him, but asked him if he would mind using my Canon with speedlite. He seemed very uncomfortable. lol Anyway, he took this shot.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x274/olivegreenlee/IMG_0456W.jpg

[MarkBarbieri]

I took over 350 shots last night. We set up the garage as a studio for Halloween and shoot all the neighbor kids as they trick-or-treat. It's great fun, but now I've got a lot of work to do on the pictures.

[ssanders79]

Here are the other pumpkins.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4063688461_75bbfa14fd.jpg
Click to see larger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssanders79/4063688461/sizes/l/)

[mom2rtk]

I took over 350 shots last night. We set up the garage as a studio for Halloween and shoot all the neighbor kids as they trick-or-treat. It's great fun, but now I've got a lot of work to do on the pictures.

Ahhhh... what an AWESOME idea! Bet you were the hit of the neighborhood!

[mom2rtk]

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/mom2rtk/katiewitchhalloweenstand.jpg

[pixie08]

Awesome!

I went to a pumpkin blaze at an old mansion in Hudson Valley New York (sleepy hollow area) man did I have a hard time getting those pumpkins in such low light conditions...and no tripods were allowed!

Great job...very cool.

[Suburbanmom]

Not my child. My kids didn't dress up this year. They went to a party wearing black t-shirts and jeans...teenagers.

http://amyhenkel.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p707454191-4.jpg

[MarkBarbieri]

Here are mine:

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/699608311_yoDwG-L.jpg

I swear that my wife created a costume with bright white and flat black just to challenge me.
http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/699610372_8dGxU-L.jpg

Here is the downloadable slideshow (http://barbierifamily.org/slideshow/2009Halloween.exe) that I made. It only works on a PC. I'll make a streaming video version of it later.

Ahhhh... what an AWESOME idea! Bet you were the hit of the neighborhood!
This is the third year that we've done it. It is a big hit and I get lots of compliments on it every year. Everyone loves it almost as much as I enjoy doing it. Although I will admit that it is an exhausting endeavor, especially this year when I didn't have an assistant to help with posing or handing out candy.

[Frantasmic]

Got to use my new 70-200 f4.0 and FIRST Canon L lens last night. I really enjoyed it and it was stunning in the light. Flash pictures aren't too bad. The one with all my family was taken by someone else and stepped too far back really for the lens to work properly.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/msf61_fwtx/sets/72157622707966436

[sdshutterbug]

Nice shots everyone! I was Minnie Mouse this year. I bought the ears at a local Disney Store, and made the rest of the outfit myself. All shots taken with my a200 and Minolta 50 1.7. Also below are my friends dressed as a cat and a witch.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4066353321_117b73a4d3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammers05/4066353321/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/4067101648_ac7f98f66c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammers05/4067101648/in/photostream/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2797/4066352107_569d9ecdaa.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammers05/4066352107/in/photostream/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2682/4067100584_07e9e4435e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammers05/4067100584/in/photostream/)

[We-Luv-Disney]

Here's my kids!
My baby girl was a lady bug! So darn cute!
http://bsgjojo.smugmug.com/Other/Studio-lighting/IMG3267/700451837_tf7vS-O.jpg

My DS 6 as skeleton Jack Sparrow...
http://bsgjojo.smugmug.com/Other/Studio-lighting/IMG3254/700451758_96MPa-O-1.jpg

And DS 11, as Jason Voorhees...kind scary...:scared1:
http://bsgjojo.smugmug.com/Other/Studio-lighting/IMG3249mdk/700451688_iqkKR-O-1.jpg

[Toronto111]

I think you have a future as a writer............good job xo

I loved the Amy Winehouse reference

[scoot241]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4062909348_88b63bdab7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottoliver/4062909348/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4062912230_a586ed2a44.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottoliver/4062912230/)

[GrillMouster]

We took our toddler to the the Halloween festivities at Downtown Disney. Here are a few shots:

Our son doing his superhero pose.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo337/GrillMouster/Halloween%202009/Halloween2009-01.jpg

"To infinity...and beyond! P-shoo!"
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo337/GrillMouster/Halloween%202009/Halloween2009-04.jpg

Mmmmm...candy.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo337/GrillMouster/Halloween%202009/Halloween2009-06.jpg

Enjoying a stage show
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo337/GrillMouster/Halloween%202009/Halloween2009-09.jpg

My niece and nephew
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo337/GrillMouster/Halloween%202009/Halloween2009-18.jpg

Superheroes and ninjas and zombies, Oh my!
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo337/GrillMouster/Halloween%202009/Halloween2009-19.jpg

[wenrob]

We took our toddler to the the Halloween festivities at Downtown Disney. Here are a few shots:

Our son doing his superhero pose.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo337/GrillMouster/Halloween%202009/Halloween2009-01.jpg
Oh you did what we did, bought the jet pack to add to the "costume." (I swear boys get the raw end on costumes) What an adorable Buzz! Ours was the only one we saw and everyone quoted lines at him and he'd respond by pushing a button to respond back.

My pics aren't that great, couldn't get my kids to stand in the open shade to save my life.
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Other/2009-10-31-Halloween/5543/699651325_A9C4S-L.jpg

Sun flare is on purpose here. If I wasn't so lazy I'd clone out the liner in the planter and whatever that is in front:
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Other/2009-10-31-Halloween/5566/699662095_cfbyV-L.jpg

My rocker, it makes me sad this is probably her last year:
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Other/2009-10-31-Halloween/5591/699670798_QfWJv-L.jpg

[GrillMouster]

Wen, what a coincidence...both of our Buzzes appear to have the same treat bucket! You can see it in my second image where our toddler is pretending to fly around. It's black material, says "Trick or treat" in orange with a ghost (I think) and collapses flat via a spiral coil on the inside.

We got our little guy's costume at Party City and bought the wings in the toy section at Target. They have gloves, too, but we didn't think they'd fit our little guy or they'd bee too heavy for him to wear all day. We also got him a new pair of Buzz sneakers that light up when he runs to wear with his costume; the colors went perfectly with his costume. I think DW got 'em at Payless. I was tempted to go dressed as Woody.

[wenrob]

Wen, what a coincidence...both of our Buzzes appear to have the same treat bucket! You can see it in my second image where our toddler is pretending to fly around. It's black material, says "Trick or treat" in orange with a ghost (I think) and collapses flat via a spiral coil on the inside.

We got our little guy's costume at Party City and bought the wings in the toy section at Target. They have gloves, too, but we didn't think they'd fit our little guy or they'd bee too heavy for him to wear all day. We also got him a new pair of Buzz sneakers that light up when he runs to wear with his costume; the colors went perfectly with his costume. I think DW got 'em at Payless. I was tempted to go dressed as Woody.
Too funny, they are the same! Great minds eh? DS had to settle for his Lightning McQueen shoes. I had actually thought of dressing DD as Jesse because of her red hair but she's all about the Princesses.

[GrillMouster]

O...M...G... my boy has the same Lightning McQueen sneakers! They're black, have LM on the side, on the side of the bottom rubber part of the shoe it has tires, like the shoe itself were a little car. That's one of my boy's other favorite Disney characters. Great minds and all that.

I was surprised not to see more Disney costumes at DTD. There was one little girl dressed as Woody (not Jessie); I wish I had taken a picture of her with our little Buzz. Your little red-headed princess is adorable. Is that a Snow White costume? Because of her fair skin and dark hair my wife has a Snow White thing going on. We take pictures of her holding Snow White stuff all the time, and her email address has Snow White in it. Another coincidence.

[mom2rtk]

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/mom2rtk/resizecrtx3rags.jpg

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/mom2rtk/resizecarraigefg.jpg

[Amusement]

My two astronauts. I still need to pp the ones of my son with his helmet.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4061444624_13068b4ccf.jpg

[racreel]

My Halloween photo. ;)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/4078130579_e56f4f04b4_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/creelimaging/)

[PixieDust32]

:love:

[mom2rtk]

My Halloween photo. ;)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/4078130579_e56f4f04b4_o.jpg

Very cool! I wish I'd seen it!

[NateNLogansDad]

I thought of this thread today when we made a little trip to Delaware for the annual Pumpkin Chunkin event. If you've never heard of it, basically people with too much time and money create giant cannons to shoot pumpkins literally thousands of feet across corn fields. It's held every year the weekend after Halloween. Here's a few shots of the cannons......

Yes, this cannon is mounted inside a school bus......
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2690.jpg


During a 'free for all' session, they brought out this truck for the contestants to shoot.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2717.jpg
Notice the holes? The pumpkins actually go through the truck.

This cannon had just shot a pumpkin about 1400 feet if I recall correctly.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2740.jpg


I liked the silhouette.....
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2769.jpg

[fortheluvofpooh]

I thought of this thread today when we made a little trip to Delaware for the annual Pumpkin Chunkin event. If you've never heard of it, basically people with too much time and money create giant cannons to shoot pumpkins literally thousands of feet across corn fields. It's held every year the weekend after Halloween. Here's a few shots of the cannons......

Yes, this cannon is mounted inside a school bus......
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2690.jpg


During a 'free for all' session, they brought out this truck for the contestants to shoot.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2717.jpg
Notice the holes? The pumpkins actually go through the truck.

This cannon had just shot a pumpkin about 1400 feet if I recall correctly.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2740.jpg


I liked the silhouette.....
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss53/natenlogansdad/pumpchunk/DSC_2769.jpg



OOOOOHHHH Punkin Chunkin. We used to go there, it was along the highway near where my parents lived in DE. SO neat. Nice photos.:flower3:

[racreel]

Very cool! I wish I'd seen it!

I just happened to notice it on our way out at the end of the MNSSHP.

[rtphokie]

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/Matthew/Haloween/IMG2602/1072035390_gSmJe-L.jpg

"Its My Great Attempt at Pumpkin Carving, Charlie Brown"

[MarkBarbieri]

Let's see those Halloween pictures! We did our usual garage studio shoot of trick-or-treaters as they came through. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun. I changed up my lighting this year. I used this "v-flat rebound" technique (http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2010/08/23/small-flash-into-big-flash-cheap-and-easy/)for my lighting because it seemed like an easy way to get even light across poorly posed groups quickly. It worked reasonably well. I love the look of the light, but I had too much light on my background. I'll have to rearrange a few things for next year.

Here are my boys:
http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1072113279_eVTDx-XL.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1072113489_qaeKs-XL.jpg

[Code]

Nothing Disney this year, next year for sure.

http://code.smugmug.com/photos/1072232797_gafbX-L.jpg (http://code.smugmug.com/Other/misc-share/8316747_ifwno#1072232797_gafbX-A-LB)

[ukcatfan]

Here are a few from tonight's Trick or Treat. Props to my wife on the handmade Princess Leia costume!!!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3914.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3916.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3913.jpg

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

We had a major catastrophe this year since my youngest left her Halloween costume at school on Friday. So we had to come up with a new one over the weekend.

http://fourweeksphotography.smugmug.com/Other/halloween-2010/halloween-2010-14/1072334410_oZMwg-L.jpg

[Gianna'sPapa]

The DGD as she was leaving for Trick or Treating.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/5135010898_578031eb73_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5135010898/)
Gianna Cat 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5135010898/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

With her new puppy.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/5135012884_153d84cc01_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5135012884/)
Gianna Cat 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5135012884/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1245/5134416967_bddf83e6eb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5134416967/)
Gianna 2010 Halloween 5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45097427@N02/5134416967/) by Gianna'sPapa (http://www.flickr.com/people/45097427@N02/), on Flickr

[rtphokie]

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/Matthew/Haloween/IMG2605/1072034739_a53hA-L.jpg

My son insisted on the authentic shuttle astronaut costume. The dachshund really wasn't all that into her hot-dog costume

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/Matthew/Haloween/IMG3863/698825124_3jVa7-L.jpg

Last year he was an iPod. Play button triggered music (I ripped the guts out of a Star Wars greeting card).

[wenrob]

Let's see those Halloween pictures! We did our usual garage studio shoot of trick-or-treaters as they came through. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun. I changed up my lighting this year. I used this "v-flat rebound" technique (http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2010/08/23/small-flash-into-big-flash-cheap-and-easy/)for my lighting because it seemed like an easy way to get even light across poorly posed groups quickly. It worked reasonably well. I love the look of the light, but I had too much light on my background. I'll have to rearrange a few things for next year.
So the light bounces out of the V onto the white wall then onto your subject? Would like to see your set up if you have pics. Love the effect! Your boys sure are growing up, such handsome trick or treaters!

[Suburbanmom]

The lighting set-up is very interesting. If you took a photo of yours, I'd love to see it.

[Bstanley]

My youngest - excuse the busy background, I grabbed him on his way out to a party - I dialed the new flash back a notch and snapped the little diffuser/cover on. The full size image on Smugmug shows the details of the 'decals' on his cheeks. His date was in a stunning 'Pixie' costume, but my wife threatened to turn me in for Child Exploitation if I took her picture...;)

http://rebelxs.smugmug.com/Children/Halloween/2010/IMG4446/1072891671_AL8ww-L.jpg (http://rebelxs.smugmug.com/Children/Halloween/2010/14458151_NU47m#1072891671_AL8ww)

[MICKEY88]

looks interesting, since "an easy way to get even light across poorly posed groups quickly", was your goal, wouldn't it have been a lot less complicated to simply bounce 2 of your strobes{ alien bees} off of large umbrellas, one to each side of the camera..

[We-Luv-Disney]

My kids...zombie doctor...Cinderella...iron man...
http://www.pbase.com/catson/image/129962985/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/catson/image/129962984/original.jpg

[Stargazer]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/secrease731/DSC00560a.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45/secrease731/DSC00563.jpg

[MarkBarbieri]

The lighting set-up is very interesting. If you took a photo of yours, I'd love to see it.

I didn't take any pictures of the setup. It was relatively simple, though. I took a pair of 8'x4' foam core boards and taped one set of 8' edges together. I did this twice, so I had two pairs of boards. I stood these up and opened them so that I had the open side of the "V" shape pointing away from the subject. Behind me and the V's, I had a 9' roll of old beat up white paper. The lights were aimed into the V's. They diffused and bounced from there onto the white wall of paper where they were further diffused and bounced onto the subject.

If you look at the eyes or glasses of some of the pictures, you can see my in the catchlights. Here is an example:

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/Holidays/Halloween/2010-Halloween/MG2130/1072777320_T56k8-L-1.jpg

http://barbieri.smugmug.com/photos/1073020157_thC8P-M.jpg

looks interesting, since "an easy way to get even light across poorly posed groups quickly", was your goal, wouldn't it have been a lot less complicated to simply bounce 2 of your strobes{ alien bees} off of large umbrellas, one to each side of the camera..

It would have been less complicated to set up, but the result wouldn't have been as good and it would have meant more work. One difference would be that the light wouldn't have been as diffuse or broad. I could have gotten a similar effect by just pointing my lights at the background and dropping the V's, but they added a nice extra layer of diffusion.

The bigger problem is that it wouldn't have been consistent enough. I was dealing with people ranging from 24" to 76" tall with no time to change light heights in between. Even worse, some were wearing hats with broad rims. To get the lights low enough to illuminate under the brims of short subects would have meant having them too low for tall subjects. If I'd had a pair of giant octas on either side of me, that probably would have worked reasonably well, but I don't have a pair of giant octas. I only have two giant lights (an AB PLM used as a giant softbox and an 86" diffuser umbrella) and neither are that diffuse.

One issue I did run into was people in black costumes getting lost in the black background. I had my wife grab an AB400 with a background white shovel reflector on it to light the background when we had black costumed kids.

I have uploaded the first chunk of pictures here (http://photos.barbierifamily.org/gallery/14456527_GWjUq#1072754669_pYzEX). I rushed through as many as I could this morning. My camera settings were something like ISO 400, 1/160, f/8 to f/11 in manual mode on a 5DM2 with a 24-105 f/4 IS. My Lightroom settings were Lens Correction, default sharpening with the radius bumped to 1.3, +5 luminance noise reduction, +10 clarity, +10 vibrance, and post-crop vignetting. I occasionally through in some recovery. I made small crops on most shots.

[MarkBarbieri]

I doubt that I'll ever shoot another Halloween without using this general setup. It was so easy and I'm so happy with the consistency of the results. I could definitely have sculpted light better if I had time to work each subject, but during a lot of the time I had a line of people waiting to be shot and had no time to make any adjustments other than to my aperture.

I will change a few things next year. I did a bunch of studio shoots over the weekend (14 different groups) before the Halloween shoot. To make that work, I semi-permanently hung background rollers at the back of the garage with black on the left and white on the right. That worked great for quickly switching backgrounds since I only had a move a few lights, but it left me right up against the walls. For Halloween next year, I'm going to move the black roller further towards the middle so that I have more room for my V's. I also want to experiment with different light heights, possibly including a light skipping off of the ground, and using black velvet instead of black paper.

I also want to "rope off" the area between the V's so that parents doing step in there. Having another person standing in front of my white wall throws off the lighting ratios.

I may also set up a monitor out of view of the shooting floor so that people can see their pictures after the shot. I've had bad experiences with wandering eyes if the monitor is visible during the shoot.

Someone also suggested that I have music playing in the garage. I have no idea why.

[MICKEY88]

I could definitely have sculpted light better if I had time to work each subject, but during a lot of the time I had a line of people waiting to be shot and had no time to make any adjustments other than to my aperture.

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wouldn't that be counter to the whole idea of using this type of lighting ?

[mom2rtk]

My daughter was Hermione Granger this year:

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/mom2rtk/katiehermoinepumpkins.jpg

[atsolomon]

My neighborhood goes over the top for Halloween. This is from a Pirate house display. It's so crowded on this block that the police just block it off every year.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/5135939585/
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/5135939585_4c1b256cb1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atsolo/5135939585/)

[proxy10]

I like the samurai one, honestly!

[MarkBarbieri]

I put up a slideshow for the event. You can see it here (http://photos.barbierifamily.org/Holidays/Halloween/2010-Halloween/14456527_GWjUq/).

[wenrob]

Nice shots everybody! Here are my rugrats:
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Holidays/Halloween-2010/9265/1074639142_EF4Xz-M.jpg

Jessie
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Holidays/Halloween-2010/9236/1074631302_zRFuQ-M.jpg
Woody
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Holidays/Halloween-2010/9238/1074632190_s9p8q-M.jpg
With their cowgirl escort
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Holidays/Halloween-2010/9254/1074637427_inB8m-M.jpg
And just cause this cracked me up. A kitty going as a mouse:
http://wenrob.smugmug.com/Holidays/Halloween-2010/9329/1074650415_j8LYX-M.jpg

[MarkBarbieri]

Here are a few of my favorites from our shoot:

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1072759589_fh9TD-L.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1072786465_Wpiic-L.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1072809292_VTung-L.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1073670872_AE9G4-L.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1073692737_EKLJo-L.jpg

http://photos.barbierifamily.org/photos/1073707675_3Tefn-L.jpg

[handicap18]

Captain Rex & Commander Cody from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Cinderella:

http://www.kylegendron.com/Special-Events/Halloween-Pictures/Halloween-2010/KDG13490/1075161426_EzqA7-L.jpg

a neighbors pumpkin:
http://www.kylegendron.com/Special-Events/Halloween-Pictures/Halloween-2010/KDG13497/1075160700_Y8S3p-L.jpg

[ukcatfan]

A few more that are not my place or my family.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3924.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3933.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3936.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3940.jpg

[Experiment_626]

Captain Rex & Commander Cody from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Cinderella:

http://www.kylegendron.com/Special-Events/Halloween-Pictures/Halloween-2010/KDG13490/1075161426_EzqA7-L.jpg\
Aren't you a little short for a Clone Trooper?

Scott

[pgowder]

We setup a portrait set at the pool in our neighborhood. We asked that everyone bring a donation for a local children charity. Each family that brought a donation will receive a 5x7. Our neighborhood has about 90 houses. We collected over $200 in cash and over 30 items for the charity. It was a great success for the 1st year.

Now the neighborhood wants it for Christmas as well!

Brooke - Cinderella with an attitude!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1111/5138272974_502c253596_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/96077153@N00/5138272974/)
Woodside Halloween (http://www.flickr.com/photos/96077153@N00/5138272974/) by Paul Gowder (http://www.flickr.com/people/96077153@N00/), on Flickr

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/5138282228_0f2eafdea9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/96077153@N00/5138282228/)
Woodside Halloween (http://www.flickr.com/photos/96077153@N00/5138282228/) by Paul Gowder (http://www.flickr.com/people/96077153@N00/), on Flickr

http://www.gowderphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/74881_163425143680749_124216720934925_364150_17414 39_n.jpg (http://www.gowderphotography.com/?p=496)

http://www.gowderphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/76449_163425833680680_124216720934925_364166_71807 27_n.jpg (http://www.gowderphotography.com/?p=496)

http://www.gowderphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/148605_163425293680734_124216720934925_364153_5466 906_n.jpg (http://www.gowderphotography.com/?p=496)

http://www.gowderphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/148710_163425680347362_124216720934925_364161_2615 894_n.jpg (http://www.gowderphotography.com/?p=496)

[handicap18]

Aren't you a little short for a clone trooper?


Scott

I was wondering if anyone would post that.... LOL :lmao::rotfl2::thumbsup2

That was one of my first thoughts when the helmut came in and he put it on... its almost as big as he is.... :rotfl:

[zetachi]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/zetachi/Oct%202010/PA264594.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/zetachi/Oct%202010/PA314605.jpg

[Miller1412]

Pukin' Pumpkin http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/miller1412/DSC_8925.jpg

Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/miller1412/DSC_8948.jpg

Who Ya Gonna Call?http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/miller1412/DSC_8954.jpg

Even the dog did the walk of shame...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/miller1412/DSC_0044.jpg

[Marlton Mom]

I saw the T-shirt in a catalog and I just HAD to get it for him.... Then I realized we could run with it for Halloween.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/5144569000_59bceed375_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marlton-mom/5144569000/)
Behold FARTICUS (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marlton-mom/5144569000/) by Marlton Mom (http://www.flickr.com/people/marlton-mom/), on Flickr


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5144569374_ab41ae2dd4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marlton-mom/5144569374/)
Rear end of Farticus (http://www.flickr.com/photos/marlton-mom/5144569374/) by Marlton Mom (http://www.flickr.com/people/marlton-mom/), on Flickr

[wenrob]

:lmao:Love the air fresheners!:lmao:

[Marlton Mom]

:lmao:Love the air fresheners!:lmao:

Ya know....... I opened those fresheners up about a month before and they still stunk to high heaven on Halloween (not as bad as Farticus though... ). When you put them in your car they are dead within the week! Go figure :confused3

~ Thanks
:hug:
Marlton Mom

[ukcatfan]

http://rtphokie.smugmug.com/Matthew/Haloween/IMG3863/698825124_3jVa7-L.jpg


Daddy?



http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b309/kmhobs/Halloween%202010/IMGP3916.jpg

[Suburbanmom]

Chunky Monkey
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs980.snc4/75312_1693436944579_1497474591_1708928_844206_n.jp g

[Bstanley]

Now THAT is a truly OUTRAGEOUSLY excellent photograph.


Almost makes me want to move back north, almost.

[mabas9395]

Previously posted in another thread, but oh well.

http://farstead.smugmug.com/Family/Holidays/2010-Oct-Halloween/IMG6952/1063995981_EsB4V-M.jpg

[Zoesmama03]

My little witch. This is first year it was not a Disney costume but she did want Alice or the Red Queen they were just expensive to find locally and quick.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1186/5144530952_0e93c3fc72.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/strangemagik/5144530952/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/5135183132_74b7831ef2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/strangemagik/5135183132/)

Our pumpkin carving(first year I tried something with a pattern stencil over boring ol' faces :thumbsup2 )
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5135181838_e410d8bf49.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/strangemagik/5135181838/)

The cake she got to decorate herself at the grocery store:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1230/5134680331_787613c563.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/strangemagik/5134680331/)

[mom2rtk]

Chunky Monkey
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs980.snc4/75312_1693436944579_1497474591_1708928_844206_n.jp g

Amy - that is a serious dose of cuteness! And an awesome shot!

[Zoesmama03]

Love the costumes everyone. Thanks for sharing. :goodvibes