Experimental Photos

For this I knew that I wanted to make something spooky but I wasn't exactly sure as to how I wanted to do it. I didn't have anything elaborate that I could focus on so it had to be simple. So I photographed myself and my home, all the while experimenting with the technique. This led to me increasing the exposure so that I could a ghostly effect.

I bounced between a couple of ideas but this was the one I settled on, since it was a simple procedure and one I could really mess around with. I wanted to see what I could do between me pressing the button and the shutter finally closing. 

Sadly since I was the only one taking the pictures I couldn't be at the ready whenever the picture was taken but I was still able to get into the shot and move around. 

I made sure that there was very little light when I was taking the pictures so that the exposure wouldn't be to bright. One of the few lights I had was a candle. This let me do a few fun things that resulted in some interesting pictures. 

At first I wasn't sure if I liked them but after I adjusted the exposure and detail I found I rather liked how they looked. The ghostly images and bright lights make it a bit abstract and I loved it. 

I was tempted it edit it but I found that the near natural look of it didn't really need to be messed with. The coloring and distortion just looked so cool on its own and I liked the method of seeing how much I could get in with a single shot.