4 Easy Tips for Great Halloween Photos

Along with back to school and birthdays, Halloween photos are a must-do for most of us with young kids. It is just so fun to see our babies dressed up as fluffy farm animals or our pre-schoolers as super heroes or our tweens as super villains! I have 4 easy tips to help you take better photos this Halloween to remember it all. It doesn't matter what kind of camera you'll use. These tips will help you with them all.

Let them be silly!

Halloween is a fun holiday and so, I think, your photos should reflect that. Let your kids be as silly as they want in the photos. If they want to act like the character they are dressed up to be, let 'em. If they want to make funny faces, let 'em. If they want to tackle their big sister, let 'em! Halloween is not the time where as sweet, smiling-at-the-camera face is required. If you let them be silly, you'll have a much better chance of getting a photo that you all love.

Photograph the details.

There are a lot of creative and fun details in Halloween costumes. Remember to get photos that show them off. Not every photo has to have the full costume in it. You don't even have to include your child's face in all of the photos. Take some that show the accessories and details that make their costume unique.

Get down low.

So often we just stand where we are and take a photo from our typical perspective. It makes a really big difference in your photos to try different perspectives. This applies particularly well with kids. Kids are short - at least they're usually quite a bit shorter than us. We're so used to looking down at them from our towering heights that when we take a photo from their height, or even lower, it really makes for a unique photo. The lower you get with your camera, the bigger your child will look by comparison. So if they have a mighty powerful costume this year (T-rex, a super hero or even Gumby) get down low and try taking the photo while you look up at them for a change!

Take photos of the action at the door.

Now, this tip might be the hardest one to pull off, but it's so fun if you can. A lot of your neighbors will go all out with decorating their front door with spooky stuff. Try taking a photo of your kids in action, trick-or-treating at the door. This works best if there is some light source nearby, otherwise it might actually be too dark to get a usable photo. So keep an eye out for a door with great decorations and a porch light or lamp post that will give you just enough light for a spooky photo that really captures the mood.

Bonus tip!

Since my last tip was kind of a challenging one, I wanted to give you a bonus tip to keep in your pocket. Here it is: Take most of your Halloween photos in the day light. I know a big part of Halloween is the atmosphere of being out in the dark. So I want you to enjoy that and not worry about your photos too much while you're out having fun. Take your photos when the sun is still up, before you head out for trick or treating. I'll admit that I have even taken Halloween photos of my kids a few days before Halloween! I say why not? It's one more day that they get to use their costume!