Brad Barton Photography » Halloween

I Am the Who When You Call “Who’s There?”

Brad — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:06:29 +0000

This was an original image from last year at Texas Scaregrounds, but this week it was cleaned up a little more and submitted to Fort Worth PPA’s print competition for October where it took third place. The competition is stiff at FWPPA, so I am happy with that result.

The title was inspired by a song from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas.

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13 Days of Halloween: The Lighting Setup (Strobist)

Brad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:16:24 +0000

As promised, here is an image of the lighting that was used for the 13 Days of Halloween headshots…

As you can see, its fairly simple. A flash unit in the back with a red gel, lighting up the shelves behind the subject. Another flash is on the ground pointing upward to give that “horror lighting” look .. the same one you get with a flashlight under your chin in the dark. The subject is seated, so they could look up at me with their eyes easily.. which is equally creepy when done right. For those that had props, such as Disorder’s horn here, I had them hold it close to their faces so it could be included in the image.

Feel free to comment with your own blog links to your Halloween photos! I love them all.

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13 Days of Halloween: Mischief

Brad — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:38:04 +0000

For the 13 Days Until Halloween, I thought I’d celebrate with a new headshot of one of our mainline actors every day…

Mischief is our lead Zombie. She’s always looking for trouble, so you’d better not trouble her.

Visit Chaos Haunted House‘s website for directions and discount coupons.

Keep an eye on the blog.. I’ll be posting the lighting setup on Sunday.

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13 Days of Halloween: Cannibal

Brad — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:20:14 +0000

For the 13 Days Until Halloween, I thought I’d celebrate with a new headshot of one of our mainline actors every day…

Blood is a favorite drink of our favorite nurse…

Visit Chaos Haunted House‘s website for directions and discount coupons.

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13 Days of Halloween: Siren

Brad — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:04:39 +0000

For the 13 Days Until Halloween, I thought I’d celebrate with a new headshot of one of our mainline actors every day…

This is Siren, one of our vampires. She has a piercing scream that will curl your toes and make your blood turn cold. Can you get past her?

Visit Chaos Haunted House‘s website for directions and discount coupons.

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Ready for Some Chaos?

Brad — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:50:06 +0000

Chaos Haunted House is open and rocking. All proceeds go to charity. Come out and scream for us.

This was shot as a promotional image for this year with a single, off camera flash to camera right. The attempt was to get that spooky feel.

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Chaos Haunted House – Opening Night

Brad — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:59:57 +0000

CHAOS Haunted House opens tonight. Here is another shot from the recent promotional shoot I did out there.

If you want to come out, check out the website for discount coupons.

This was shot Strobist style.. off camera flashes for the main light and the background.

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Teaser – Haunted House Season is Coming

Brad — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:46:14 +0000

I thought I’d a shot from a recent promotional shoot for Chaos Haunted House today. This is a collection of some of our cast from the haunted house. Shot Strobist style with gelled lights in the background and one Vivitar head in the front center, shooting from low to get that “spooky light” you get when you light from below.

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