There are too many terrific images from our 2008 Shoot! Halloween promotion to do them justice in this short entry.  My job, here, is to present only a few images to give the viewer an overall flavor of the event.  I’ve selected three images from what I view as three distinctive categories: children, parents with children, and adults.  I chose these three images to best illustrate the diversity I find in Halloween.

Cuddle Bugs

Cuddle Bugs:

Too cute for words?  Oh, yes, I think so.  These young ‘uns embody the essence of cuteness.  If you don’t think I’m a qualified judge in such matters, talk to their parents.  I think you’ll find they agree!

Proud Papa

Proud Papa:

The cowboy and the baby.  The thing I like best about Halloween is that it draws the generations together.  For instance, this young father taking time to share the evening with his daughter.  I was pleased for the opportunity to photograph these two together.  As an aside, he said he’d come straight from work and didn’t have time to dress in costume . . .

Costume Award

Costume of the Year Award:

This husband and wife team simply caught me off guard.  How cool to see that Halloween isn’t just for kids, nor is it only about collecting hordes of candy.  In fact, I don’t recall seeing these guys carrying bulging pillowcases of candy at all.  They said they were just out for an evening’s stroll, to enjoy the nice moderate temperature.  In any case, I’m glad they strolled by.  With these killer costumes, they simply made my night!

Cheers,
-Mike.

Shoot! Halloween 2008

We’d like to thank everyone who stopped by on Halloween night. Your visit helped make the promotion a great success! We expect to have your images posted to your secure gallery by Monday evening.

We received a number of comments on the set we built for the shoot. Thanks! We’re glad you liked it. It’s amazing what you can do with a few bales of straw, some pumpkins, and other seasonal items once the creative juices start to flow. However, a cool set was just the beginning.

The real benefit to those taking advantage of our promotion was dramatic lighting. Combine the cool set and dramatic lighting, and you get memorable pictures that will be shown and treasured for years.

We’ll be posting a small sampling of images from the shoot here, on this page, in a few days.

For those of you who may have missed our 2008 Shoot! Halloween promotion, we’ll likely run it again in 2009. Meanwhile, be sure to take advantage of our services for all your photographic needs.

Cheers,
-Mike.