The second night of shooting the attraction.
This time, I was feeling much better and was able to arrive early enough
to get in a few scenes before customers started coming through.
It's difficult to set up for and take scenes when people walk by twice a
minute. True, there are times where you don't see people for two
whole minutes, but you don't know when those are and you end up losing
the opportunity.
Anyway, tonight was a perfect example of shooting
scares. So many things have to be right with a scare for it to be
considered a success. For instance, take the last picture in the
first row. I have a nice composition and everything set up.
However, the kids have yet to realize the character and are not
screaming. It also doesn't help when people walk through and say,
"C'mon, man, take my picture!" Timing, composition, frame
positioning, group type, scare location, actor and customer position,
lighting, and focus: all of these are needed for a successful scare
picture. Guess how often that happens a night? Perhaps three
times. Other than that, you get mediocre and almost there stuff.
I end up deleting many of the shots. For instance, I was shooting
until the last group went through at 2AM (the pictures were up at 5AM).
My raw picture count for the night was 347 and only 97 made it here even
with a somewhat lax review.
This album is part of
Christopher Hall's
Haunted Pictures collection.