Ghosts - Experiments.

To start my experimentations I will see if I can create ghosts like photographs and apply the old effect used in many of the ghost photos. To do this I will change the shutter speed on the camera so that it will take the photo for a certain amount of seconds. Then by standing in front of the camera and moving the outcome should look blurred or distorted. I could also try standing in the front of the camera still then move out of the way while the camera carries on taking the photo. This should leave a blurred outline a figure.

For these photos I change the shutter speed and shook my head and moved. This made the photo look blurred and slightly surreal. I also found that the faster and more I moved the more blurred and distorted the photo looked.

I then took photos with me standing in front of the camera. The photo took for about 8 seconds, so I stood in front of the camera for about 4 seconds and then moved away. However the first photo I took I only stood in front for about 2 seconds to see if this gave a more ghost effect. But you can hardly see me and the 4 second photo has worked better.

4 seconds:

2 seconds:

I then went on to take photos down a hall way with a women wearing a dressing gown to see if I could get a similar ghost look, instead of just casual clothes. Since taking these photos I have found that a tripod is needed to make sure the photo isn't blurred. However the women does look ghost like, the photo is just too blurred as my hands aren't as steady as a tripod.

 This photo has also come out very dark. This means more lighting is needed to be able to see the ghost image. However, the faint outline of a figure does look good. Having a darker figure may look better in a window if I want a darker atmosphere.

All three of these photos didn't use a tripod, so they look very blurred. However the figure can just about be seen and the effect I wanted has worked well.