Ghosty Images – Small and simple tutorial
Written by Anurag Bhateja on April 16, 2008 – 12:33 pm -
This shot is taken in Nehru park Abohar. The person standing in blue t-shirt is my cousin and you can see my translucent structure just behind him on the right side. Now this is not done without any image software like photoshop or something but is done with a very simple camera trick which is being used from decades by the people who love making people FOOL.
If you are not a photofreak then you must know what is shutter speed before getting info on how to do this. Every camera has a shutter which is opened when you click the button for a perticular period of time which can vary from 1/3200 to 15 seconds in normal Digital cameras like mine one, i.e. Canon PowerShot S5IS. Now for this perticular time the light will be allowed to enter and the sensor will process the image according to the lights and surroundings. Higher the number of shutter speed higher will be the time for which the shutter will be kept open.
For doing such a freaky picture, which is VERY VERY easy, you must know how to set exposure or shutter speed in manual mode of your camera. Now set shutter speed/exposure to highest value available according to the lights available around you. Such shots work better in dark time. In this case I have used shutter speed 15″. Now set the timer to your convinience and place it either on tripod or some static place. Don’t keep it in you hand otherwise it will come jearky. If you want to come in the frame, press the click button and before the timer gets over come in the frame. count till 1/2 time in your mind and go out of the frame. Let the camera process the image and wallah ITS DONE!!! Its simple!
The trick behind such shot is when you get out of the frame the light from your back starts coming into the camera and sensor keep on processing it. This results in fading effect of the removed item from the frame and in this case you or in case of this image ME!
The fade value will depend on the fact that how much time you spent in the frame. Now go out and make yourself a ghosty living being!
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By Pushpinder Singh Bagga on Apr 16, 2008 | Reply
I hope you did not pay much for this template… as its available on the net for free…
Cheers…
By Anurag Bhateja on Apr 16, 2008 | Reply
@pushpinder which template?? Who said I paid??
By Pushpinder Singh Bagga on Aug 6, 2008 | Reply
gosh… I never posted this comment.
wierd thought.
just googled my name and found a relevance here…
Holla. !
By puneet watts on Mar 14, 2009 | Reply
hi anurag its a nic a pic……yaarrrrrrrrr
By Dum on Sep 15, 2009 | Reply
I am too fear to watch that ghosty image…..
By geneve on Oct 11, 2009 | Reply
ahh..so some ghostly photos are really fake.nice shot!
By Jenn on Oct 13, 2009 | Reply
thank you, i always wonder how this is done.
By akira07 on Oct 16, 2009 | Reply
I’m ever hear one more alternative to make ghost look-like image by using plastic
And now i’m find another one from you. Thanks…!!!
My plan is to make my sister shocked with fake-ghost photo’s
By Rishabh Agarwal on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
Aren’t the trails of YOU coming into and going outside the frame recorded?
By Anurag Bhateja on Oct 26, 2009 | Reply
You just need to move fast man