Halloween: The Whole Story in Pictures

There is something about fall that gets to me. The pumpkins, trips to the orchard, and fresh apple butter, I love it all. My children however are less appreciative of nature’s artwork and more interested in plastic pumpkins, fabric ghosts, and spooky monsters. I am sure at one time we all loved fall for the one day of candy collecting rather than an entire season of crisp leaves. Keeping this in mind I am able to embrace the holiday for my children.

For them I have spent too much money on an expensive elephant costume for my 6-month-old son. For them I have sewn 200 leaves to a shirt and skirt to transform my daughter into a “jungle girl.” For them I spread fake cotton cobwebs all over my front bushes. For me, well, for me they share some of their Halloween loot and humor me as I capture the entire event on film. Halloween, a day for children, should be remembered and recorded each year. Following is a list of “not to be missed” shots to include on your photo list.

Before

• Your costume being sewn
• Your costume being tried on
• A series of transformation shots as you are getting ready
• The empty trick-or-treat bag
• Your outdoor decorations before the sun goes down
• The full bowl of treats ready to be handed out

During

• The finished costume
• The trick-or-treater fully dressed in costume
• The candy being handed out
• Children approaching a door for candy
• Treats being placed into a candy bucket
• The half-full candy-collection bucket
• The children walking down the sidewalk (away from you and towards you)
• Your outdoor decorations after the sun goes down
• The half-empty bowl of candy still to be passed out

After

• The full candy-collection bucket
• The candy sorted into piles
• The treats being consumed
• The now-empty bowl of candy
• The face paint removal
• Tired trick-or-treaters asleep for the night
• The costume in a pile on the floor

Including some or all of these before, during, and after shots on your photo list will allow you to capture the entire story this year.

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