Someone Asked People To Share The Creepiest Photos They’ve Ever Taken, And 46 Deliver

Setting accidentally captured disturbing details aside for a moment, if you want to intentionally take scary photos, there are a few main things you can do. For one, you should focus on dark settings and avoid sunlight in your pictures. But that presents technical challenges. After all, you need (some) light for photography.

“Select a slower shutter speed to let as much light as possible fall onto the sensor, and keep the camera steady on a tripod, activating the shutter via a remote release or by using the self-timer. The alternative is to increase the ISO or set a wide aperture (e.g. f/2.8) so you can shoot with less available light without having to lengthen the shutter speed,” the Nikon School suggests.

What’s more, you want to avoid using a direct flash because it’s too bright, ruining the atmosphere you’re going for. Instead, either soften the flash with a diffused cover or go for colored lighting gel.

Another small way to create a mysterious, creepy atmosphere is to shine a (flash)light underneath your subject’s face. Or take photos of people’s silhouettes against the backdrop of a darkening sky.

The Nikon School adds that you can also convert your photos to black-and-white for added creepy atmosphere.

And if you want to create the illusion that there’s a ghostly figure moving around in your image, you need to use a long exposure.

“Mount the camera on a tripod to prevent shake, then compose your image with your 'ghost' in position. About halfway through the exposure get them to quickly move out of the shot, and you'll end up with a transparent spectre in the final image; alternatively, get your 'ghost' to move very slowly across the frame to create a wraithlike blur.”

Or you can add the spooky figure in using Photoshop or whatever your favorite go-to photo-editing software is. Take two photos, one with the ghostly figure, one without. Then, in the software, copy the ‘ghost’ from one image and place it in a separate ‘layer’ in the other photo. Move it, change its size and transparency, and edit it in different ways until you get the result you want.

Of course, where you take your pictures also matters. Naturally, if you’re going for a scarier atmosphere, think about places like the woods, graveyards, churches, abandoned buildings, etc.

What is the scariest, creepiest, most unsettling thing that you’ve ever captured on camera, Pandas? Was this intentional or accidental? What’s the rational explanation behind the disturbing details you found in your pics?

If you’re up for it, you can tell us all about it in the comments section at the bottom of your post. You can also share your creepiest pics there.