Today’s Warm Up: Joshua Hoffine’s Horror Photographs Of His Daughters Are The Stuff Of Nightmares

 

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“They loved it, It was like a giant game of dress-up for them. … They also knew we were making a scary picture — and loved the idea of scaring the audience as much as I did.”

After viewing the photos contained in the link above answer the following using complete sentences.

What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare? What sorts of colors were used? What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge?

18 thoughts on “Today’s Warm Up: Joshua Hoffine’s Horror Photographs Of His Daughters Are The Stuff Of Nightmares”

  1. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare?
    ~above , from below, and there is the use of mirrors

    What sorts of colors were used?
    ~ darker more scary colors, a couple images have more colors like the clown

    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific?
    ~ a couple had a sort of low key lighting and there is also natural lighting and a couple images look more yellow .

    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge?
    ~ out of these images i would probably use the one with the girl walking down the stairs or the closet one .

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  2. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare?They are all taken from a higher angle or a lower angle
    What sorts of colors were used? There were bright colors but most of them were dark colors
    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? Low lighting
    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge? I could take photos that are a lot more scary or creepy like them

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  3. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare?
    -A lot had angles from a above perspective or a below one.
    What sorts of colors were used?
    -Whites and Reds
    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific?
    -Strong lights to create heavy shadows
    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge?
    -You don’t have to show the scary things, you could only give a impression or shadow of it.

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  4. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare?
    -He used angles as if he were a little kid

    What sorts of colors were used?
    -Child like colors

    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific?
    -They used studio lights and placed them certain ways to make it look like scarier

    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge?
    -Clowns, because everyone hates clowns

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  5. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare? The angle i like most is the angle of the girl holding the teddy bear looking at the TV while it looks like the haunted figure is staring right at her.

    What sorts of colors were used? Bright vibrant colors.

    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? The lighting just made the scary part of the photo stand out and enhanced the vibrance.

    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge? I think the one of the girl looking at the television.

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  6. The photographer used many different angels to create all these images some from above and below or some that may have been taken on a tripod. Dull colors were used but also had children’s colors and he added lots of shadows in his photos to add more intense feelings or creepy feelings. I can use lighting techniques to get a sense of creepy in the images I take.

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  7. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare?
    -He used above and below angles (mostly above).

    What sorts of colors were used?
    -There were darker (deeper) colors used for the scare aspect but a lot of bland colors were also used for bedrooms and such.

    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific?
    -The use of bright lights off-screen used for creating visible shadows.

    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge?
    -Use big shadows to stimulate fear more.

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  8. I think that the photographer used unusual angle to create some of these photos. I think that dark colors were used in these types of photos to create the nightmarish tense in the photo. I think in some of the images low key lighting was used in some of them but not all of them. The one photo that gave me an idea was the photo of the clown behind the sheet was kind of scary to me because when I was little I used to hate clowns so much because they used to scare me all the time.

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  9. The angles the photographer used to create the nightmares were like he was a little kid watching. The colors that were used were more of a vibrant color spectrum. The lighting gives the creatures shadows and the object and human beings also but its a light but also dark giving it a scarier look.I would use the hands coming out from under the bed.

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  10. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare?
    cricketed.
    What sorts of colors were used?
    light browns and greens.
    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific?
    shades and darkness at the edges.
    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge?
    the mirror and the stairs.

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  11. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare? he used the angles that effected the photo the greatest. What sorts of colors were used? The colors that were used were more of a vibrant color spectrum. What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? The use of bright lights off-screen used for creating visible shadows. Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge? I think the one of the girl looking at the television.

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  12. the photos were all taken from a higher or low angle no in between.
    A lot of bright colors were used to make the darker browns and grays stand out. A lot of shadows and and darker edges.

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  13. Most of Hoffine’s pictures had angles from below which is kind of made it like a little kid’s perspective of the scene. It also made everything else look bigger and more frightening. Most of the colors were bright ones like pink and yellow. The lighting he used created lots of shadows which made his pictures more nightmarish. Creating lots of shadows is something I want to do in my nightmare photo challenge.

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  14. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare? the photographer showed the person’s fear to create a sense of nightmare.
    What sorts of colors were used? the photographer used vibrant colors that stand out.
    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? the lighting techniques that were used were to give the creatures shadows and show the person’s fear.
    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge? i could probably face my fears and take a photo of a clown

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  15. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare? He uses angle from above, to show the whole scene.

    What sorts of colors were used? Dark colors, that cause the scene to look old, because when it looks older its creepier.

    What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? They used a bright lighting technique to cause the whole scene to be bright and make the shadow stand out.

    Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge? The bugs coming out of nowhere, a lot of people hate bugs so it would work the best.

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  16. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare? What sorts of colors were used? He uses anglr from above, to show the whole scene. What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? They used a bright lightning technique to cause the whole scene to bright and make the shadow stand out. Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge? The bugs coming out of nowhere, a lot of people hate bugs so it would work the best.

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  17. What angles did the photographer use to create a sense of nightmare? use the angle from above. What sorts of colors were used? dark colors. What sorts of lighting techniques to make the image look horrific? bright lights and shadows. Which of these ideas could you use for the nightmare photo challenge? i would probably use things people dislike.

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