Darkroom Magic: iPhone Spirit Photography

[@derekkonigsberg2047]

This sort-of reminds me of a photograph I accidentally took at Disney World many years ago. I had my camera on a tripod (back when you could get away with that) taking a ~30 second exposure around dusk. While my shutter was open, some random family had a flash photograph taken of them by a Photopass photographer right in the middle of my frame. I still call that my "ghost family" photo :-)

[@lornaholt1246]

Love the creative idea of this, and tried several times, but cannot get the ethereal results.

[@bthemedia]

Very cool trick!

[@davestelling]

Very cool! I have the Android, tho. Thanks...

[@nickbrandreth]

Sorry, we only had an iPhone to test with. We did some searching and couldn't find any options for the android. But if you figure out a way to do this with an Android please share! Happy Halloween.

[@GeorgeEastmanMuseum]

We're experimenting with Androids right now! Sadly, it doesn't have a long exposure option without downloading a separate app like Long Exposure Camera 2. You can try using the Night Sight option, but it doesn't always work as well.

[@DonaldWMeyers-dwm]

@@GeorgeEastmanMuseum You could take two photos, one with the subject and a "clean plate" and then bring them into an editor that allows layers (GIMP is a free one), and then use the opacity setting to blend the images for a ghostly effect. That should work with any camera.