By Nigel Parry—As Halloween approached in 2003, I called a friend in the Tilsner who held the best Halloween party in town, and asked him if I could set up a portrait booth in a spare room to photograph guests in costume. The idea was to get a clean digital shot of the costumes against a plain background, perhaps get some of the characters to interact, and see what happened.

The booth (“The Twisted Prom Photo Booth”) was extremely popular and guests, already being “in character”, mostly slipped naturally into appropriate poses which kept things flowing well. Looking at the final 166 frames, some clearly offered themselves for further digital manipulation into various cinematic and artistic styles, with some interesting results.

This article was first published on tilsner.net in November 2003. Nigel Parry first moved to live and work in Lowertown in 2001, writes & photo edits, manages lowertown.info, organizes the annual Lowertown SantaCon, and offers web & print design and communication services through his business nigelparry.net.