A girl placing flowers at a cemetery grave is surprised by a ghost in this 1960s nighttime photograph created by making a double exposure on the same film frame. The photographer figured a flash exposure setting for the girl and gravestone, and set the lens opening (f/stop) at one-half of that exposure. While the girl held still, a person in a white sheet posed in front of the gravestone and a 2nd flash exposure was made at the same f/stop. Those two half exposures produced a proper exposure. What was recorded during the 1st exposure became visible behind the sheet to create the ghost effect.
A young girl placing flowers at a grave in a cemetery is surprised by the appearance of a ghost in this nighttime black-and-white photograph created in the 1960s by making a double exposure on the same film frame. The photographer placed the camera on a tripod to keep it steady, then figured the exposure setting for the girl and the grave when made with a flash, and finally set the lens opening (f/stop) at one-half of that exposure. After making the first exposure, the girl held still while a person covered in a white sheet posed in front of the grave, and a second flash exposure was made at the same f/stop. Those two half exposures produced a proper exposure. The see-through "ghost" effect occurred because whatever was recorded on film during the first exposure became faintly visible behind the sheet.
Size: 2141px × 2755px
Location: Illinois, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes
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