Tip 1 Colour Control
When doing Gothic photography colours have major role to play , because there are certain colours that can emphasize the gothicness within the picture .It's not the colours you see in your day to day life , thus it's far beyond from reality and some where along side with fantasy , but not every Gothic art is fantasy there are many situations where reality it self giving the Goth effects , examples like , Misty mountain ranges , pinkish sun set , ...etc. but mostly the colours are grey/ash/black and plus any saturated single colour like Purple,Red,Green,Blue ,
Tip 2 Location
Next best factor would be a suitable location , not all of the places you see are look haunted but there are certain places that do , such as monuments, old buildings , abounded places ... etc. and even the place wasn't that gothy, you can make it by taking the shot in a artistic way such as focusing on a tree branch or capturing a window would give some haunted look you seek.
Tip 3 Models
Adding models is the next step in learning goth photography. When doing this, you need to decide how much focus you will want on your model. Do want them to blend into the background to add to the overall effect, or do you want the whole image to be about them, making them stand out? With answers to these questions, you can decide on colours, clothing style, and hair and make-up for your model.
When introducing models into your photography, take many, many shots. Try as many different angles, light sources, expressions, and poses as you can think of. It is not uncommon for a photographer to take a few hundred photos of their subject just to capture about a dozen “perfect” shots. Playing with different filters like sepia tone can also change your effect and the entire image.
Tip 4 Misty Atmosphere
Misty places always have that Gothic kind of a look , best way is to take some pictures in a gloomy and mist full environment and select few , and there's another way of doing this , and its mostly useful when you are in a position where you cant reach to a misty place.trick is to create smoke , this can be done in many ways , one is to lit some old leaves and have some smoke , and for closed environment you can use dry ice.
Tip 5 Edit Pictures
This might be the easiest way to start with Gothic photography . and you must remember the first tip when you are editing as well so you can change a normal picture.
all you needed is bit of photo editing skills together with Gothic visionary , but first of all I must say that , this is not entirely Gothic photography at all , if you are a big fan of Gothic photography then should not try to rely on these methods ,
any way this method is really easy , all you have to do is add some Hue/Saturation / Sepia effects to your normal looking photograph and turns it into a stunning Gothic art ,
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