Slow Shutter Speed

    I feel these two images I took really goes with the spooky halloween season. To achieve this eerie look I used a slower shutter speed. Once I pressed the shutter release button I made exaggerated movements so that I wasn't supper blurry and so that you could see what was going for instead of just the whole image being ghostly.
    For the first image I set my camera on a tripod and put the shutter for a few seconds. Once I pressed the shutter release button I stayed facing front for a fraction of a second then I turned my head to the left for a fraction of a second then finally I turned my had right for a fraction of a second. I made sure to stay in those positions for a little so that the sensor could capture that I stopped moving. If I continuously moved my head without stoping for a movement, my head/ face would have been completely blurry.
    For the second image I still had my camera on a tripod and the shutter set for a few seconds. I pressed the shutter release button and stop still looking at the car for a fraction of a second. Then I quickly brought my hands to cover my face for last possible fraction of a second. Since I moved my hands last second they appear ghostly. This allowed for my eyes, nose, and mouth to be seen through my hands.
     I really enjoyed experimenting with long shutter speeds with movement. It created images that made people who aren't so familiar with the camera ask how I achieved these images. I'm definitely going to create more photographs using a slower shutter speed.