Another year and another Halloween Family Portrait! This year is a little different, I did not come up with the theme. After last year’s 80’s horror films, Suzannah wanted to choose. She picked her favorite author from when she was a teenager, Stephen King. Sorry Stephen, but you are not her favorite author now. Your books got scarier as she got older. One more reason not to get old.
So, Stephen King is the theme this year and we did four of his books/movies. The Shining, It, Pet Semetary, and Carrie. Lucky us, it is Carrie’s 50th anniversary this year. It was Stephen King’s debut novel 50 years ago this past April.
We present this year’s photos….
Halloween Family Portrait 2024. Carrie, The Shining, IT, Pet Semetary.
Eric as Pennywise the dancing clown. Down in the sewers under the town of Derry.
I am not a fan of AI, I feel like it’s overused and requires little to no work or imagination. I do feel like it can be used for inspiration and in this case a background for this photo. I looked though a lot of stock photos of sewers, but this AI one worked best to get me the overall feel I wanted. I added a lot of extras and details, and a few little surprises if you can find them.
Eric as Pennywise the dancing clown. Close-Up.
Tyler as Jack Torrance from The Shining.
The Shining hallway background is also an AI creation. I added the rug, picture on the wall, blood & writing, lighting and some coloring. It emphasized the subject and makes it more interesting.
Tyler as Jack Torrance from The Shining.
Suzannah as Carrie. Before the incident.
Suzannah as Carrie. The aftermath.
The stage background is an AI creation. The letters, fire, sparkles, bucket, blood, lighting, etc, were added by myself.
Lucy doing her best impersonation of ‘Church’ from Pet Semetary.
Below we have some videos of behind the scenes and some of the original photos. Hope you enjoy, see you all next year!
