Does anybody have any good tips or a site with good tips for an amateur photographer taking some jack-o-lantern photos? I have a Nikon D50

Day or night.. ? I assume nighttime you mean right? If that is the case.. be sure to a) use a tripod b) open shutter as wide as it will go c) use a long shutter speed with a remote release if you can and d) try to use some reflective lighting on the pumpkin itself. Take many shots this way perhaps at different exposures and use HDR to combine them into a single great shot. Good Luck!

I took pictures of a candle display, not a pumpkin, but I did basically what Pesto said. I don't have a tripod, so I set the timer and had the camera on the table when it took the picture. Came out great with only the candles lit and no lights anywhere else. I did the same thing to photograph my lit Christmas tree last year.

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the key here is a long exposure time with as much light entering the camera as you can... using a table or a tripod is a necessity.. you just cannot hand hold a camera for 10 seconds without introducing shake..

hmmmmm this sounds like fun. I have a film slr.... i will have to see if i can figure out how to do this. Thaks for the idea guys.

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Help I've fallen behind and I can't catch up!

Past the 1/2 way point

For a film slr.. the principals are exactly the same. A steady perch for the camera.. wide open app.. long exposure times. The only downside is not knowing if you got the shot until after processing... (not sure how we did this before digital!)