What do you need for a ghost photoshoot?

A white flat bed sheet per person and sunglasses. Optional: a beanie, a book, a coffee cup, or anything else your ghost can 'do'.

How do you keep the sheet from falling off?

Wear a hat or a headband under the sheet, and put sunglasses on over it. They hold the sheet in place around your head.

When is the best time for a ghost photoshoot?

October, in the golden hour before sunset for warm autumn light — or after dark with your phone's flash for a party look.

Ghost Photoshoot Ideas: 12 Bedsheet Ghost Poses

All you need is a white bed sheet and a pair of sunglasses. These ghost poses work solo, as a couple, with friends or with the whole family — each one has a cue, simple steps and a camera tip.

Demo photos are AI-generated to show each pose clearly. The cues and camera tips are written for real people and real phones.

Halloween & Pumpkin Patch
Ghost Reading in the Leaves
Ghost sheet on, read in the leaves
1. Wear a white sheet and sunglasses
2. Sit in the fallen leaves with legs out and boots showing
3. Hold a book open and read
1x eye level, full body, leaves everywhere
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchcouple
Ghost Couple Cheers on the Grass
Ghost sheets on, sit and cheers
1. Each wear a white sheet, beanie and sunglasses
2. Sit on the grass, her between his legs
3. Clink soda cans together
1x eye level, full body, autumn field
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchcouple
Ghost and Pumpkin Head Coffee Date
Ghost and pumpkin head, cheers on the bench
1. One wears a white sheet, the other a pumpkin head
2. Sit side by side on a park bench
3. Clink your coffee cups
1x eye level, full body, bench and leaves in frame
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchcouple
Two Ghosts in the Road
Two ghosts, sit in the middle of the road
1. Each wear a white sheet
2. Sit side by side on either side of the center line
3. Only your shoes peek out
1x from far back, the road leading off between autumn trees
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchbest friends
Ghost Shopping Cart Ride
One ghost rides, one ghost pushes
1. Both wear white sheets and sunglasses
2. One sits in a shopping cart with legs up
3. The other pushes from behind
0.5x low angle, empty parking lot lights at night
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchbest friends
Ghosts on the Slide
Ghost at the top of the slide, arms out
1. Both wear white sheets
2. One sits at the top of the slide with arms spread wide
3. The other stands beside the slide reaching up
1x eye level, full body, playground
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchbest friends
Ghosts with Fries on the Curb
Two ghosts, fries on the curb
1. Wear white sheets, sunglasses and beanies
2. Sit side by side on the curb
3. Hold your fries, white socks and boots showing
1x eye level, full body, parking lot behind
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchparent & child
Big Ghost Lifts Little Ghost
Lift the little ghost up high
1. The parent wears a white sheet
2. Lift the baby, also in a little sheet, high overhead with both hands
1x from the side and behind, backlit
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchfriends
Three Ghosts in a Car
Three ghosts in the front seat
1. Everyone wears a white sheet and sunglasses
2. Squeeze into the front, the driver holding the wheel
3. The other two throw peace signs at the camera
From the back seat looking forward, try black and white
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchfriends
Row of Reading Ghosts
Ghosts in a row, reading
1. Everyone wears a patterned sheet and sunglasses
2. Sit in a row
3. Each hold a book open and read
1x at night with flash, eye level
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchfamily
Ghost Family in the Woods
The whole family in ghost sheets
1. Everyone wears a white sheet with black eyes; kids add witch hats
2. Grown-ups in back, kids in front, close together
3. A grown-up holds the littlest one
1x eye level, full body, woods behind
Try it with your camera
Halloween & Pumpkin Patchfamily
Ghost Mom, Pumpkin Dad
Ghost mom, pumpkin dad, kid in the middle
1. Mom wears a white tulle ghost, dad a pumpkin head, the kid a little ghost dress
2. Hold hands and walk forward
3. The kid looks up at the ghost
1x eye level, full body, autumn path
Try it with your camera

Why this trend is everywhere

Went viral on TikTok in fall 2020 · comes back every October

The ghost photoshoot took off on TikTok in the fall of 2020 and has returned every Halloween season since. The appeal is the contrast: a spooky costume doing completely ordinary things — reading in the leaves, sitting on a curb with fries, riding in a shopping cart.

It costs nothing, hides your face (great if you don't like being photographed), and works with any number of people.

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Ghost Photoshoot tips

1.Use a flat sheet, not a fitted one
A plain white flat sheet drapes evenly. Throw it over your head and let it pool on the ground a little.
2.Sunglasses or a beanie keep the shape
Put sunglasses on over the sheet, or a beanie on top, so it doesn't slide and the 'face' reads clearly.
3.Cut a small slit to see
You can't see through most sheets. Cut a small slit at eye level, or have a friend walk you into place.
4.Pick a normal place
The joke works best somewhere ordinary: a cafe, a parking lot, a bench, a car. Autumn leaves are the classic backdrop.

Ghost Photoshoot Ideas: 12 Bedsheet Ghost Poses

Ghost Reading in the Leaves

Ghost Couple Cheers on the Grass

Ghost and Pumpkin Head Coffee Date

Two Ghosts in the Road

Ghost Shopping Cart Ride

Ghosts on the Slide

Ghosts with Fries on the Curb

Big Ghost Lifts Little Ghost

Three Ghosts in a Car

Row of Reading Ghosts

Ghost Family in the Woods

Ghost Mom, Pumpkin Dad

Why this trend is everywhere

Ghost Photoshoot tips

1.Use a flat sheet, not a fitted one

2.Sunglasses or a beanie keep the shape

3.Cut a small slit to see

4.Pick a normal place

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