The Galesburg Register-Mail had an interesting idea for capturing hundreds of kids' photos on Halloween, and it turned into thousands of pageviews online.
During Treat Street on Halloween, when children trick-or-treat at downtown businesses, photo editor Nick Adams set up a makeshift photo studio at the Register-Mail. In addition to handing out candy, the newspaper took portraits of all of the kids who came in, according to editor Tom Martin.
Some chose not to be photographed, but Adams shot 265 children in costume and immediately created an online photo gallery to show them off. In three days, the gallery drew more than 4,200 pageviews. Prints are available online, too.
"Mostly, we did it as a community service and to drive readers to our website," Martin said. "I had several parents thank us for taking the photos."
Check out the stop-motion video from a stationary camera mounted in the office, too.
