Ideas for portraying death in a photograph include taking pictures at a cemetery. Place pictures of deceased friends or family next to their gravestones, or use makeup and costumes to make children and teenagers look "old" and have them lie on top of gravestones. Funeral parlors are another option for capturing images associated with death. You also can dress and stage models for assorted suicide images, such as a hanging, self-inflicted gunshot, carbon monoxide poisoning and jumping from a high place. Note: When staging these types of photographs or any theatrical portrayal of death, murder or gore, consider your safety and the safety of all people involved. Do not place yourself or anyone at risk in an attempt to create a realistic image.
Murder image options for photography include a series of photographs showing someone adding poison to another's drink or food, either through a vile or ring, and images of the person dying of poisoning. Serial killer-type images can include someone covered in blood holding a knife over the body of their victim. Silhouettes of a man or woman holding a knife is another option. Images of someone being shot, thrown down a flight of stairs or strangled are also options. Note: Again, when shooting these types of images ensure the safety of all involved. Do not attempt any shots that can potentially injure models or other crew.
Ideas for photo images of gore include shark attacks featuring blood-soaked sharks among carnage or bloody bear attacks with bears among carnage. Images of "serial killer collections" such as piles of bloody limbs or intestines are options, or try setting up shots of mutilated and skinned animals used in fur factories. One or several severed heads or images of people covered in blood and gore are also ideas. Background images of people covered in gore can be in spooky spaces such as cemeteries or use cafes and pastry shops for more comical images.
Additional ideas for photographs featuring images of death, gore and murder include using costumes from famous movie killers, such as Jason from "Friday the 13th," Freddie Kruger from "Nightmare on Elm Street," Micheal Myers from "Halloween," the ghost-face killer from "Scream" and Jigsaw from "Saw" in assorted poses. Stage these "killers" in a photograph with images of murder and gore or place them in normal settings, such as the kitchen, bedroom, backyard or workplace having just killed a person or two.