Capturing Ghosts on Camera – Subscriber Question
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Monica asks:
"How do you get ghosts on camera? Can they be captured on a digital camera?"
Yes, ghosts can be captured on both digital cameras and 35 mm cameras. You can capture orbs, as well as fully-body apparitions. One of the most famous ghost photos is the photo of The Brown Lady, a ghost who reportedly haunts Raynham Hall in England.
Photographing Ghosts
Photograph your target location, and you may see orbs, apparitions or shadow-like figures in your photos. It's important to understand that ghost phenomena does not always show up on film, even when ghosts are present. So, don't get discouraged if you photograph an area, and nothing shows up. Keep taking photos and you will eventually capture evidence. Usually it's better to take photos at night with a flash (or in an area with subdued lighting) for the best possible chance of capturing paranormal images. Capturing ghosts during the day is often more difficult than capturing ghosts during night-time. If you are using a 35 mm camera, be sure to use film speed 400 or higher.
Want to see some of the world's best ghost photos? Someone on YouTube has created a video that displays the world's best ghost photos. Please note: This is not my video – however it's a pretty good assortment of different ghost photos.
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Comments on Capturing Ghosts on Camera – Subscriber Question
I've never seen a real ghost in my life. So i just want more ghosts pictures. Could you possibily send some pictures to my email account.
Hi Blake. The Ghost Research Society maintains a page with some excellent ghost photos. Also, you can find a video with some famous ghost photos here.
Hey Michelle,
Just wanted to drop you a line to say hi and thank you for the e-mails you send. We are going on our second investigation next weekend. I am very excited about this one. I'll keep you posted. All my best.
Hi Edward. Thanks for the note – glad you're enjoying the emails. Good luck with the investigation this weekend. Sure, let me know how things go for you.
Have seen ghosts in night time and daylight. Night ghosts to me seem stronger. Day time ghosts that I've seen is like a movie clip, clear but full, has color but fades in and out, flickers. I don't like a day time feeling. It's weird, very draining. As to night time sightings, they seem a little more drawing off your energy, you're not so stressed. Night is a calming time, your mind is set for sightings when it happens. In daytime too many things, trying to comprehend what you see. It throws you, hard to focus and react.
I very much appreciate your emails…please keep them coming :)
Well all the tips were useful to me. Sure I'll make an album about ghosts and put it in this site soon. Thanks.
I got a few ghosts on film. Go to my myspace page.
Won't the "intelligent" ghosts sense this, will they get offended? Or react to the camera flash?
I`ve been hunting ghost for a while now, and the best way I have come up with to capture ghost on pics is to communicate with them and get there trust. I`ve done it many of times and seems to work well. from dchunter ghost hunter from leasburg missouri.
Thank u for the emails. I have a photo of my son and when he was a baby we were in the pediatric intensive care unit because my son has some complications due to a syndrome. In the photo holding my son and on my right shoulder there is a glow of light. It goes from my shoulder to my crown. I've always belived that maybe it's an angel, what do u think?
I love your emails – last christmas i saw a solid black figure walking across the dining room toward the kitchen (my ex-husband's ashes are in an urn in the kitchen)(at my daughter's house). I have never seen anything like that before and I saw it full on. I have been a little upset by this because I never knew anything could just be completely solid black and human formed. When I have seen that on ghost adventure shows I thought it was fake, now I know better. I have seen diaphaneous figures, I have been the victim of a poltergeist and when I was 5 I was chased into the coal bin by a an orb, but I never believed there could be a completely solid black figure right in front of me! Shoud I be scared of it? I sometimes think I feel that presence, and, really, i prefer my privacy…
hey michelle…i am so glad to receive your upcoming messages, and actually i am very fearfull person…and i wont stay in the darkness…thats why i am so interested in ghost things…so i joined with u. and i am an indian…and tamilian…so thank you so much.
I just love what you do with your e-mails. Please keep them coming. I have learned alot just from reading them, and whatching Ghost Hunters lol. Thanks Terri
The ghost that appeared in the photograph @ the link above came as a surprise since it was just a snapshot without any intent on capturing anything strange. There's also a bright orb in the picture which may or may not be related with the ghost image, which if you look closely, is evidently wearing a tie.
Thanks for all the emails. Going on investigation in Pennsville NJ in 2 weeks. Client claims lady in white sings and little girl who stares but says nothing. Aays she looks wet, like she drowned. Will let you know what we find.
i would like to know if a ghost or spirit make a camera stop working all at once ?
i have a pic of a ghost hugging a girl on my mom's front porch. how do i send it to you, or where do i send it to?
Hello, I would like to send my ghost picture to someone that can investigate this. I took this from my digital camera, recently, in the City of Old Town Pasadena, in front of a store front. This building has been torn down and remodeled. Please give me your email address so I can send this to you.
Thanks,
Beverly J Hamm
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I'm haunted in my home. I'm being watched.
Hi, I have almost all the equipment to start ghost hunting. I have the chance to be the first person to investigate a few places where the owners feel they may be haunted. My problem is I will probably have to break one of the main rules and do them by myself. I live on the south side of Milwaukee and have tried to contact several paranormal groups, but get no replies, or they are not in need of any new members. Any advice for a lone investigator?