Ghost Photography Tips The following is an edited excerpt from the first edition of Ghost Photography 101, by Fiona Broome. Bring a camera to haunted places and take lots of photos. You’ll learn the ins and outs of ghost photography on your own. Trial-and-error is fine. However, the following tips might make the learning process…
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Ghost Photos – Sparkles and Other Surprising Anomalies
The following is an excerpt from the first edition of Ghost Photography 101, by Fiona Broome. Your camera can suggest “hot spots” for good ghost pictures. One of the best indications is a phenomenon called sparkles. In the late 1990s, my research team noticed bright, sparkling lights that slowly drifted towards the ground after I…
Photographing Ghostly Ectoplasm
The following is an edited excerpt from the first edition of Ghost Photography 101, by Fiona Broome. In the field, the word ectoplasm is often shortened to “ecto” and it’s considered rare. Ectoplasm is a complex and controversial topic. Ectoplasm seems to be something physical. People describe it as something that’s visible to the naked…
These Aren’t Ghost Photos – More Tests
The following photos are from several years’ tests, trying to create convincing, fake, ghost photos. As you can see, it’s not as easy as I thought… or as simple as skeptical critics claim. Spider webs with moisture in them Some people might confuse the lines for ectoplasm, but most won’t. Damp, foggy morning, using…
Tilton and Northfield, NH – Ghost Hunting in the Rain
In Ghost Hunting in Haunted Cemeteries, I mentioned one eerie cemetery in Northfield-Tilton, New Hampshire. (It’s actually in Northfield, but the boundary between the two towns isn’t always clear. Technically, the river divides the towns, but the post office considers both towns as “Tilton.”) Several graves in that cemetery indicate good activity. Last night, we…
Ghost Orb Sightings – An Overview
Orb sightings occur every day. Most “ghost orbs” appear in photographs or videos in haunted places. So few people see them floating in mid-air, some researcher speculate that they can only be seen by gifted, psychic people. What are orbs? “Orbs” usually refer to the round, usually translucent, round or ball-shaped images that we sometimes…