| I have been doing paranormal photography for | | | | Georgia, St. Augustine, Florida, Chicago, |
| about two years. I first took an interest in | | | | Illinois, Richmond, Virginia, and New |
| it after visting St. Augustine, Florida and | | | | Orleans, Louisiana are wonderful places for |
| going on a "walking ghost tour." All I had | | | | paranormal photography. How do you know if |
| with me at the time was a disposable camera, | | | | you've captured a ghostly image on film? |
| but after the film was developed, I was quite | | | | There are three types of images that will |
| surprised with what I had captured. | | | | show up. These are the Orbs, Ribbons, and |
| | | | Mists. Orbs will look like round and cloudy |
| I've noticed that the best times to go out | | | | discs of various sizes. Sometimes there will |
| for a paranormal photographic excursion are | | | | only be one in a photo and other times there |
| during the summer, at night, and just before | | | | will be dozens. Orbs are the most common of |
| a storm. There seems to be a higher level of | | | | the three. Ribbons look like beams of light, |
| activity during the above mentioned. Any | | | | usually red, yellow or orange, that zig-zag |
| camera will work fine, be it a disposable, | | | | across the photo. Mists are the most eerie. |
| polaroid, or digital. I prefer digital | | | | These will look like ghostly figures. |
| because I can see the images right away. | | | | Sometimes, even the outline of a face and/or |
| | | | body will be visible. However, Mists are the |
| The best places to take paranormal photos are | | | | most rare of the three. |
| at well known haunting locations. Savannah, | | | | |