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