Why Not Cameras in Para-Research? part 1

This article is stepping aside from the technology aspect of the stuff that has been on my blog. I have another love that involves a lot of technical gadgets, so in a way it is kind of sucky geek. The love and interest is in paranormal research. So, in this article I talk about using cameras while conducting research.

I have been against using film and/or digital camera images as credible paranormal evidence for a long time. After 16 years of paranormal research, I’ve come to the conclusion that camera images are best used to show a location off, but not try to capture an image of an alleged ghost.

If you leave away from this webpage with just one thing to remember, remember this - A picture shows a part of a story, but does not tell the story. What do I mean by that? When viewing a picture, you are seeing what the camera is focused to, but you are not seeing the entire 3d environment to which we live. You are not seeing what is behind the camera, you are not seeing what is outside of the focal plane, and you are not seeing the environment as it was during the time at which the picture was taken. All you are seeing is a small glimpse of a completely dynamic environment at a certain point in time.

In a recent investigation, well, just before an investigation I caught several images of a floating book. It was quite unreal and an excellent catch of proof that ghosts exist and can manipulate items around the environment. I had pictures above and below the book, and too the side, and by all means it was levitating in the air. I then explained to my friends that it wasn’t a ghost, and the levitation wasn’t by string and the book wasn’t thrown. The book was propped up easily by use of a yard stick which in every picture angle of the book was hidden. As I write this, I took another picture as an experiment of an iPod book I own. I balanced the book on the yard stick and alakazaam the book floats. Check out the picture below.

Sure, pictures are really cool to view of people performing paranormal investigations, but what do their images mean? It means they were there investigating, and it means they have some nice pictures but that is about it.

That shadow you see in the image, is it a ghost or at the time of the flash, was there a reflection that caused the shadow to occur? The specter you took a picture of, was it a real ghost or was your aperture open too long and someone walked in front of the camera? That floating vase….who threw it?

I was once told to “Never believe most of what I see and doubt most of what I believe.” It has probably been the best advice I have ever been given.

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