-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric M. Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 3:07 AM Subject: Create your own ghost images! I just scanned through several of the apparition photographs at www.ghostweb.com. Since it appears that ghostweb is not too picky about what they'll claim as ghosts, I thought perhaps some list members might be interested in sending in a few of their own. I'm a still photographer and filmmaker and I also teach Filmmaking and Video production at an arts school. Part of the curriculum involves producing some low-budget special effects, so I thought perhaps I could offer some suggestions on how to capture ghosts on film. It's really quite simple. First of all let me explain how to capture legitimate ghosts. In other words, without using special effects. All the pictures I saw at ghost web were of this nature, being that they were all pictures of orbs, ectoplasm, or vortex's. There are several simple guidelines to follow to ensure your likelihood of capturing these ghosts on film. 1) Use a zoom lens. Zoom lenses contain a lot more glass than standard prime lenses and are therefore much more likely to produce reflections in your camera, otherwise known as "orbs" in the ghost community. 2) Use a filter. A filter is a thin piece of glass that screws onto the front of the lens. The most common type is the UV filter which is actually made for reducing Ultraviolet light and therefore giving a more crisp picture. Since it's a clear colorless piece of glass, most people keep one on their lenses at all time primarily to protect the lens. The advantage of filters in capturing ghosts on film, is that they frequently get dirty. When this dirt shows up on film it can easily be referred to as a ghostly "orb." 3) Shoot towards a light source. If there is a street light just off to the left or right of your camera, then there is more likelihood to catch lens flare or a reflection of the dirt on your filter. If you soot several shots with no luck of producing orbs, then a good sneeze on the front of the lens should solve your problem. 4) Always use a flash. Flash bulbs are so bright that they will give a much better chance of reflecting off of a metallic object and presenting themselves on film as ectoplasm. Car accidents are a great place to find ectoplasmic ghosts for two reasons. First of all there's the reflective mangled chrome of the bumpers to give your flash ample opportunity to flare the lens. Secondly you have flashing lights from police cars and ambulances that can create interesting "ghosts" on film once reflected off of chrome. Fireplaces are another great place because mantels, picture frames, and glass doors, create great reflections that can easily be called ghosts. The effect is heightened when you point out that a draft is often felt in that spot. 5) Use a slow shutter speed. Slowing the shutter speed down increases the likely hood of bugs and birds that are flying by to show up looking like giant blurs, or if you prefer, ghosts. With automatic cameras the shutter speed will slow down on it's own in dark situations such as grave yards, etc. 6) Use a high speed film like ASA 400. This is a grainer film and it offers fewer clues to specific details of how the shot was obtained, thereby eliminating the possibility of skeptics pointing to the real source of the ghostly image. 7) When loading 35mm film into a camera, don't roll off the first couple of shots as the manual instructs you. Instead use those shots because there is a very good likelihood that a blob will appear due to the film being exposed to daylight. These blobs are easily regarded as ghosts by true believers. 8) Use Depth of Field to your advantage. Depth of field refers to the amount of space in front of and behind your subject that is in focus. In dark situations, automatic cameras will give you less depth of field, therefore giving a better chance for a close object to appear completely out of focus and be mistaken for a "vortex." 9) Leave your film in the dash of your car. Heat on film will often produce an array of ghostly images. It does not take a professional photographer to produce these images, in fact, from the evidence at ghostweb it appears that only bad photographers are able to capture ghosts on film. I did not see a single well composed, well exposed shot in the entire bunch. Apparently the professionals must be doing something wrong. BTW, there are also some very simple ways of creating genuine lifelike apparitions (you know the ones that actually look like people, not blobs, smoke, etc.) if anyone is interested. ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. 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