Post by wiccanvixen on Aug 4, 2010 0:47:27 GMT -5
Photographic Evidence Review Protocol
1. When taking night pictures with a digital camera..double check your camera for a “night setting” it is usually represented by a moon on the camera…SET your camera to this setting for your pics if possible.. Flash settings tend to reflect the dust in the air…it gives off the false impression of “Orbs” and “Orbs” tend to ruin everything else that might be gleaned from the picture.
2. ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKING while taking pictures…smoking can create the “wisp” effect that we see in many pics…
3. BE aware of the pollen content in the area of your investigation..pollen is the number one cause of “Orbs” both indoor and outside. In Florida especially, our pollen counts tend to be VERY high.
4. TRY very hard NOT to use ANY editing programs on your pictures…zoom in and zoom out features are fine..however, allow the others to do this on their own imaging programs…when you edit a picture through an imaging program it shows in the exif data of said picture..this can lower the voracity of a claim to validity on what we are seeing..NOTE..even lighting adjustments will show as an editing program adjustment in EXIF data…so..better to leave it either untouched or ONLY offer the original pic into evidence, then post the edited pic with the explanation of what you did, this way people can take the original pic and do the same to obtain your results, and there is no question as to how this pic came to look as it did in your edited version.
5. Daytime pics..NOT so much a good idea (lol) daytime pictures notoriously produce numerous false positive images due to light, shadows and a multitude of other factors.
6. MAKE sure your batteries are new when you are going on an investigation, and bring a multitude of backups.
7. Lower resolution (older model digital cameras preceding 2005) tend to produce TONS of “Orbs” due to the poor quality of the resolution…it is suggestible that you take note of this if your camera is older, and adjust accordingly
8. WHEN taking pics at an active location, be sure you are aware of the windows surrounding you, as well as ANY and ALL reflective surfaces. This will help when reviewing these pics and strange lights or lens flare occurs.
9. Notate the positions OF ALL team members and clients BEFORE you snap a picture, thus ruling out and strange shadows and where they should be cast around you.
10. Make note of the fact that the later in the night you go, the more the moon has moved across the sky..so on bright moon nights…shadows will change throughout the course of the investigation.
11. In continuation to the above..ALWAYS have your time and date stamps on so that you are aware of what time it was, and where the shadows were aligned at that point.
12. When at the clients property..note the proximity to the street, and how reflective oncoming headlights are to the windows…also note the interior shadows this will cast.
13. DO not take pictures with the TV on..it will cast not only a variety of shadows, but also exposure issues are known to occur from flare.
14. Always check your camera lens for both moisture and residue before taking a picture..it only takes on fingerprint to create the paranormal.
1. When taking night pictures with a digital camera..double check your camera for a “night setting” it is usually represented by a moon on the camera…SET your camera to this setting for your pics if possible.. Flash settings tend to reflect the dust in the air…it gives off the false impression of “Orbs” and “Orbs” tend to ruin everything else that might be gleaned from the picture.
2. ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKING while taking pictures…smoking can create the “wisp” effect that we see in many pics…
3. BE aware of the pollen content in the area of your investigation..pollen is the number one cause of “Orbs” both indoor and outside. In Florida especially, our pollen counts tend to be VERY high.
4. TRY very hard NOT to use ANY editing programs on your pictures…zoom in and zoom out features are fine..however, allow the others to do this on their own imaging programs…when you edit a picture through an imaging program it shows in the exif data of said picture..this can lower the voracity of a claim to validity on what we are seeing..NOTE..even lighting adjustments will show as an editing program adjustment in EXIF data…so..better to leave it either untouched or ONLY offer the original pic into evidence, then post the edited pic with the explanation of what you did, this way people can take the original pic and do the same to obtain your results, and there is no question as to how this pic came to look as it did in your edited version.
5. Daytime pics..NOT so much a good idea (lol) daytime pictures notoriously produce numerous false positive images due to light, shadows and a multitude of other factors.
6. MAKE sure your batteries are new when you are going on an investigation, and bring a multitude of backups.
7. Lower resolution (older model digital cameras preceding 2005) tend to produce TONS of “Orbs” due to the poor quality of the resolution…it is suggestible that you take note of this if your camera is older, and adjust accordingly
8. WHEN taking pics at an active location, be sure you are aware of the windows surrounding you, as well as ANY and ALL reflective surfaces. This will help when reviewing these pics and strange lights or lens flare occurs.
9. Notate the positions OF ALL team members and clients BEFORE you snap a picture, thus ruling out and strange shadows and where they should be cast around you.
10. Make note of the fact that the later in the night you go, the more the moon has moved across the sky..so on bright moon nights…shadows will change throughout the course of the investigation.
11. In continuation to the above..ALWAYS have your time and date stamps on so that you are aware of what time it was, and where the shadows were aligned at that point.
12. When at the clients property..note the proximity to the street, and how reflective oncoming headlights are to the windows…also note the interior shadows this will cast.
13. DO not take pictures with the TV on..it will cast not only a variety of shadows, but also exposure issues are known to occur from flare.
14. Always check your camera lens for both moisture and residue before taking a picture..it only takes on fingerprint to create the paranormal.
