All photos on this web site have been taken under the protocols as set forth by the IGHS. No camera straps, no photography in rain, mist or snow or dusty road conditions. The NJGHS members are careful not to shoot a picture when someone is using an autofocus camera. (the beam will resemble a huge orb if you take a picture at the same time!) We're also careful to tie back long hair and not to breathe out in cold weather when taking a picture.

The NJGHS will not post pictures that could be counted as mere dust. Dust orbs can happen in the cleanest of homes, so please don't be offended!

To further substantiate these photos, most were taken back in the day of 35mm and the images appeared on the negatives as well - that rules out the developing error. The digital shots are taken in a series of the same location. The orbs may appear in one shot, but not the one before or after it. Sometimes if taken quickly enough, the orb will appear in two sequential shots, but in different locations of the frame.

Digital Photography and Orbs!!

Vince Wilson of the Maryland Paranormal Investigators Coalition has this to say about Orbs and digital photography. It's very enlightening. The NJGHS thanks Vince for this information and waits anxiously for his book on the subject.

You can learn from him directly at the NJ Ghost Conference 2005 this April 30!

According to the Nikon website (www.nikontech.com):

"Occasionally images from digital cameras will have "defect" pixels.
These pixels may appear in the final photograph as bright white, green or red
spots that are out of place when compared to the rest of the image.
Sometimes people call these spots "hot" or "dead" pixels.
Usually these pixels, and other types of "digital noise" appear in the
darker or underexposed parts of images; additionally, images taken at
longer exposure times are much more likely to have this issue."

"Many Nikon cameras have a "noise reduction" or "NR" process that fixes
these problem areas. When NR is activated and image exposure times drop
below 1/4 of a second the NR automatically processes the images as they
are saved. This Noise Reduction feature is sometimes called "Night
Portrait" or "Night Landscape" Scene Modes."If these spots are seen on images photographed under normal conditions (bright light with exposure times shorter than 1/4 second) then the camera may need to be sent in to a Nikon Service Center for repair."

Vince states:  I also found out that the photoreceptors in digital cameras cannot see
color. They rely on filters to record each primary color (red, blue and yellow) separately and them combine them into a full color picture. As a matter of fact, most digital cameras can only approximate the closest colors to what is in the picture. The most expensive models use separate filters to capture color. However, this is pricey and increases the size of the camera.

Most SLR digital cameras are such. Lower cost models use interpolation
to approximate the closest colors. Interpolation is a method used to
increase the resolution of an image by adding pixels to an image based on the
value of surrounding pixels. Although it looks "good enough" to the naked
eye, you are looking at images with only guesswork determining the outcome of a
picture. This method can also cause artifacts to appear.

Skirt of the Lady in White's Dress - Dec. 18, 2004

This photo was submitted in 35 mm format. I witnessed the negative and it appears there too. The interesting thing about this is that this was the last photo taken on a 35mm Disposable camera. Upon pick up of my friend's developed film, she was told that she had dropped off a roll with only one picture taken. She lost all the photos taken on that camera (her son's school's Holiday pageant, Christmas day celebration at her Mom's - save for this ONE picture!)

As you know, you can't get to the end of the roll on a disposable camera without taking a picture and then advancing the film. How then did all those other pictures get lost and the Developer tell her that she basically dropped off a new roll of film with only picture taken?

This picture is of her Mom and baby girl peering through what appears to be the skirt of "Sara" - their resident ghost lady in white. The house is her Mom's and is situated on a piece of property that was once part of large estate where the young heiress "Sara" lived. (My friend and her Mom have researched this and have all the details on this.)

Oh, and we can rule out double exposure because where this picture was taken in the house was in the opening of the hallway looking in to the living room - no curtains, tablecloths, or sheets were around to create this image.

These last 4 Ectoplasmic Vapor shots are thanks to NJGHS member Kate P.
(see the one above and the three below)