Truthfully you will find tons of information on ghost hunting from every possible angle there is. Some of the information is speculation but much of it is good--and the best information is just common sense stuff.

     Never take photographs in bad weather because rain, fog, mist, snow, or wind can cause you to get “fake” orbs.

     Never clean your camera lens between shots on the same roll of film. This way you can determine if something was on your lens if it reappears on shot after shot.

     Never assume anything. Check, double-check and verify everything.

     No smoking when taking photographs.

     Hold your breath before shooting a photo if it is cold out--many a wintertime ectoplasm photograph is really a plume of breath.

     Never try to get EVP in an area filled with chatter. How can you distinguish a ghost from a real person? Try to keep control of the situation and we recommend using a program so that you can determine if the voice is that of one of your group. We recommend a program here on our site that is not very expensive but that does give us great success.

     When using infrared video, practice shooting in the dark first. Many a “ghost” has turned out to be a shadow in infrared. You should also be aware of the characteristics of an orb and of dust. Kick up dust, pat the furniture and walk through the grass in the darkness while shooting in infrared. Learn the nuances of your camera and that will help you immensely when you are on a site.

     Limit chatter and movement on site. This helps to keep things simple when determining what happened when.

     Read and study from as many reputable sources as you can. The American Ghost Society, The Pennsylvania Ghost Hunters Society and the International Ghost Hunters Society, The South Jersey Research Foundation and Shadowlands to name a few. Every one of these sources will offer information, facts, opinions, and items of interest to a ghost hunter.

     You see, this is all just common sense. If you have questions, please e-mail us and ask. We certainly don’t know everything about this field--in truth, no one does--but we’ll do our best to get you an answer. If we can’t, maybe we’ll learn the answers together.

   Patty Wilson