I found this book to be exactly as I hoped for. I am a co-founder of Garden State Ghost Hunter Society, and I agree with the writter,that orbs are energy,not always dust particles. If that was the case,we would have dust particles in all pictures ever taken,not just the supposed haunted ones.Some ghost hunters believe that orbs are usually dust...then where is the dust in any pictures?The author leaves you to decide for yourself,and also has several good pictures to help out the investigator, and to learn by.There is more info on other subjests as well. Great book!
If your TOTALLY new to the concept of orb photography then this book is a decent place to start if you feel you MUST have a hard copy to reference. However, for everyone else I suggest you look elsewhere. Notice I said orb photography, not paranormal photography. To start with the author rambles at times from everything about Buddhism to Huna (Obviously the authors religious preference), and much of the photography information is outdated in this book. Anyone can go to a search engine and type in orbs or paranormal photography and get way more information than is in this book.
I was TOTALLY disappointed with the TOTAL LACK of paranormal pictures in this book. Then the few there are on pages CS1 - CS12 are pitiful at best. There are some grainy black and white pictures of her husband and pets once again the same looking orb around. I liken it to the horrific family slide shows my favorite aunt and uncle use to torment us with growing up. Also if your looking for any other form of paranormal photography other than orbs then I TOTALLY recommend skipping this book, even if your a beginner. Simply due to the fact it is nearly nonexistent in this book. What little there is rambles and is outdated.
I purchased the book hoping to get some insight on orb sizes, colors, ......... Almost all the orbs in this book look the same, and she briefly mentions the possibility of reasons for colors on pages 68 - 69 (Two paragraphs), but again there is so much more credible up to date information on the web.
The ending of this book was definitely one of the most bazaar I have ever witnessed. She concludes she believes orbs based on her Huna religion are thought forms. Unbelievable. She makes a brief reference to the possibility of orbs in the Bible which I already knew, but honestly that was the best part of the entire book. What about all the reference to orbs in ancient society before we had photography? What about all the orbs taken by photographers unaware of the orb phenomena? I have pictures that date back to the 1960s with orbs in them, we had no clue as to what they were.I am torn on rather to give this book 1 star or 2. I will give her 2 stars simply for her effort as I have stated previously in this book the information is exceedingly limited.
