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Why are orbs only photographed in 'haunted places'?
Surely this is rather obvious? The reason people thought orbs were paranormal in the first place is because they were photographed in haunted places? Aren't orbs only captured in haunted places?
Aren't orbs only photographed in haunted houses?
No. Orbs can be, and are, photographed anywhere. Orbs have been captured in every conceivable place and circumstance.
So why doesn't everybody notice them?
People often claim that they never saw an orb before they started 'photographing ghosts'. The first point is that orbs are captured less frequently in 'normal' photo situations. Most people take photos during the day or in good light, circumstances under which orbs are captured less. We know that orbs were always captured using 35mm cameras, but were rare occurrences, and hardly anyone noticed them because they were so infrequent.
It's also true that most people would simply not notice them or would discard them as photo defects. The two anecdotal examples we use are:
1. Someone passed me a photo of a social event which was full of orbs. I asked them if they noticed anything unusual about the photo, their response was that they had not until I pointed it out!
2. I saw a film premier 'red carpet' photo on a website. The photo that people were commenting on had several noticeable orbs. I scanned through the 400 comments on the photograph. Not one of them mentioned the orbs. They concentrated on the film, the actress's dress, etc. People tend not to notice orbs until they start looking for them!
Yes.. but aren't orbs often photographed in haunted houses?
Yes, and no. Another way to look at it is that orbs are photographed by paranormal enthusiasts, regardless of where they are.
We have already established that the perfect conditions for capturing orbs are as follows:
- Using cheaper, automatic digital cameras (hence why professional photographers often have not come across them);
- In the dark, using a flash. Under what other circumstances do people go around taking photos in the dark apart from ghost investigating?
- In dusty, old 'haunted houses';
- Taking 'scene' photos. Most people photograph people; orbs are more common when the subject is far from the camera (like the wall at the end of a room). Who goes around taking photos in the pitch black of rooms?
- Taking a lot of photos. Most people will only take a small number of photographs in one particular place. If orbs were (hypothetically) only to turn up in one photo in ten, most people would not take that many photos. However paranormal enthusiasts often go around taking hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs in the same location.
Don't orbs mean my house is haunted?
The tragic aspect of orbs - otherwise harmless photo defects - is that they lead normal people to believe they are plagued by ghosts.
We have lost count of the number of people who have decided their house is 'haunted' purely because they have photographed orbs there.
Once they 'label' their house as haunted they often then look for other evidence, because they are expecting it. So every knock, tap, car-key 'disappearance', odd 'feeling', etc, is put down to 'the ghosts'. The chances are these events would have happened anyway.
The difference is that before the orb photos people would have 'tuned out' these noises or events, or would have attributed them to other causes.
To Conclude:
So the short answer is that orbs are most captured by paranormal enthusiasts because they take a lot of photos in the dark and - crucially - they sit down afterwards and looks for anomalies!
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