Kathy Owen, back in 2005-2006, had discovered that what many believe to ghost or spirit-created energy in photos can easily be re-created by using different camera flash settings. This could explain some of the anomalies showing up in digital photos that many believe to be authentic ghost pictures. The bottom line is to experiment by taking lots of different photos and see what happens under each camera setting. The following are pictures from her experiments....
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The camera's open shutter setting produced the false energy orange haze.
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More orange haze is created by using the open shutter setting.
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Night mode setting produces an orange light bar.
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A false energy picture is also created when using the Action mode.
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Night mode setting with slight movement of the camera creates light bars.
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Action mode with some shake makes a reflected lamp look like an orange orb.
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Twilight mode camera setting will also create fine squiggly lines, not ghosts.
Read Kathy's explanation and view her pictures (above) showing the different effects the camera settings caused. We can eliminate false images created by the camera settings when we know what to look for...
"My son was experimenting with the camera one night with one of our ghost hunting gatherings, and this is what we got. The first picture is of my cat, Sylvester. It came out with an orange effect, but it tends to look like supercharged energy...look at the wiggly lines that appeared in the photo. I don't know how those would appear...
The setting on the camera was with "Open Shutter." The shutter stays open longer when the picture is taken...about a two second time that the shutter remains open. Maybe it did catch something moving around? I don't know? The second photo was taken the same way...with open shutter. It caught the movement of my husband within a two second time frame. See how the shadow appears right behind him? Even the lights behind him give off a weird glow."
"Some of these pictures are from when I used my niece's digital camera - 3.0 megapixel. The first photo was set on "Night Mode;" basically to be taken outside - not inside. The second photo was taken in "Action Mode." See how everything that has a light on it, looks like supercharged energy? Just even moving the camera when taking a picture can cause this effect. I found using a tripod is best if you can possibly use one when taking pics. The third photograph was taken outside at the same lights (photos from another page) as before. The camera mode was set at "Night Mode," but I moved the camera when taking it. The last picture was also set at "Action Mode," but I was shaking when taking the photo. On the TV, is the reflection of my living room lamp; but when I shook the camera while the pic was being taken, it gave off the effect of supercharged energy." - Kathy
The last photo in our gallery has fine, orange, squiggly lines, showing what the digital camera's "Twilight" setting might create in photographs. It was taken by Freak of PASA Hunters:
"...twighlight portrait mode...takes a flash picture and then re-opens the lens to capture really small portions of light (which then, if you move it around, will cause the squiggly lines)."