Light Leaks and Ghost Photos

by Fiona Broome and the Hollow Hill staff ©2005


That's not some fiery anomaly intruding on our photograph. It's one of three photos with bright orange splashed across them, at the end of one roll of film. The auto-rewind in our new Canon camera didn't fully rewind the film, and our photographer opened the back of the camera, exposing the final three shots to light.

We were stunned when we first saw these photos. Then, when we studied the negative, the photographer remembered the goof with the film.

When you're taking rolls & rolls of film, it's smart to note anything that could cause a false anomaly. When you get your pictures printed, you need to know what's a "real" anomaly and what's easily explained.

Note: This is a different roll of film, taken at a different photo session, from the one with a fiery anomaly over the leaves at Gilson Road. The one with the leaves was in the middle of the roll, and the bright color is only in the frame, not splashed across the entire strip of film. (The clear difference is on the negative.)

However, if you're trying to sort what's real from what's fake online, this is another example of having to discern the integrity and expertise of the webmaster/ghost hunter.

The two "fiery" photos look very similar. Only one of them is real, and only the photographer could point that out.


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