Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Proof Is in the Picture -- I'm Here. I Really Am -- The Best Evidence? -- The Changing Winds -- The False Positive -- Too Much Stone -- Food for Thought Moving Forward -- The Intention Argument -- The Most Famous Barn in the World -- It Takes a Village -- The Ghost Eye -- How to Read This Book -- Chapter 2 Histories and Fakeries -- Histories -- The Old Days -- Television Changes Everything -- Fakeries -- It's a Simple Mistake -- Teaching Through Deception -- Intentional Deception -- Chapter 3 The Why and the What -- The Why -- Just Because It Is There -- Ranges -- Speed -- The What: The Major Suspects -- Suspect: The Full-Bodied Apparition and the Ghostly Body Part -- Suspect: Paranormal Smoke -- Suspect: Ectoplasm -- Suspect: Orbs -- Suspect: Streaks -- Suspect: Vortexes -- Suspect: Rods -- Suspect: Shadows and Glowing Lights -- The Unexpected among the Unknown -- Picture Yourself Not Seeing a Ghost -- Odd Pictures or Oddities in Pictures -- Chapter 4 Taking a Picture for Granted: A Crash Course in How a Camera Works -- Camera 101 by Josh Mantello -- The Mechanical Eye -- Burning the Image -- The Importance of Your Features -- Shutter Speed -- Other Troubles with Shutter Speed -- ISO -- F/stop -- Flash -- Conclusion -- Other Special Features -- Autofocus -- Size -- Zoom -- The Best Feature -- Chapter 5 Finding What's Best for You -- Cameras -- The Great Debate: Film or Digital -- The Best Camera -- Some Deciding Factors on Features -- Moving Pictures -- Video -- Webcams -- IR Cameras and Nightvision -- Connecting It All Together -- Thermal Imaging -- In the Field -- Chapter 6 Before You Hit the Field -- Equipment -- The Equipment Equation -- Know Your Landscape: The Right Tool for the Right Setting -- Minimize the Old Mistakes -- The Forgotten Piece of Equipment -- Data Storage -- Film.

Digital -- Video and Recording Equipment -- We Have Power -- Batteries -- Cords -- Wrap Up -- Chapter 7 The Afterlife in the Field -- You're Halfway Out the Door -- What Are You Trying to Do? -- Documentation vs. Evidence -- Getting in the Mindset -- First Phase -- Hit the Ground Running -- Parallel Lives -- Establishing Shot -- Second Phase -- Going Dark -- Introduce Yourself -- Walk the Grid -- Engage the Other Side -- Best Methods -- The Seven Deadly Sins -- Third Phase -- One Last Picture, Please -- Packing Up the Equipment -- Saying Farewell to the Living -- Go for Some Coffee -- Chapter 8 Evaluating the Evidence -- Six Basic Rules for Evaluating Pictures -- Those Old School Pictures -- Get Out Your Magnifying Glass -- Sometimes It's Good to Be Negative -- Scanning -- Going Digital -- It's All About the Equipment -- Take a Closer Look -- Contrast -- Color -- The Matrix Is Not Just a Movie -- Photographic Classification by Josh Mantello -- The System -- The King of Evaluation -- Chapter 9 The Great Orb Debate -- The History of the Orb -- Some Famous Orbs -- How Are You Viewing It? -- Nothing New, Just a Different Lens -- The Paranormal Webster's on Orbs -- A Working Definition -- In a Paranormal Sense -- In the "Natural" Sense -- According to Gene Lafferty of the Buckeye State Paranormal and Haunting Investigators: -- Some of the Science of Dust Orbs from Gene Lafferty of the Buckeye State Paranormal and Haunting Investigators: -- Identifying a True Ghost Orb by Gene Lafferty -- Reducing Orb Photographs by Gene Lafferty -- A Little Bit of Practice Distinguishing Between Potentially Paranormal Orbs and Simple Balls of Light -- The Last Well-Rounded Opinion on Orbs -- Chapter 10 Looking Through a Different Lens: Experimenting with the Paranormal -- Let's Talk Science -- Evidence and the Scientific Method -- Hypothesis -- Lighting -- Frequency.

Experimentation -- Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses -- Making Light Out of Nothing at All -- EVP Meets Visual Evidence -- Looping -- Evaluation and Rethinking -- Are You Willing to Forget Science? -- Chapter 11 That Uncomfortable Moment: Getting the Word Out About Your Picture -- Problems -- The Real World Doesn't Really Care -- And Some in the Field Don't Either -- The Boy Who Cried Ghost -- Sources and Resources -- A Ghost Photo: The Perfect Olive Branch -- What to Look For -- Lessons to Learn Just By Looking -- Do I Dare Post It to a Message Board? -- Posting to Your Own Site -- Getting the Picture Ready -- What They Need to Know and How to Format the Picture -- Evaluation Outside the Lines -- Contests -- Video Sharing -- The Live Investigation -- It Will Never Be Enough -- Chapter 12 Some Final Thoughts on Ghost Photos -- The Science May Fail You -- Learning from Your Mistakes -- Some Stories from Others -- Clarissa Vazquez: Co-Founder, Colorado Coalition of Paranormal Investigators -- In the News -- Have Fun -- Your Future in the Paranormal Scene -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K-L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U-V -- W -- Z.