I spend alot of time in cemeteries photographing sculptures and tombstones both during daylight and night hours. I am not looking for ghosts, I am there purely for artistic and historical purposes. But I will say, I have captured many strange alterations to my images that I have no explanation for as a photographer and I have felt and heard strange happenings that I have no knowledgable explanation for.

I usually do not have any other insturment with me other than a still camera both digital and 35m, I do not own any paranormal investigating equipment, but I am going to begin to bring a digital and an analog voice recorder with me while I work here in the UK over the next few months, just out of curiosity.

Being of Native American and Celtic heritage, I have always been taught to listen to the four spirits whose job it is to warn you of danger and to change your course when the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I have felt that sensation in many a cemetery I have photographed to different degrees of sensation and I must admit, in some cemeteries, I will not venture in certain areas because of these sensations. I have also felt strange temperature flucuations standing next to certain graves to the point that I will stop and put a jacket on.

I usually do historical research on all of my cemeteries because it pretains to the period of the sculpture or style of tombstone I am photographing. I find that the locations that produce the images with the most unexplained alterations occur in ancient places of worship/burial dating back to prehistoric times. I must say I have not photographed many US cemeteries as of yet, most that I have studied are in the UK.

I have also noticed a marked difference in the unexplained photographic images if the church located near or within the cemetery is having bell ringing practice, not hand held bells but full sized tower bells, which send massive sound vibrations throughout the area I am photographing. The usual unexplained alterations will consist of floating mists, fogs, lights, both circular and rod like, strange obstructions in front of the lens, and odd lighting effects.

The bell ringing will also bring more wildlife, birds, owls especially, and domestic pets into the cemetery. Since most bell ringing practice here in the UK happens in the twilight to night hours, I have always found this observation interesting. On the nights that there is no bell ringing, I rarely see wildlife, maybe an occasional cat or a dog being walked by its owner, rarely an owl.

Now I am not a certified parnormal investigator and I have never been on a group investigation so I have no idea what these finding would mean to an experienced investigator, but I would love to know if it does have a meaning and what the opinions are regarding my findings.