Cameras
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Sam: Check this out. (Shows video)
Dean: Well, maybe it’s just a camera flare.
Dean: Right.
Sam: That’s not like any camera flare I’ve ever seen. You know, a lot of cultures believe that a photograph can catch a glimpse of the soul.
Cameras have helped and hindered Sam and Dean in their travels.
They have used cameras while hunting to identify monsters. Like mirrors, photos and videos can capture aspects of the supernatural not otherwise visible. Some ghosts, they discover, can only be seen through a camera lens. Shapeshifters show a retinal flare on film, making their eyes glow eerily. More powerful creatures disrupt the signal, creating bars of static that make them all but impossible to identify.
Even if there is no monster-caused disruption in an image, it can have value. A decades old picture of someone who looks human, but has not aged since the photo was taken, is a sign of something odd. A glimpse of a hunter in the background of a hot suggests that something has happened in the vicinity before. If the makings of a Crossroads Demons summoning ritual are found, the image of the person that performed the ritual is inside.
Other times it is Sam and Dean themselves who have been caught on camera. Both have had their mugshots taken, and are officially fugitives. This makes it awkward when they are unexpectedly caught on camera, or find themselves accidentally starring in a reality TV show.
For personal photos, see Photo Album. See also Mirror Folklore, Pseudonyms.
Contents
- 1 Episodes
- 1.1 1.02 Wendigo
- 1.2 1.06 Skin
- 1.3 1.18 Something Wicked
- 1.4 2.07 The Usual Suspects
- 1.5 2.08 Crossroad Blues
- 1.6 2.12 Nightshifter
- 1.7 2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign
- 1.8 2.18 Hollywood Babylon
- 1.9 2.19 Folsom Prison Blues
- 1.10 2.22 All Hell Breaks Loose: Part Two
- 1.11 3.01 The Magnificent Seven
- 1.12 3.03 Bad Day at Black Rock
- 1.13 3.05 Bedtime Stories
- 1.14 3.13 Ghostfacers
- 1.15 4.15 Death Takes A Holiday
- 1.16 4.17 It's A Terrible Life
- 1.17 4.19 Jump The Shark
- 1.18 5.04 The End
- 1.19 5.21 Two Minutes To Midnight
- 1.20 6.02 Two And A Half Men
- 1.21 6.06 You Can't Handle The Truth
- 1.22 6.16 ...And Then There Were None
- 1.23 6.17 My Heart Will Go On
- 1.24 6.19 Mommy Dearest
- 1.25 6.21 Let It Bleed
