Can anyone else "read" photos?

Question

i grew up being able to read photos. i didnt even notice that it was odd until i grew older. i started to notice i was the only one, and people thought i was odd and wondered how i knoew that stuff.... when i had never met the person. when i see the person in a photo, i somehow know heaps about their personality... i can read their energy.... can anyone else do this? feel free to post a pic in a question in here if you want... its a bit boring in here, and it might be fun :)

Answer 1

Funny, I've only met one or two other people who can do that too. Yes, I can do it too. In fact, I get people emailing me all the time for readings and I always ask them, "are you willing to send me a photo?" I just need to be able to see their eyes clearly. I tend to see the heart of the person and usually pick up one or two things that are hidden in that part of themselves they don't share with most people.  

Deenie.... that's a challenge I'd be willing to take. ;)

EDIT:

Peter D... I would SO love to read your picture... just to see you try and debunk what i tell you. ;P (just teasing, all in good fun!)

Answer 2

Sometimes we can pick up things from photographs, just visual cues which might give hints as to what the person is like. Those hints are probably things we've come to associate personality types with, and those associations may or may not be valid. In most cases, I'd say they probably aren't valid. But, even so, we make those associations and sometimes they are right, sometimes they are wrong, just out of chance if nothing else.

This is probably what's happening with your "reading" of photographs. Have you kept a strict tally of every photograph you've "read" and did you interview each subject afterward? That would be an interesting experiment to do which would either (1) support your ability with evidence or (2) falsify it. Unless you've done this without confirmation bias and are willing to share the numbers, I tend to think your ability is more coincidence than anything else.

Answer 3

You seem to be some kind of a prodigy and a special person. And imagine how much of work in hand is always for you! I suggest you keep a file portraying your ideas about different people and you can match your findings later with the actual personality.

Answer 4

This would be an interesting thing to study.  I would love to see what sort of results you would get in a controlled environment.  (You could even win $1,000,000 if you're interested.)

I am curious to know how you would be able to "read" energy and gather data from what is after all just a photo-chemical or inked piece of paper.

Answer 5

Sounds interesting, I haven't tried this one,never noticed if in fact I do or have.

I know I do this with T.V. If I see a pic of a show/DVD cover/etc.. coming on or plug in I know the whole show and get bored.

Kinda funny as it is hard for me to enjoy movies,T.V. etc...

I actually found a way to enjoy sitting through them on occasion by my interest in Art.........

I do know as a artist I have always had trouble painting/sketching people as I look because I keep trying to filter out all of what may be present.(Whole)

Note* First time actually watching T.V. 5yrs old wth a new playmate  who watched t.v. I noticed a suspected conversation/words etc behind the broadcast which as time went on(day-weeks,years) I studied the acitivyt and response. (Mine at the time was interest- to spooky because no one else could hear or see yes it turned into some seeing)

I think this plays a role in what I have perceived and  learned(old now) and the way I use my intutivness..

The deal is not to be concerned with beng right just enjoy(child like)  Above all Know yourself etc...

I know budding

Answer 6

lol..You're a busy bee tonight in here!! Me too! I'm glad somebody else has insomnia..or are in a different time zone. It gets lonely in here this time of night (morning!)

No..I can't do that. Although..I think everybody has a little "sense" about photos...but that mostly has something to do with the person's expression.

I wouldn't know how to put a photo in here. I'm a computer dummy. (but not as much of a dummy as I used to be!)

  You should get a job with the police dept...crime dept. Can you tell anything about me just from what I'm writing? (Nothing personal, please! lol)  I think on here we all have our own ideas about what other posters are like..esp. the "regulars". I wonder if we'd be surprised if we met them...at how they're like we thought they were..or not.

I really don't see how you can tell much from a photo though..about a person's soul. Maybe somebody will send you a link with a picture and we can see your ability at work.

Edit..sorry about the space... Maybe you can read our Avatars!!! Wanna try it?

Edit...hislady..I'm waiting!! lol Wanna use the Group Photo..or this one?

Edit.. PD... Don't you know that somebody already "read" our avatars...and came out with the Group Picture?? How could you forget?

Answer 7

I can read photos too. Its not something I have been able to do since I was a child. Its something I learned to do over years of studying with an amazing healer.

Mostly, she and I used photo readings as part of a process to try to find missing children but I have also had people send me photos of loved ones and ask questions about them.

Once I even had good friends try to trick me by giving me false information about the person in the photo - including their name, marital status, and job. and while it was very confusing for me (what they said didn't match what I was picking up) I decided to go with my gut and say what I picked up even if it made me look like a fool. Well I ended up shocking them as even though I didn't say anything relevant to what they told me about her, it turned out that everything I said about the person was accurate.

Thanks for the question!

:)

Answer 8

What specifically can you know about their personality?

Personality is a very complex and contradictory subject of study in psychology.  Any guess is likely to be able to be justified by yourself or even the person in the photo.

What would actually be required is controlled testing with photographs of people you do not know (with as many visual cues removed as possible) matched to findings on personality test. The Meyers- Briggs is a simple enough test.

It would be difficult to assign how likely you would be by chance but I think if you were right on the majority of the pictures with 3 out of the 4 type categories then you might have something.

I would say start with a small sample of 100 photographs.

I don't know if anyone else or you can do this as I have never seen this claimed ability be tested.

Psi

Answer 9

I actually did this once, seeing a picture of a total stranger during a chat online, I told her that she decorated with a butterfly theme in her house. She didn't respond for a minute and asked me how I knew that - she explained that she had butterflies all over her house. The photo in question was a glamour head shot with no background and she wasn't wearing any pendants or earrings to tip me off that she liked butterflies.

edit: I'm glad I got thumbs down on this one. My email is open to anyone who wants to send a headshot, I'll email you my answer back.