This is the 21st century, an age of advanced technologies, when all modern houses have everything that is necessary for a comfortable and wonderful life. Starting from electricity, running water with cold and hot water, gas, heating, all kinds of kitchen gadgets, cars and for fast movement from one point of the planet to another - airplanes. Our ancestors had nothing of all this. But superstitions continue to fill up our lives. Strange, but true! A man from the pocon of centuries believes in mysticism and otherworldly forces. It has already been said why up to 40 days they do not show newborn children, or why they don’t give a watch, now it’s turn to talk about why people should not be photographed while sleeping.
Although superstition is very old, and no one knows when this sign entered our modern world. But it may be due to some events and coincidences that this superstition appeared.
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Priority prohibitions
According to the theory, the snapshot contains all the information about the photographed subscriber. Therefore, any psychics can read all the information about a person from a photo. Using a photo to target damage with magic. Adults are more protected from the evil eye, but for young children it is more dangerous. Therefore, children's photos should be removed from prying eyes, not to give children's pictures even to the closest people, and even more so not to expose photos in various social networks for everyone to see. After all, it is easy to print a photo of interest to someone from the site.
It is believed that the superstitions of our ancestors from ancient times, and surviving to this day, that when a person sleeps, the soul leaves the body. At this time, a person becomes much more defenseless in the face of all kinds of evil spirits and magic. It is also believed that during sleep, it is dangerous to scream or scare, a person must wake up gradually so that the soul has time to return to the body. Otherwise, death may occur in a dream. Maybe this is an exaggeration, but from a sharp awakening, you can remain a stutterer for the rest of your life, or a heart attack or stroke can occur. Imagine, deep night, silence, someone is fast asleep and suddenly a bright flash, a person can be very scared, not understanding what is happening, at such a time a person can lose his mind.
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The first cameras appeared in Europe in the 19th century, they cost a lot of money, of course only a few could acquire such a luxury. Based on this, the cost of one photograph was very high, only wealthy individuals could afford it. Losing a close relative, rich people found a way so that a relative or a loved one who had gone to another world would still remain in their memories with them. For this purpose, the deceased was washed, dressed in expensive robes and took pictures. There are photographs in which the deceased is sitting at a table with his relatives. Considering such a photo, it is impossible to determine that a deceased person is depicted in the photo together with living people. For our time, these are creepy pictures that cause mixed feelings, but for that era in the order of things.
A photograph of a sleeping person does not look hygienic. Indeed, in a dream, a person does not control his behavior and movement. In sleep mode, a person turns around, changing the position of the body, some people drool, hair is often disheveled, it even happens that a person sleeps with his mouth open. Who wants to have these photos as a keepsake? Or in our time, to see your own photo on the pages of social networks? Therefore, before taking such a picture, ask, before the person goes to bed, if he would mind taking a picture of him asleep.
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Can adults and children take pictures while sleeping?
Everyone has different opinions on this matter. An adult, as it was written above, can be scared by your act. If you want to take a picture of a stranger, he may not allow you to take the picture, and if this has already happened, then he has the right to force you to delete the picture.
If we are talking about children, then permission for the photo must be asked from the child's parents. Nowadays, the baby's photo shoot service is very popular, for a reasonable fee. And many parents enjoy filming. As practice shows, nothing terrible happens to babies after photo services.
There is an opinion among the people that you should not photograph a child while sleeping. That when you photograph a baby who sleeps soundly and sweetly, then from the bright flash of his Guardian Angel is frightened, offended and leaves the child forever. This leads to serious ailments of the baby.
Another opinion is more realistic - the baby can be very scared, will start and show anxiety because of each sharp sound. Just imagine, the child is fast and sweet asleep. You decide to take a photo for memory, you scare the child with a dazzling flash, waking up, he does not understand what happened, he starts hysterical with a wild cry. You cannot calm him down and explain that it is you, and just photographed him. Would you like this to your baby? Therefore, think ten times what this can lead to, your dear, how do you think fun.
Some photographers find sleeping babies easier to photograph, here are the reasons why:
- First, if you approach this issue correctly, prepare everything carefully, you will get original and interesting photos. It is even better if this is done by a person your child knows. But at the same time, a real professional in his field. Even if the child wakes up, so that he is not afraid of someone else's uncle.
- Second, the pictures of sleeping kids are incredibly beautiful, they look amazing and carefree tender.
- Thirdly, the photo session will take its rightful place in the baby's album, when the child grows up, it will be nice to look through the photos with him from birth to the day at what age. Of course, even in 20, 30 years, interest in their children's photos will be shown. Then your children and grandchildren will have something to show.
And the last thing, although it is believed that taking a photo when the child is sound asleep is not recommended. What superstitions say, it brings trouble, evil eye, damage and disease, but in fact the photos bring joy, and there is a memory for posterity. How many people, so many opinions. Each person makes a choice himself.