See Kirlian Photography Research for more information on how electrophotography expresses acupuncture points, psycho physical states, and relationships between people. The photographs can be used for dramatic before and after photos to illustrate the effectiveness of treatments, or to monitor changes over time. The information revealed by the images can be interpreted and used as a diagnostic tool . Using diagnostic systems developed by Peter Mandel and Dr. Korotkov, it is possible to detect very early signs of disease and energy blockages. Many have found that Kirlian photographs meet their needs in ways no other tool can.
Kirlian photography is contact photography.
The object to be photographed must touch the film directly. There is a camera on the market that takes pictures of a subjects head and torso and shows colored lights around the person. Sometimes this unit is falsely marketed as a Kirlian camera. That camera inputs information about electrical skin resistance from the hand, and a computer uses those numbers as inputs in a formula that tells the camera what colors to use. Colored lights are then projected onto Polaroid film.