Wizard Photographs.. more thoughts on this =)

[grey_wolf_c]

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Fyre Wood wrote:
> As I was reading through the posts, a thought suddenly came to me: Do 
> you have to use a certain camera or is it just the way you develop 
> the film?

We've actually have canon for this one: Creevy tells Harry in CoS that 
a normal muggle camera will serve, the picture only needs to be 
developed with a special potion. Can't remember where in the book, 
though. Sorry.
 
> And for paintings--is it a certain type of paint or a magic spell 
> that brings them to life?

As I've said in a previous post, I'd say that it's, like in the case of 
photos, a special potion that is aplied at the end of the process, just 
after the varnish (thanks, Frankie. Just *please* don't misspell my 
name). No canon for this though, although it seems logical that the 
moving photographs were invented by a wizard/witch that didn't 
recognize the photo for what it was. Ater all, wizards and witches are 
not supposed to understand muggle technology.
 
hope that helps,

Grey Wolf