Association:

Memories, pictures, past, experience, facts of distance.

Question:

How much I would like to be involved into something? What is real about me?

General Meanings:

The main function of the camera is it’s ability to capture the moment. It also represents the past and memories out of it. Usually when the dreamer uses the camera to capture the moment it represents his desire to hold on some things. Sometimes the dreamer is captured by somebody which means that everything he does have a mirror effect. Everything you do will come back to you, no matter good or bad was done.

Psychological Meanings:

The camera is used to make memories and make the time stop, therefore when the dreamer uses the camera it shows the things, which he is longing for or things he created using the imagination. It is known that camera holds our dearest things – memories, family and friends. Consider, of not holding too much to the past, because the life moves forward and you should do so also.

Spiritual Meanings:

Spiritually camera in dream denotes to awareness. The dreamer should look out and be open-eyed for the things that is happening around him.

Traditional Meanings:

European (Judeo-Christian)

According to European dream explanation, camera shows your desire to live in the past. Alternatively, i could show you wish to concentrate on one particular subject.

• Refusal if camera is broken – if the camera broke, it shows that you are ignoring some facts and do not want to take responsibility to sort them out;
• Attention seeker if other taking pictures of you – to see many cameras, that are taking pictures of you shows that you feel unappreciated and need attention from one or more people;
• Somebody is analyzing you if you dream of hidden camera – such dream indicates that you feel someone is taking a very close look at you, which might be both good and bad omen.

Arabian (Islamic)

• Fake friends if took the picture of yourself – if the dreamer takes a picture of himself, then such dream suggests to look closer to your friends, make sure which ones are real and which ones are not.

* Please, see meaning of photography, photo.