Crime Scene Photography
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Key Features
- Extensively illustrated with over 1000 full color photographs, with many images entirely new for the third edition
- Over 100 practical exercises help the reader grasp the practical applications
- Variations of correct and incorrect approaches, to be used alongside practical exercises, available online in the Instructor’s Manual
- The chapter on Special Photographic Situations includes new sections on autopsy photography, images from drones, recommendations to photographically document bloodstain patterns and firearms trajectories
Readership
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. History of Forensic Imaging
- My Inspiration
- The Practical Value
- The History
- Summary
Chapter 2. Composition and Cardinal Rules
- Use-Once Camera Versus a Professional Camera System
- Composition and Cardinal Rules
- Cardinal Rules of Crime Scene Photography
- Discussion Questions
- Exercises
Chapter 3. Crime Scene Photography
- Photo Documentation Forms
- “As Found,” “As Is,” or “In Situ” Photographs
- Exterior Overall Photographs—Crime Scene
- Midrange Photographs
- Close-Up Photographs
- The Photographic Documentation of Bodies and Wounds
- Learning Objectives, Revisited
- Discussion Questions
- Exercises
Chapter 4. Basic Exposure (Nonflash) Concepts
- The Proper Exposure Triangle
- Shutter Speed as Motion Control
- Reciprocal Exposures
- The Reflective Light Meter
- “Normal” and “Non-normal” Scenes
- Tools for Determining “Proper” Exposures With Tricky Scenes
- Bracketing
- The f/16 Sunny Day Rule
- The Eye Cup Cover
- Learning Objectives, Revisited
- Discussion Questions
- Exercises
Chapter 5. Focus, Depth of Field, and Lenses
- Focus
- Depth of Field
- Lenses
- Learning Objectives, Revisited
- Discussion Questions
- Exercises (All Nonflash Shots)
Chapter 6. Electronic Flash
- Guide Numbers
- Flash Sync Speeds
- Manual Flash Mode
- The Inverse Square Law
- Automatic and Dedicated Flash Exposure Modes
- Built-In Flash Units
- Fill-In Flash
- Oblique Light, Both Flash and Nonflash (Flashlight)
- Bounce Flash
- Painting With Light3
- Learning Objectives, Revisited
- Discussion Questions
- Exercises
Chapter 7. Ultraviolet, Infrared, and Fluorescence
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Ultraviolet Light
- Infrared Light on the Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Visible Light Fluorescence
- Learning Objectives, Revisited
- Discussion Questions
- Exercises
Chapter 8. Photogrammetry
- Introduction to Photogrammetry
- Perspective Grid Photogrammetry
- Perspective Disc Photogrammetry
- Natural Grid Photogrammetry
- Reverse Projection Photogrammetry
- Rhino Photogrammetry
- Summary
- Discussion Questions
- Exercises
Chapter 9. Special Photography Situations
- Subchapter 9.1. Aerial and Elevated View Photography
- Subchapter 9.2. Autopsy Photography
- Subchapter 9.3. Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Photography
- Subchapter 9.4. Drones
- Subchapter 9.5. Photographic Documentation of Shooting Incidents
- Subchapter 9.6. Surveillance Photography
- Subchapter 9.7. Underwater Photography
- Subchapter 9.8. Vehicle Crash Photography
Chapter 10. Digital Imaging Technologies
- The Cliché
- Bias and Uncertainty
- Bits, Bytes, Pixels, and Dots Exposed
- Make a Strategy for the Entire Imaging Process
- The Science of Digital Imaging Is Getting a Bit Deeper
- Joint Photographic Expert Group
- Tagged Image File
- Digital Forensics Is Like the Wild West
- Summary
Chapter 11. Digital Image Processing of Evidentiary Photography
- Introduction
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Image-Processing Guidelines
- Image-Processing Techniques and Procedures
- Summary
Chapter 12. Legal Issues Related to Photographs and Digital Images
- Criteria of Photographs and Digital Images as Evidence
- The Purpose of Crime Scene Photographs
- Photographs of Suspects and Evidence
- Legal Implications of Digital Imaging
- International Association for Identification Resolution 97-9
Product details
- No. of pages: 800
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2016
- Published: June 12, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780128027646
- eBook ISBN: 9780128027684
About the Author
Edward Robinson
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