Forensic Photography

Before Taking Photographs of Evidence

• Make a cup of tea

• Ensure you have a portable flash and fresh batteries.

• Think on who may be responsible

• Move things into better light

A Forensic colour chart...

• Makes your pictures more interesting

• Reveals true reds in the scene

• Records the light and records ALL colour tones in the scene

• shows how one colour works against others in the scene

Forensic Numbers...

• Place things in order of importance

• Provide an ordered series to record evidence

• Reveal the scale of the evidence

• Look nice in a crime scene

A Forensic Ruler

• Looks for right angles in the scene

• Shows the direction of the evidence

• Reveals the scale of the evidence

• is of little use in evidence

The Flash is used to

• Brighten otherwise dark scenes

• Make the photographer appear more professional

• Provide consistent light regardless of ambient light.

• Saturate the colour in a scene

The flash light is controlled by

• Shutter Speed

• ISO

• Aperture

• Depth of Field

Light exposure is checked in camera by

• Histogram

• Highlights in the scene

• Shadows in the Scene

• is corrected later in photoshop