Advanced Crime Scene Photography explains how to identify crime scene challenges, design plans to capture images correctly, and execute those plans successfully. Seamlessly integrating photography principles with corresponding applications in crime scene photography--moving progressively from basic to more advanced concepts--this book demonstrates how to record photographs in low-light conditions, including the use of flash and painting with light techniques.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Author
• 1 Introduction
• Review of Basic Photographic Concepts
• Creating a Lasting Impression
• Thinking Outside of the Box
• Advanced Crime Scene Photography
• Basic Photography Concepts-End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• 2 Photography Equipment
• Cameras
• Digital versus Film
• Lenses
• Lens Filters and Attachments
• Tripods and Other Camera Supports
• Identification Markers
• Electronic and Strobe Flashes
• Cable Releases
• Lens Attachments
• Hard Cases, Soft Cases, and Backpacks
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 3 Crime Scene Photography
• Preparation and General Photography Tips
• Capturing the Impossible Shot
• Kodak's Top 10 Tips for Better Photographs
• Bracketing
• Overall Crime Scene Photography
• Panoramic View Compositions
• Midrange or Evidence Establishing Photography
• Depth of Field
• Adding Artistic Flair
• Close-Up Photography
• Close-Focused Images Recorded at the Crime Scene
• Close-Up Images Captured after Leaving the Crime Scene
• Lighting Close-Focused Subjects
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 4 Examination Quality Photography
• Raw and Digital Imaging
• Scales
• Fingerprint Photography
• Footwear and Tire Wear Impressions Photography
• 2-Dimensional (2D) Impressions
• 3-Dimensional (3D) Impressions
• Painting with Light on a Macro Scale
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 5 Nighttime and Low-Light Photography
• Attributes of Light
• Reciprocity Failure: Film versus Digital
• Working Low-Light and Nighttime Crime Scenes
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 6 Flash Photography
• Guide Numbers
• Flash Operation
• Built-In or Pop-Up Flashes
• Off-the-Camera Electronic Flash Photography
• Benefits of Flash Photography
• Detriments of Flash Photography
• Using Electronic Flash in a Variety of Low-Light Conditions
• Directionality of Light from Electronic Flashes
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 7 Painting with Light
• Types of Lighting
• Painting with Light Using Electronic Flashes
• Painting with Light Using Flashlights
• Painting with Light Using Alternate Light Sources
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 8 Bloodstain Photography
• Complete Scene Documentation
• Photography Tools and Aids Used in Bloodstain Photography
• Laser Levels and Bloodstain Documentation
• Quadrant Mapping of Bloodstain Evidence
• Necessary Tools
• Photographing Bloodstains on Difficult Surfaces
• Electronic Flash and Bloodstain Evidence
• Glass and Blood
• Magically Disappearing Bloodstain
• Close Focusing
• Luminol, Bluestar®, and Other Chemiluminescent Blood Reagents
• Necessary Equipment
• Bloodstains and Colored Substratum
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 9 Photography of Shooting Incidents
• General Photographic Concepts When Documenting Shooting Scenes
• Examination Quality Photography of Gunfire Incidents
• Rods, Strings, and Lasers
• Trajectory Rods
• Strings
• Lasers
• Daytime Laser Reconstruction
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 10 Ultraviolet and Infrared Photography
• Ultraviolet Light Photography
• Forgery and Document Alterations
• Fibers and Other Trace Evidence
• Gunpowder Residue
• Semen, Blood, and Other Bodily Fluids
• Bruises and Bite Marks
• Fingerprint Enhancements
• Osseous Matter
• Infrared Photography
• Tattoo Evidence
• Forgeries and Document Alterations
• Bloodstain Documentation
• Gunshot Residue
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 11 Photographing Fire Scenes
• Conclusion
• End of Chapter Questions
• Photography Assignments
• Additional Readings
• 12 Answer Key to Chapter End Questions