AP+ForensicPhotographer+Project

Photographing the Scene:

 * they take black and white and various types of color flim
 * use cameras with different lenses
 * use various forms of flashes
 * use a tripod
 * photo log: example" to show if the entrance and exist of a bullet
 * bring filters for better depth
 * bring scales
 * take two pictures of each shot
 * they walk through the scene to see what they need to take more pictures of
 * take pictures from every corner of the room and every angle
 * most items are photographed up close and very detail

Body pictures:

 * head to feet
 * right and left side of body
 * feet to head
 * straight down from above

Outdoor Crime Scenes:

 * observe routes to enter the crime scene so you don't destroy any evidence
 * take pictures of the crowd
 * street signs and intersections
 * don't make any footprint impressions
 * record house numbers
 * take pictures of paths leading to and from scene

Shoe/tire impressions:

 * take a picture with a scale and with out a scale, laying the scale parallel
 * use color and/or black and white
 * be perpendicular using a tripod
 * get as much impression as possible

Indoor Crime Scenes:

 * use available light, incandescent light, fluorescent light, electronic flash, or a combinaton
 * during trail you have to discuss the type of lighting that was used and why you used it
 * you can use a normal lens
 * blood evidence
 * retake photos every hour
 * record time and air temperature
 * fingerprints and footwear
 * height and location
 * take pictures with and without scales

Photographing vehicles:

 * left side, ride side, front and back
 * top of hood and trunk
 * license plate and registration decal
 * VIN number using macro lens
 * undercarriage
 * damage and trace evidence
 * mid-range and close up to show possible patterns

Traffic Accidents/ Hit and Run:

 * where the vehicles are at rest and the position
 * the location of the vehicles
 * debris and marks on highway
 * the direction the vehicles came from

Homicide:

 * color film
 * evidence outside of building
 * entrance into the scene
 * room of where the body was found
 * take pictures of body from 5 angles
 * close up of wombs
 * trace evidence
 * autopsy

Suicide:

Burglaries:

 * pictures of outside and inside of the building
 * entrance
 * damages to locks, safe, doors
 * tools left behind
 * trace evidence and other physical evidence

Assaults/ Injuries:

 * injuries
 * face of victim
 * bruises
 * bite marks:
 * close up
 * use a ruler focus camera
 * use color film, charts and rulers

Evidence:

Why do pictures need to be taken at the crime scene:

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