Fundamentals of Forensic Photography

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. About the Contributors
6. Acknowledgments
7. Introduction
8. 1 Equipment and Technology
   1. Cameras
   2. Lenses
   3. Wide-Angle Lens
   4. Telephoto Lens
   5. Macro or Close-Up Lens
   6. The Tripod
   7. External Flash Unit
   8. Scales
   9. Forensic Photographic Accessories
9. 2 Basic Photography Principles
   1. Light
   2. Exposure
   3. Exposure Modes
   4. ISO (International Organization of Standardization)
   5. White Balance
10. 3 Digital Photography
    1. Resolution
    2. File Types, Compression
    3. Dynamic Range
    4. Crop Factor and Focal Length Multiplier
    5. White Balance and Color Temperature
    6. Photographic Filters
    7. Color Space and Color Profiles
    8. Color Management
    9. Metadata
    10. Management and Storage of Images
    11. Image Cataloging Software
11. 4 Light and Lighting
    1. Lighting Styles and Effects
    2. Polarizing Light and Filters
    3. Painting with Light
    4. Creating Effective Lighting
12. 5 Crime Scene Documentation
    1. Safety at the Crime Scene
    2. Crime Scenes
    3. Photographing in Bad Weather/Adverse Conditions
    4. Photographing Impression Evidence (Footwear, Fabric, and Tool Marks)
    5. Photographing Tire Impressions
    6. Photographing Fingerprints
    7. Photographing Blood Spatter (Sectoring)
13. 6 Evidence Documentation
    1. General Evidence Handling Precautions
    2. General Evidence Documentation
    3. Photographing Highly Reflective Objects
    4. Photographing the Surface of Glass
    5. Photographing Impressions in the Lab
    6. Documenting Injuries to a Victim or Suspect
    7. Photographing Bite Marks
    8. Autopsy Photography
    9. Fluorescence Photography
    10. Photographing Chemiluminescence (Luminol or Bluestar®)
    11. Infrared and IR Fluorescence Photography
    12. Reflected Ultraviolet (UV) Photography
14. 7 Aerial Photography
    1. Photographing from an Aircraft
    2. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)
    3. Satellite Images
    4. Overhead Photography
15. 8 Close-Up and Macro Photography
    1. Lenses for Close-Up and Macro Photography
    2. Close-Up Accessories
    3. Creating a Close-Up Image
    4. Close-Up and Macro Photography Depth of Field
    5. Close-Up Aperture Selection and Diffraction
    6. Exposure Compensation
    7. Image Magnification
16. 9 Photomicrography
    1. Stereo Photomicroscopes
    2. Photographing
    3. More Magnification and the Microscope
    4. Microscope Parts and their Locations
    5. Image Taking Using a Microscope: Photomicrography
    6. Dedicated Microscope Instrument Cameras
    7. White Balancing
    8. Mirrorless Cameras
    9. DSLR Cameras
    10. Vibration
    11. Advanced Methods to Produce Contrast
17. 10 High Speed and Time-Lapse
    1. High-Speed Photography
    2. High-Speed Video
    3. Time-Lapse Photography
18. 11 Computational Photography
    1. Increased Depth of Field
    2. Image Stitching
    3. High Dynamic Range Imaging
    4. Three-Dimensional Imaging
19. 12 Digital Image Processing
    1. Best Practice
    2. Image Processing
    3. Category 1 and Category 2 Images
    4. Destructive vs. Non-Destructive Adjustments
    5. Image Corrections
    6. Color, Contrast, and Brightness Adjustments
    7. Noise Reduction
    8. Image Sharpening
    9. Scaling and Resizing an Image
    10. Contact Sheets
    11. Saving Files
    12. Index