Crime Scene Photography Flashcards
What is the most important prerequisite for photographing a crime scene?
Making sure the scene is unaltered
What are the 4 minimum pictures required?
1) Overview
2) Medium range
3) Close-up
4) Close-up with scale
What is the first photo that should be taken?
Creative overview
What is a creative overview photo?
Location shot with clear scene markers
Where should overview photos be taken?
Outside of the scene
Object recorded in multiple overview shots to help piece the scene together.
What is a visual tag?
What do medium-range photos show?
Spatial relationships
Spatial relationships should be established between these 2 conditions.
1) Evidence-evidence
2) Evidence-useful reference/visual tag
Should a picture of the center be included in medium-range photos?
Yes
At what angle should close-up shots be taken?
90 degrees
How close should scales be to evidence when taking close-ups?
As close as possible without altering it
The most important close-up shots depict 2 things about the victim.
1) Injuries
2) Weapons near body
How should a body be photographed?
Full-body panoramic at 90 degrees
How should impressions be photographed?
90 degrees with and without scale; scale should be level with bottom of impression
This exposure mode allows the photographer to set f-stop, shutter speed, and ISO.
What is manual?
