FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
PREPARED BY:
KRISTIA CATHERINE Q. BALMES
FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
FRSC101: FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
• Lesson 1.2: Definition of Photography, Police Photography and Forensic
Photography
Lesson Summary
This lesson will define the difference between police photography and
forensic photography and the definition of photography as part of law
enforcement.
• Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:
1. Know and understand the significance of photography in law enforcement; and;
2. Differentiate police photography and forensic photography
• Motivation Question
How photography preserve the time, space and event
in a certain situation?
Discussion
• A. PHOTOGRAPHY
• Photography - "Phos" or "Photos" ( Greek word) "light."
"Grapho" means "Writing" or "Graphia," meaning "to
Draw.“
• Sir John Frederick William Herschel - coined the word
photography when he first wrote a letter to Henry Fox Talbot.
MODERN DEFINITION
• It is an art or science which deals with the reproduction of images
through the actions of light, upon synthesized materials (film or
photo paper), with the aid of a camera and its accessories, and the
chemical processes involve therein.
TECHNICAL AND LEGAL DEFINITION
• Modern photography may be defined as the chemical, thermal,
electronic recording of the images of the scenes or objects formed
by some radiant energy, including gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet
rays, visible light and infra-red rays.
B. POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
• It is applying the principles of photography related to
police work and the administration of justice.
• It is art or science that deals with studying photography
principles, the preparation of photographic evidence and
application to police work.
• NOTE: the first application of photography is
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
C. FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
• The forensic - Latin word "Forum" means "a
marketplace" where people gathered for public discussion.
• FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY- the process of
photographing or recording the crime scene or any object
for court presentation.
• The art or science of photography documenting a crime
scene and evidence for laboratory examinations and analysis
for purposes of the court trial
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PHOTOGRAPH
• - It is the mechanical and chemical result of photography.
• The picture is a generic term is referred to all kinds of the
formed image.
• The photograph is an image that can only be a product of
photography.
What is the main significance of photography in
police work?
•- The photograph of the crime scene is a factual
RECORD of an incident
- By photographing the crime, the place, time and
event can be CAPTURED in a single photograph or a series
of shots.
In short, a photograph of the crime scene can catch
and preserve the time, space, and event.
-A photograph can preserve the "SPACE."
The place of commission, Aka "locus criminis" in Latin and
where specifically did the incident happen
A photograph can preserve the "TIME."
When was the crime committed, discovered, investigated?
When the evidence found and recovered
-A photograph can preserve the "EVENT."
What was the crime committed
Picture - Latin word "pictura" or "pictus," which means "to paint." It is
a designed or representation made by various means such as painting,
drawing, or photography
Negative - A material showed a negative (latent) photographic image on
transparent material used for printing positive pictures (photograph) as a
result of chemical processing.
Camera Obscura- Obscura means dark or darkened chamber room, is
an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen.
The camera obscura was considered as the first camera. An artist would
enter a completely dark room and drill a small hole into the wall.
Figure 2. Image formed by an obscura (a); a camera obscura (b), and; how to use a camera obscura (c).
(Source: https://www.researchgate.net/ (a); https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (b & c)
The three figures shows on how to make or the process on making a camera
obscura and it shows also on how to use the camera obscura.
Learning task
• Search a video showing how to make a camera obscura,
then make your camera obscura or have a video of yourself
self-showing that you are making a camera obscura.
Assessment
• Answer in a brief and well-rounded the following question.
1. What is the significance of photography in law enforcement?
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2. What is the difference between police photography and forensic
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