Forensic
Photography
Forensic Photography
• Forensic Photography RA11131
• Police Photography RA6506
History/Personalities in the field
of Photography
• Joseph Nicephore Niepce – Heliography 1826
• Writing with the sun
• Photography – Writing with the Light
• Phos-means Light and Graphia- means to write
• First photographer- he was the first who
invented the first permanent photograph “ The
view from window at Le grass”
• “The Bitumen of Judea” Is chemical substance
used to provide/produced permanent image.
History/Personalities in the field
of Photography
• Louis Jaqui Mande Daguerre-
Daguerreotype Process- Hypo “
Hyposulfite/Thiosulfite” (Which was
invented by William Herschel”
• William Henry Fox Talbot- Calotype
which was the first negative process of
photography. “also known as “Negative
Process” BLACK and WHITE photography
Daguerreotype vs Calotype
• Daguerretype – permanent
photograph because the chemical
substance named “Hypo”
• Calotype- Fixation is only partial but
can provide large amount of copies.
John Frederick William S.
Herschell
• He coined the term PHOTOGRAPHY- is “to write
with the light”
• “PHOS”- LIGHT “GRAPHIA” TO
WRITE/WRITING
• Is considered the father of Modern Photography
• He invented the Cyanotype process-
BLUEPRINT PROCESS
• He also invented the Hypo
Photography Technical definition
• It is an art or science that deals with the
reproduction of images through the action
of light with the aid of camera and
chemical process involved therein.
• Traditional Photography – Both art and
Science/Film “Silver Halide”
• Modern Photography – (art) Image
sensor----CCD (Charged Coupled Device)
memory card to restore the image.
Police Photography VS. Forensic
Photography
Police Photography Forensic Photography
Forensic Scientist, Forensic
Police
team
Biological Evidences (Blood,
Crime Scene, Documentation, Saliva, Urine, Semen etc.)
Evidences, Identification “Photomicrography and
Macrophotography”
For Laboratory examination for
Application to police work
the purpose of court trial.
Police Photography VS. Forensic
Photography
• Police photography: An art or science which
deals with the study of the principles of
photography, the reproduction of photographic
evidence, and its application to police work.
• Forensic Photography: The art or science of
photographically documenting a crime scene
and evidence for laboratory examination and
analysis for purposes of court trial.
Photomicrography vs.
Macrophotography
• “Photomicrography –We use microscope and
Macrophotography” we use macro lens for the purpose
of enlargement
• 1-100x Microscope DNA: Blood, Saliva, Urine,
Semen/Sperm, Egg cell
• “BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE”
• 1-10x macro lens: Such as Bullet, Questioned,
Fingerprint, Hair, Fiber etc.
Types of view
• General view: refers to the place or location
where the crime transpired.
• Medium view: Is the taking of the photograph
of the scene of the crime by dividing it into
section.
• Close-up view: Is the taking of individual
photograph of the evidence at the scene of the
crime.
• Extreme Close-up view: designed in
laboratory photographing using some
USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
• FOR IDENTIFCATION
• FOR RECORD PURPOSES
• FOR PRESERVATION
• FOR COMMUNICATION
• FOR CRIME PREVENTION
• FOR DISCOVERING AND PROVING
• FOR COURT EXHIBITION
• REPRODUCING AND COPYING
