Forensic Photography: Selection of Equipment'

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Emma Bray                                                                                     Photography

Assignment 1: Forensic Photography: Selection of Equipment’

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  1. A murder scene in a domestic living room. Potential weapons, footprints, finger marks and blood splatter are all evident.
  2. A factory fire. A possible ignition point, a can of petrol and signs of a forced entry are all apparent.
  3. A traffic accident on a busy A-road. Badly damaged vehicles, some evidence of worn tyres, skid marks and half full bottle of whiskey are all evident at the crime scene.

Murder Scene

For this crime scene which is a domestic living room, natural light would be suitable along with any lights in the room. Just in case there is not enough light it would be essential to bring some extra flashes to highlight areas and shadows. To stop any blurring a tripod would be used as the person taking the pictures could have unsteady hands as without it the photos would be blurred. The type of lens to use in this situation would be a wide angle lens to capture a lot of the room. This would allow the background and foreground to be captured. Also it’s a good lens for taking photos in a small area with restricted room.  For all the smaller items of evidence a close-up lens would be needed. For example it would be used when photographing finger prints and blood spatter as to get a good close-up of it.  Also a ruler would be appropriate for measuring the evidence as you would take photos without it then place the ruler next to the piece of evidence and photograph like that.

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The places that would need photographing would be the interior and exterior of the building, including all the evidence found at the crime scene. Also the body would need to be photographed at different angles with some including any evidence around the body and some close-ups.  

Factory Fire

The fire scene would need lots of light as most probably the lights wouldn’t work because of the fire, and there would be little natural light. Therefore many flashes would be needed to get rid of any darkness and shadows within the factory. A tripod ...

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