POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY

Module 1: Introduction to Police

Photography

COL. EPITACIO DOMINGO

09954150536
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Course Description:

This deals on the history of photography, technical

photography and forensic photography. Police
photography shall also cover the study of the Advance
Photo System and its application to police work.
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Major Course Outcome:

At the end of the course, the student is expected to:

•perform crime scene photography on different cases

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Intended Learning Outcome:

At the end of this topic, you should be able to:

•Analyze the role of photography in solving crimes.
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Photography
photos – means light
graphy - means to draw.

 Forensic Photography
– study of notion of
photography, its application to
law enforcement work and the
preparation of photographs for
court presentation.
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Elements of Photography

1. Object

2. Light

3. Camera
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Elements of Photography

4. Sensitized Materials

5. Chemical Process
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Importance of Crime Scene Photography

 Permanent Record
 Significance of certain aspects
of the crime scene
 Reconstruction of the crime
scene
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Basic requirement of a Photograph Admitted as

Evidence in Court

 Accurate representations of the crime scene or the

object it purports to reproduce.
 Free of distortion
 Material and relevant to the point in issue.
 Unbiased
 A written record that indicates a detail information
about the photographs such as the case number,
location’s address, date, time, incident, name of
victim, etc.
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Uses of Photography in Crime Investigation

1. Identification of the subject

a. Frontal whole body
b. Frontal half body
c. Half body right side
d. Half body left side
e. Left Quarter view
f. Right Quarter view
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Uses of Photography in Crime Investigation

2. Preservation of evidence
3. Description of crime
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Uses of Photography in Crime Investigation

4. Substitution to original
documents/evidence

5. Record
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Procedure in Photographing the Crime Scene

1. General View or Long-

range

2. Medium View or Mid-

range

3. Close-up View/ Range

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Parts and function of a Camera

Basic Parts of the Camera

a. Viewfinder
b. Shutter

c. Focusing
Mechanism
d. Lens
e. Body
 Steps to follow to obtain good photographs

1. Set your ASA/ISO dial according to the film speed

Films ASA 50, 100, 200, 400

2. Setting the shutter speed

B, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000
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3. Setting the lens opening or f-stop

f/1.4, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8,

f/11, f/16, f/22

f/1.4 f/8 f/22

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Steps to follow to obtain good photographs

4. Adjust your light meter needle

+3 +1 -1 -2 -3

5. Compose your shot and focus.

Original object Out of Focus Sharp Focus

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A. Steps to Follow to Obtain Properly Exposed

Film in Artificial Light (i.e. Flash) Photography.

1. Adjust the proper ASA setting according to

the speed of the film being used
 a. Steps to Follow to Obtain Properly Exposed
Film in Artificial Light (i.e. Flash) Photography.

2. Aperture setting corresponds with the distance

indicated on your flash scale and distance to the
subject.
 Steps to Follow to Obtain Properly Exposed
Photographs in Artificial Light (i.e. Flash)
Photography

3. Get the desired DEPTH OF FIELD

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b. FLASH lighting techniques

1. Direct Flash

2. Bounce Flash

3. Multiple Flash
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ACTIVITY 1
Write a reaction paper about the evolution of photography.

Kindly, post your answer via Messenger on Friday (July 10, 2020) by the
following format:
- Name
- Question
- Answer
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ACTIVITY 2

Report at MVGFC on Wednesday July 8, 2020 (10:00AM) for the

demonstration of obtaining a good photograph. And as return demo,
group yourself by two members and perform the steps in obtaining a
good photograph.