CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY

Catalog description

Techniques and methods of modern crime scene photography, focusing on practical applications of how crime scene and forensic imaging are conducted utilizing a digital single lens reflex camera (D-SLR). Topics include fundamentals of photography in the documentation of crime scenes and evidentiary items required for testimonial and reconstruction purposes. Prerequisite: CJAD 201. Note: Students taking this course are required to use a single lens reflex camera (D-SLR). No film, point-and-shoot digital cameras, hybrid digital cameras, or pro-consumer digital cameras are allowed to be used in this course. Embedded Exit information will be reviewed by instructor of all images submitted during this course. Images are turned in having no enhancements done by imaging software.