course description
Photography skills are an integral part of an investigator’s job. Discover how to take professional quality photographs and develop comprehensive scene documentation with your 35mm or digital camera through the in-depth principles of forensic photography as taught by veteran crime scene investigators.
This course will introduce to private investigators the basic principles of forensic photography and will guide them through equipment selection and care, technically detailed camera operation, choosing the proper lighting, using the right lenses and settings and offer detailed analysis with direction on exactly how to photograph various types scenes.
This is the first of two courses in Forensic Photography and Scene Documentation to be offered by PIEducation.com!
This course is approved for 14 hours of instruction in Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa; 12 hours in Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky; 7 hours in Louisiana; 8 hours in Kansas; 10 hours in Oregon and South Carolina; 6 hours in North Carolina; 4 hours in New Mexico. An exam will be administered upon the conclusion of the program. If the candidate passes with a score of 75% or better, a certificate of completion will be issued in accordance with state licensing authority standards.
This CE program has been approved by the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners on 3-1-2011 and is valid for one year from this date for SEVEN (7) HOURS OF CE CREDIT. With the purchase of this course you will receive the mandated LSBPIE Ethics course (1 CEU Hour) for free. When you have completed this course you will then be able to register yourself for the free LSBPIE Ethics Course.
the authors
Michael F. LaForte has over 29 years of law enforcement experience, including 15 years as a crime scene detective and is a certified instructor through Florida's Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. Michael is an adjunct instructor at Florida Community College of Jacksonville and teaches police recruits at the Northeast Florida Criminal Justice Police Academy. Michael A. Knox brings with him fifteen years of experience in law enforcement as a police officer/detective with a large police agency in Florida. Currently a detective with the Traffic Homicide Unit, Michael was a full-time crime scene investigator for nearly seven years. Michael received full accreditation as a traffic accident reconstructionist from the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction in April 2001. He is a member of the National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstructionists and Investigators, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the International Association of Crime Scene Investigators, and the International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts.
*Warning this course contains some graphic material and photographs
program outline
Introduction to Forensic Photography
- Digital and Film SLR Cameras
- D70 Digital SLR Cameras
- Minolta 35mm Film SLR Camera
- The 35mm SLR Camera
- Hand Holding the Camera
- Camera Shake
- Mode/Program Dial
- Bracketing
- Aperture
- Shutter Speed
- Shutter Release Cable
- View Finder
- Diopter
- Manual and Automatic Focus
- Depth of Field
- Focal Length
- Lens
- Field of View
- Zoom Lens
- Lens Filters
- Macro Lens
- Film
- Charged Couple Device
- Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- Film Plane
- Film Speed
- Digital Cameras and Film Speed
- LCD Control Window
- Hot Shoe
- Flash Unit
- Nighttime Camera Flash
- Flash Guide Number
- Flash Adapter
- Bounce Flash
- Fill Flash
- White Balance
- Self-Timer Mode
- Tripods
- Quadrapod
- Monopod
- Homicide Scenes
- Choosing a Camera Lens
- Interior Homicide Scenes
- Exterior Homicide Scenes
- Exterior Long Range Photos
- Exterior Medium Range Photos
- Exterior Close Range Photos
- Placement of Evidence Placards
- Wide Angle Photographs
- Interior Long Range Photos
- Interior Medium Range Photos
- Interior Close Range Photos
- Scales
- Action Photography
- Domestic Violence / Battery Scene
- Burglary Scene
- Robbery Scene
- Traffic Crash Scene
- Vehicle Photography
- Suicide Scene
- Fire / Arson
- Sexual Batteries
- Child Abuse or Neglect
- Aircraft Accidents
