Mastering the Fundamentals of Crime Scene Photography
This course aims to provide a more advanced instruction of digital photography to law enforcement personnel responsible for photographic documentation of crime scenes.
Topics include:
- Review of basic concepts
- Managing light/lighting techniques
- Critical comparisons/examination
- Quality images
- Bloodstain and shooting scene reconstruction photography
- Considerations with arson/fire photography
Pre-requisite and Requirements:
- MUST have attended a Basic Photography Course
- DSLR or Mirrorless camera with 12+ megapixels, normal perspective lens (50mm full-frame or 35mm crop sensor), and extra lenses.
- External flash with manual power adjustment and off-camera capability
- Tripod with invertible center column (no video pan/tilt head).
- Remote shutter cable or wireless hands-free camera operation.
- Measuring scales, markers, etc.
- Laptop with image processing software.
For more information on this course, contact Donnie Ross at donnie.ross@tennessee.edu or (865) 946-3204
