Fundamentals of Forensic Photography

Keith Mancini is a Forensic Photographer for the Westchester County, NY, Forensic Lab. He has served in that role for approximately 17 years. Keith is a certified Forensic Photographer and Forensic Video Examiner by the International Association for Identification where he also serves on the Forensic Video Certification Board. Keith is a member of the National Institute of Justice’s OSAC (Organization of Scientific Area Committees) Video and Image Analysis Subcommittee. John Sidoriak is the Vice president and Director of Operations for Fisher-Cal Industries, Inc., a photography, graphics, and multimedia contractor to the Department of Defense for over 20 years. John is also the accident and crime scene instructor to the Photodocumentation Series at the National Transportation Safety Board Training Center in Ashburn, VA.

Introduction/ Purpose






Equipment






Basic Photography Principles






Digital Photography






Lighting






Crime Scene Documentation






Evidence Documentation






Aerial Photography






Photomicrography






High Speed/ Time Lapse






Computational Photography



Digital Image Processing