This excellent event is now in its fourth year. Each year seems to get better than the previous one. The Forensic Photography Symposium (FSP) is a four day on-line event with multiple instructors that cover topics from bloodstain photography and crime scene lighting to surveillance photography and image enhancement. This...
Continue ReadingMy interview by Ashish Arun on his, “On the Stand” podcast went live on Monday. We covered a lot of ground ranging from the use of AI in forensic image and video analysis to marketing one’s expert witness business. You can see it on YouTube at https://5nrkq.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeG13GxS7HCFxi2TfBTF5/LnwPh6wruG4c, or listen...
Continue ReadingI am on two podcasts this month! One from The Round Table Group’s Discussions at the Round Table, and one from Asish Arun’s On the Stand. The On the Stand podcast will be released soon, and I’ll post when it comes out. Today I’ll focus on the Discussions at the...
Continue ReadingI will be presenting this hands-on workshop in Los Angeles the week of September 30 to October 3, 2024. This four-day workshop covers some basics regarding forensic video and photographic analysis, but then moves into practical exercises in doing the processing. It mostly covers methods for clarification of still photos,...
Continue ReadingAlthough I work regularly as a consulting expert on civil and criminal legal matters, as I was preparing for my presentation at the IAI conference, I was just reminded of my days providing consulting services for corporate clients. My first experience was back in the early to mid-1990s. Kodak introduced...
Continue ReadingI will be making two presentations at the IAI Conference in Reno, NV this year. One presentation will be on Gait Analysis that I will be co-presenting with Dr. Michael Nirenburg. The other will be on “Going Private” – making the transition from working for a public agency to starting...
Continue ReadingA common request for those of us who work in video analysis (whether privately or for a law enforcement or government agency) is to enhance a license plate or compare the person (face, article of clothing, etc.) in a video to a photograph of a person. When is there...
Continue ReadingSomeone from a major law enforcement agency recently asked me for my opinion regarding the best choice between capturing raw or TIFF files from a digital camera. His concern was that the raw workflow is slower, results in duplicate images (the raw original files and the working TIFF files),...
Continue ReadingWhen I first started my career in forensics I didn’t recognize the importance of certification. My assumption was that my education, experience, training, and work spoke for itself. I was confident in my ability and didn’t think that having a certification would make me a better photographer. Later I...
Continue ReadingI’ve just launched a new MeetUp Group in Southern California for those involved with technical and scientific imaging and photography. The purpose of the group is for those of us in technical disciplines to share ideas, techniques, processes, and solutions with each other. Imagine the software engineer, bio-medical photographer, and...
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