I was looking at the website of a forensic vendor last week and browsing through their selection of rulers, and it prompted me to write to the vendor and make some suggestions. But, it also caused me to remember when I first met Larry Stevens, who, at the time,...
Continue ReadingI recently read about this on Jim Hoerricks’ Forensic Media Analysis blog. It’s a Kickstarter project to develop an image authentication application. I made a pledge and am posting this to encourage others to also do so. Here’s why. First, I don’t have any vested interest in this (other than...
Continue ReadingI was recently interviewed by Steve Paxton, a photographer in Washington state, for his blog at f/stop spot. Steve is a talented photographer who does work ranging from street photography to weddings. In his interview, he asked me about several things, from what I do as a forensic photographer and...
Continue ReadingLast month I testified in a Frye Hearing in Los Angeles. The Office of the District Attorney retained me to challenge a defense expert in a case that involved both Forensic Video Analysis and Photographic/Video Comparison. That ‘expert’ has testified 25 times in the past, but has had no training...
Continue ReadingI received my Forensic Video Analyst Certification from LEVA at their annual conference last week. A few weeks ago I posted a survey about certifications in FVA and Photography. The responses to that survey showed quite a number of misconceptions. And, since LEVA’s process is fresh in my mind,...
Continue ReadingI just got home from taking the LEVA (Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association) Level 3 Course at the University of Indianapolis. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve taken a class through LEVA and this class reminded me of how great their training is! I have previously...
Continue ReadingWell, I’m back from two weeks in Qatar, where I provided the State Security Bureau branch of the Ministry of Interior with some consulting and training services in forensic video, image, and fingerprint analysis – primarily with Adobe Photoshop. The experience was wonderful, and the personnel at the SSB...
Continue ReadingOver the years I have had the opportunity to provide some international training, and this will bring me to Qatar this month (February). I will be providing training in image processing techniques to their forensic video analysts and to their latent fingerprint examiners. This training will enable all of...
Continue ReadingI was in Great Falls, Montana at the Malmstrom Air Force Base for a week in November working on a Court Martial case. It was my second military case, and I thought I’d share a little about the experience here. Military courts are different than my experience with other courts,...
Continue ReadingIt’s pretty common for security cameras to have low resolution, to use wide angle lenses, and for the significant events to be in the darkest areas far from the camera. And, in these situations, sometimes the identification of the individuals isn’t a question, but the actions of each person...
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