Forensic Photography Symposium 2025
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 ReadingConsulting with Software and Hardware Manufacturers
Although 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 ReadingTwo Presentations at the IAI Conference
I 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 ReadingDeveloping Rules of Thumb in Video and Photographic Analysis
A 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 ReadingRaw vs. TIFF for Digital Camera Capture
Someone 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 ReadingThe Value of Forensic Photography Certification
When 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 ReadingSoCal Technical & Scientific Photography and Imaging Group
I’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...
Continue ReadingForensic Rulers
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 ReadingImage Authentication Kickstarter Opportunity
I 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 ReadingFeatured on f/stop spot
I 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...
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