GMS6357
Elective Course
Credits: 3
This course provides an introduction to the history of photography and utilization of a camera in a crime scene setting. Students will learn basic photography skills, camera operation, exposure control, relational photographs, and flash control for crime scene and evidence documentation.
Course Objectives:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history of visual images
- Identify the rules of crime scene photography
- Outline technical aspects of basic camera operation
- Identify basic exposure concepts of photography
- Identify lighting issues relative to crime scene photography
- Evaluate aspects of photograph composition
- Demonstrate methods for creating an acceptable photograph
- Demonstrate knowledge of photography production
- Demonstrate knowledge of crime scene documentation through photography
Topics:
- Module 1: Introduction and History of Photography
- Module 2: Composition and Cardinal Rules
- Module 3: Crime Scene Photography
- Module 4: Basic Exposure Non-Flash Concepts
- Module 5: Focus, Depth of Field, and Lenses
- Module 6: Electronic Flash
- Module 7: Ultraviolet, Infrared, and Fluorescence
- Module 8: Special Photography Situations
- Module 9: Digital Image Processing of Evidentiary Photography and Legal Issues Related to Photographs and Digital Images