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This 6 page paper discusses various techniques used by crime scene photographers. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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basic rule of photographing a crime scene is that nothing can be touched until the first set of photos have been taken. The idea is to preserve the scene exactly
as it appeared immediately after the crime was committed, at least insofar as thats possible. (This discussion leaves aside TV-inspired stuff like criminals wiping off fingerprints and scrubbing bloodstains.) Clearly,
unless the perpetrator is apprehended at the scene, there will be some lapse of time between the commission of the crime and the discovery of it. Once the crime has
been reported, that is the point at which the photographer will try and photograph the scene as it is, before anything is taken away (like a body or weapon), moved,
rearranged or otherwise changed. Techniques for photographing crime scenes are changing as well. For instance, one source suggests shooting a room from all four corners to get complete coverage,
but Robinson suggests that a better way is to shoot each wall with the "film plane parallel" to it (Robinson and Richards, 2007, p. 342). This way, the wall to
the right and the wall to the left will appear to be the same size, without the distortion that occurs when the photographer stands in a corner (Robinson and Richards,
2007). Again, the idea is to provide complete coverage of the room, but without any distortion that could give a misleading impression of the size and placement of objects.
Its important to remember that the term "crime scene refers not only to the immediate locality where the crime took place, but adjacent areas where important acts occurred immediately before
or after the commission of the crime" (Crime scene photography requirements of criminal investigative analysis). This explains why so many shots are taken in other locations.
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