​Instructor:  Matthew Steiner
Course length:  40 hours

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Advanced Crime Scene Photography

Day # 1 – 8hr
 

1. Alternate Light Source Photography
   1. Electromagnetic Spectrum
      1. Visible Light
   2. Light Interaction with Surfaces
      1. Reflection
      2. Absorption
      3. Transmission
      4. Conversion
         1. Fluorescence
         2. Stokes Shift
   3. Crime Scene Application
      1. Forensic Light Sources
      2. RUVIS
      3. Fluorescent Fingerprint Powder
      4. UV & IR Photography
   4. ALS Photography
      1. Camera Settings
         1. Bracketing Exposure
      2. Barrier Filters

 
Exercise #1 

1. Bloodstain Pattern Photography
   1. Roadmapping
   2. Methods to Photograph
      1. Area of Convergence
      2. Area of Origin
         1. Tracing Laser Method
      3. Individual Stains
   3. Pattern Specific Photography
   4. Software
      1. Hemospat
      2. Faro Scene

 
Exercise # 2
 
Day # 2 – 8hr
 

1. Footwear/Tiretrack Impression Photography
   1. 3D Impressions
   2. 2D
      1. Wet Origin
      2. Dry Origin
   3. Camera Settings
      1. Examination Quality Settings
         1. Bracketing Exposure
      2. Lens Choice
      3. Required Equipment
         1. Tripod
         2. Shutter Release Cable
         3. Synch Cord Flash
         4. Flash
         5. Flashlight
         6. Inclinometer
         7. L Shaped Footwear Scale
      4. Scale Placement
      5. Tripod Setup
      6. Composing and Leveling Camera
      7. Positioning Flash/Light Source

 
Exercise # 3 

1. Fingerprint Impression Photography
   1. Camera Settings
      1. Examination Quality Settings
         1. Bracketing Exposure
      2. Lens Choice – Macro
      3. Required Equipment
         1. Tripod
         2. Focus Rails
         3. Shutter Release Cable
         4. Synch Cord Flash
         5. Flash
         6. Flashlight
         7. Ring Flash
         8. ALS
         9. Inclinometer
         10. ABFO Scale
      4. Scale Placement
      5. Tripod Setup
      6. Composing and Leveling Camera
      7. Positioning Flash/Light Source

 
Exercise # 4
 
Day # 3 – 12hr Day
 

1. Shooting Scene Photography
   1. Ballistic Damage to Substrates
      1. Frangible
      2. Non-Frangible
      3. Glass
      4. Sodium Rhodizonate and DTO
   2. Gunshot Wounds
   3. Photographing Trajectory Rods
      1. Overall and Midrange
      2. Closeups
         1. Direct and Side Views
         2. Azimuth and inclination views
   4. Trajectory Laser Photography
      1. Camera Settings
         1. Manual Mode, Focus, Flash
         2. Rear Curtain Bounced Flash
         3. Bulb
      2. Required Equipment
         1. Tripod
         2. Shutter Release Cable
         3. Flash
         4. Zero Base Protractor
         5. Inclinometer
         6. Reflector
         7. Photographic Fog
         8. Opaque Cloth
      3. Methods
         1. Photo Fog
         2. Reflector
         3. Multiple Trajectories

 
Exercise # 5 

1. Chemiluminescent Photography
   1. Luminol vs Bluestar Reagent
   2. False Positive
   3. Using Presumptive Tests in conjunction with Bluestar
      1. Hexagon OBTI
   4. Searching Scene
      1. Camera Settings
         1. Manual Mode, Focus, Flash
         2. Rear Curtain Bounced Flash
         3. Bulb
      2. Required Equipment
         1. Tripod
         2. Shutter Release Cable
         3. Flash

 
Exercise # 6 

1. Lighting Techniques for Evidence Photography
   1. Axial Lighting
   2. Bounce Lighting
   3. Diffused Lighting
      1. Light Shed/Shooting Tent
   4. Direct Lighting
   5. Direct Reflected Lighting
   6. Oblique Lighting
   7. Flagging Light

 
Exercise # 7 
Setup Mock Scenes

Day # 4 – 8 hr Day
  
Mock Scene Capstone Exercise
 
Day # 5 – 4hr
 

1. Case Presentations
2. Courtroom Testimony

Course Review, Evaluations and Presentation of Certificates



*This course has been approved for 40 hours of certification/re-certification credits by the IAI Forensic Photography Certification board.

Matthew Steiner

Matthew Steiner is a First Grade Detective with the New York City Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit.  He is a twenty-four-year veteran with over nineteen years of experience as a crime scene investigator.  Matthew is the lead instructor for the Crime Scene Unit and an instructor for the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, teaching their Advanced Forensic Investigations for Hazardous Environments course. 

​Matthew has also been featured as an expert witness for movie, television, online, and print media.  He has a recurring feature with WIRED for their “Technique Critique” series.  Detective Steiner has assisted in crime scene reconstructions and subject matter expert commentary for CBS News, Oxygen, Discovery, E! Entertainment, and Investigation Discovery Networks.
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