​Instructor: Brett Doretti, CFPH       
Course length: 40 hours

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Advanced Photographic Techniques for CSIs

This photography course is intended for students who have already completed a basic crime scene photography course and are seeking further training in this field. The topics covered in this course are built upon principles instructed in these basic courses. Basic photography techniques are not instructed in this course and students are required to have working knowledge of these techniques. For this reason, prior attendance at a basic photography course is required.

Day 1 (8 hours)
Advanced Camera Settings

1. Exposure settings beyond P and Auto
2. Measuring Light
3. Examination Quality Photographs
4. Bullet Trajectory Documentation
5. EXERCISES
   1. Aperture mode with EV
   2. Built-in Light meter/Manual mode exercise
   3. Spot meter exercise
   4. Laser tracing

Day 2 (8 hours)
Advanced Lighting techniques

1. Advanced Flash Settings
2. Off-Camera Flash
3. Ridge Detail
4. Bloodstain Mapping and Photography
5. Long Daylight Scene Exposures
6. EXERCISES
   1. Off-Camera lighting
   2. 2D/3D Ridge Detail
   3. Bloodstain Photography
   4. Long Daylight Exposures
      
      

Day 3 (11 hours)
Advanced Lighting Techniques Cont.

1. Back-Button Focus
2. Footwear and Tire tracks
3. Color Temperature
4. Time Exposures
5. Painting with Light options
6. EXERCISES
   1. Back-button focus
   2. Footwear and Tire tracks
   3. Color Temperature/Custom white balance
   4. Time Exposures
   5. Advanced Painting w/light skills

Day 4 (8 hours)
Fluorescence and Chemiluminescence photography

1. Photography of Bluestar© Reactions
2. Alternate Light Source Photography

Complex Scenes

1. Special Considerations
2. Bullet holes/trajectory rods

Officer and Suspect Photography

1. Injuries/Lack of
2. Uniform/equipment
3. Firearms
4. Scene Management with/without artificial light

Complex Scenes

1. Special Considerations
2. Bullet holes/trajectory rods
3. EXERCISES
   1. Bluestar exercise
   2. ALS exercise
   3. Equipment/Firearms
   4. Trajectory rods

Day 5 (5 hours)
Complex Scenes continued

1. Complex Scene Management
2. Exercises/Group Scenarios
3. Course Review, Evaluations and Presentation of Certificates

This course has been approved for 40 hours of certification/recertification training credits by the IAI Crime Scene and the Forensic Photography Certification Boards.

Brett Doretti, CFPH

Brett Doretti is a Lead Forensic Specialist with the Orange County Sheriff's Department/OC Crime Lab in Orange County California.  He was a professional photographer for twelve years before joining the Sheriff's Identification Bureau in 1998.

​Brett specializes in crime scene investigation, photography, and is a member of the clandestine laboratory task force.  He is a primary trainer with the OC Crime Lab and he is also an instructor for California State University Long Beach Center for Criminal Justice, teaching classes in Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Photography.

Brett is an IAI Certified Forensic Photographer and currently serves on the Science and Practices Sub-committee on Forensic Photography and Electronic Digital Imaging for the IAI.

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