Low-Light Forensic Photography

Instructors: Tony Nguyen, CFPH, CCSI &
Keith Mancini, BS, CFPH, CFVE
Course length: 24 hours

The use of photographic documentation by the law enforcement community began in the 1800s, the earliest days of photography. Since those days, photographers have struggled to have the ability to use their cameras in dimly lit areas. Although technological advances have made some aspects of the use of cameras in darkened areas easier, these advances have also made some aspects more difficult, if not impossible.

The Low-Light Forensic Photography course will familiarize the student with technology and techniques that can be employed to document evidence and scenes in darkness while identifying and addressing the pitfalls.

This low-light forensic photography training will impart knowledge through the use of lectures, in-class discussion, and hands-on training. Hands-on training includes both camera/flash operation orientations and practical in-class exercises. Practical exercises include long exposure photography at crime scenes, slow-synchronization and multi-TTL electronic flash, painting-with-light, Luminol/Blue Star Photography for the documentation of blood on the crime scene, shooting reconstruction laser photography, and low-light surveillance photography. All exercises will be reviewed in the classroom and photography will be critiqued.

LOW-LIGHT FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE TOPICS

Day 1:

Basic Photography Review
Basic Photography Review (Continues)
Low-Light Photography
Slow Flash Synchronization
Luminol/Blue Star Photography
Luminol/Blue Star Photography Exercise
Low-Light Scene Photography Exercise
Exercise Review

Day 2:

Remote Multi-TTL Flash Activation
Painting-with-Light
Painting-with-Light Demonstration
Painting-with-Light Exercise
Painting-with-Light (Continues)
Remote Multi-TTL Flash Activation Exercise
Exercise Review
Exercise Review (Continues)

Day 3:

Photography of Shooting Reconstruction Lasers
Laser Photography Exercise
Laser Photography Exercise Review
Low-Light Photography Exercise
Low-Light Scene Photography Exercise
Low-Light Scene Photography Exercise
Exercise Review

Tony Nguyen, CFPH, CCSA

As a Certified Crime Scene Investigator and Certified in Forensic Photography & Imaging through the International Association for Identification (IAI), Tony Nguyen has been a Crime Scene Investigator and Latent Print Examiner with the Pomona Police Department since 2005.

He graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in Commercial Photography and has worked as an editorial and studio photographer since 1989.

Keith Mancini

Keith Mancini has been a Forensic Photographer for the Westchester County, NY Forensic Lab for the past 22 years. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Photographic Communications (BioMed Photo for short).

Keith is certified as a Forensic Photographer and Forensic Video Examiner by the International Association for Identification. Keith is also a member of the National Institute of Justice’s Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) Video and Image Analysis Subcommittee, and a member of the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) where he serves on the Photography task groups.

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