POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW NOTES

A. Photography

1. Literal Definition:

The word photography us derivative of two Greek words; phos

which means “light” and graphia meaning “write”. Therefore

photography best translates to “write with light”. (Herschel 1839)

2. Modern definition:

Photography is an art or science which deals of the reproduction of

images through the action of light

Upon sensitized materials, with the aid of camera and its accessories

and the chemical processes involved therein. (Aquino 1972)

3. Technical/Legal Definition:

Modern photography may be defined as any means for the chemical,

thermal, electrical or electronic recording of the images of scenes, or

objects formed by some type of radiant energy, including gamma

rays, x-rays, ultra violet rays, visible light and infrared rays. This

definition is broad enough to include not only the conventional

methods of photography but almost and new process that may

developed. (Scott 1972)

PRINCIPLES OF PHOTOGRAPHY:

A photograph is both mechanical and chemical result of

photography. To produce a photograph, light is needed aside from

sensitized materials (film or paper)

Light radiated of reflected by the subject must reach the film while

all other lights are excluded. The exclusion of all other lights is

achieved by placing the film inside a light tight box (camera).

The effect of light on the film is not visible in the formation of

images of objects. To make it visible, we need or require a chemical

processing of the exposed film called development.

The visual effect of light on the film after development varies with

the quantity or quality of light that reached the emulsion of the film.

Too great in the amount of light will produce a transparent or white

shade after development.

The amount of light reaching the film is dependent upon several

factors like lightning condition, lens opening used, shutter speed used,

filters used, etc.

B) Police Photography

Is an art or science which deals with the study of the principles of

photography, the preparation of photographic evidence, and its

application to police work. (Aquino 1972)

C) Forensic Photography

Is the art or science of photographically documenting a crime

scene and evidence for laboratory examination and analysis for

purposes of court trial.

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY

A. The Basic components Of Photography

1. Light

2. Equipment

3. Chemicals

B. True Photography

1839-is generally known as a birth year of photography.

William Henry Fox Tablot explained a process he had

invented (calotype) at a royal society of London.

The “Calotype” used paper with its surface fibers

impregnated with light sensitive compounds.

Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre- made a public demonstration

in Paris. The Daguerriotype in collaboration to Joseph

Nicephore Niepce.

The Daguerreotype formed an image directly on the silver

surface of a metal plate.

With Talbots CALOTYPE the fixation was only partial while

the daguerreotype image were permanent with the use of hypo.

1848 – Abel Niepce de Saint Victor introduced a process of

negatives.

Important Personalities in Police Photography

*Joseph Nicephore Niepce - was able to obtain camera images on

papers sensitized with silver chloride solution in 1816.He invented

a photographic process which he called "heliography" meaning

"writing of the sun"

*Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre - invented "Daguerreotype", an

early photograph produced on a silver or silver-covered copper

plate.It formed an image directly on the silver surface of a metal

plate.It was a positive process,thus,it yielded one of a kind images.

*William Henry Fox Talbot - invented a process called calotype,

a photographic process by which a large number of prints could be

produced from a paper negative.Calotype use paper with surface

fibers impregnated with light sensitive compounds.

Calotype vs. Daguerre - fixation in calotype was only partial

while

images in daguerreotype were made permanent with the use of

hypo (short for hyposulfite thiosulfate,sodium thiosulfate or a

solution of thiosulfate).

Sodium thiosulfate or hypo is a hygroscopic (readily taken up

and

retaining moisture) crystalline salt used especially as a

photographic fixing agent and a reducing or bleaching agent.

*John Frederick William Herchel - coined the term photography

and applied the terms negative and positive to photography.He

made improvements in photographic processes, particularly in

inventing the cyanotype process and variations (such as the

chrysotype) the precursors of the modern blueprint process.

- He discovered sodium thiosulfate to be a solvent of silver

halides in 1819, and informed Talbot and Daguerre of his

discovery that this "hyposulfite of soda" (hypo) could be used as a

photographic fixer, to fix pictures and make them permanent after

experimentally applying it in 1839.

*Richard Leach Maddox - was an English photographer and

physician who invented light weight gelatin negative plates for

photography in 1871.

*Frederick Scott Archer - invented the photographic collodion

process which preceded the modern gelatin emulsion.

Collodion - is a wound dressing material made of nitrated

cotton

dissolved in ether and alcohol and other chemicals on sheet of

glass.

*George Eastman - founded the Eastman Kodak company and

invented roll film, helping bring photography to the mainstream.

Definition of Terms:

Photography - To write with light,from two Greek words, Phos -

light and Graphia - write.

Police Photography - It is an art or science which deals with the

study of the principles of photography, the reproduction of

photographic evidence, and its application to police work.

Forensic Photography - the art or science of photographically

documenting a crime scene and evidence for laboratory

examination and analysis for purposes of court trial.

1.Take photographs of the following:

a.crime scene

b.suspects.

c.detainees

d.prisoners

e. aliens

f.apprehended persons

g.applicants for clearances

h.military and civilian personnel

i.unknown cadaver

j.applicant to possess firearm

k.other physical evidence

2. Conduct comparative examination and analysis of questioned

photographs or pictures to the known photographs.

3. Process color and black and white film, print, reduce and

enlarge

picture.

4. Reproduce picture and other printed matters.

5. Compose portrait by means of portrait composition.

6. Provides photographic intrusion detection devices.

7. Maintain Rogues Gallery (a collection of pictures of persons

arrested

as criminals)

Care and Handling of Camera

- Must be carried using a portable bag or built-in container to avoid

dust and dirt.

- Must be kept dry and avoided contact with water and other liquid

substances.

- Must be repaired only by qualified technician.

- Must not be cleaned by oil.

- Must not be fixed without proper equipment and tools to avoid

serious damage on it.

Basic Camera Parts and Functions

Camera is a light-tight box; with a lens to form an image with a

shutter and diaphragm to control the entry of the image; a means of

holding a film to record the image/and a viewer or viewfinder to

show the photographer what the image is.

Camera originated from the term camera obscura. Camera obscura

(Latin veiled chamber ) is an optical device used, for example, in

drawing or for entertainment. It is one of the inventions leading to

photography. The principle can be demonstrated with a box with a

hole in one side (the box may be room-sized, or hangar sized).

Light from a scene passes through the hole and strikes a surface

where it is reproduced, in color, and upside-down. The image's

perspective is accurate. The image can be projected onto paper,

which when traced can produce a highly accurate representation.

1. Light Tight Box. This part of the camera is very essential

because

of its capability to exclude all unwanted light that may expose

the

sensitized materials or film. It is an enclosure that is devoid of

light.

2. Lens. The lens is the only responsible in focusing the rays of

light

coming from the subject. It is one of the most important parts of

camera because without lens, it is impossible to form a sharp

image

of the film.

3. Film H older. The film holder holds the film firmly inside the

camera. It

is always located at the opposite side of the lens of the camera.

4.Shutter. The shutter served as the barriers of the rays of light that

will enter and effect the film inside the camera. It is usually

placed

at the path of the light passing thru the lens.

Other Parts of the Camera

1. Viewing system

2. Film advancer

3. Shutter speed

4. Lens aperture

5. Focusing mechanism

Major Types of Camera

1.View Finder Type - The smallest and simplest type of camera.

This is

also known as instamatic camera. View finder camera suffers

parallax

error.

2.Single Lens Reflex Type - Cross section view of SLR system

1) Lens

2) Mirror

3) Shutter

4) Film or sensor

5) Focusing screen

6) Condensing lens

7) Pentaprism

8) Eye piece

The best way to determine the entire coverage of the camera is to

look behind the lens of the camera. In this manner the object can

be framed properly and recorded on the film. This type of camera

eliminates the problem of parallax error.

Twin Lens Reflex Camera - has two lenses, one for viewing and

focusing on the subject and for taking lens. In this type of camera,

the image to be photographed is seen as flat surface as the image is

reflected by the mirror behind the viewing lens. This suffers

parallax error.

Parallax - the difference between what the view finder on a point

and shoot camera sees and what the lens sees (and thus records on

film).At close shooting distances, the difference can cause you to

crop off the top of a subject's head.

Parallax error - the image you see through the view finder is

different from the image the lens will capture.

VIEW OR PRESS TYPE

1.Lens plane

2.Front standard

3.Lens axis

4.Base

5.Film holder/Ground glass

6.Rear standard

7.Film plane

View Or Press Type Camera - The biggest and most sophisticated

among the different type of camera. This type of camera is

practically useless for candid and action photography.

Special Cameras - These are cameras that have been devised that

offer unique advantage or serve special purposes. Among the

special cameras are: a. polaroid, b. panoramic cameras, c. aerial

cameras, d. miniature and ultra-miniature cameras e. digital

cameras (using computer processing.

Control of Cameras:

Knowing the controls on camera is necessary to produce a sharp

and normal image and negatives after photographing. There are

three important controls in a camera to be manipulated and

adjusted to its proper setting.

* Focusing control

* Diaphragm/Aperture control

* Shutter speed

Focusing Control

- The camera lens bends light rays to form an image or likeness of

the object. Adjusting the lens to form the clearest possible image is

called focusing. Focusing is defined as the setting of the proper

distance in order to form a sharp image.

Three Types of Focusing

1.Rangefinder Type (e.g. viewfinder, instamatic camera and

35mm

cameras)

2.Ground Glass Type (e.g. twin-lens reflex camera and digital

camera)

3.Scale Bed Type (e.g. press and view camera, and Polaroid

Evidence

Camera)

Rangefinder Type

The rangefinder type is classified into two:

1. Coincidence type - the object to be photographed looks double

when

the focusing control is not in proper distance, and by moving this

control, one of the objects will move and coincide with the other

object

to make as one and become accurate appearance of an object.

2. Split Type - Splits the objects to be photographed into two.

While

moving the focusing control, the split image will move and unite

to form

an undivided appearance and therefore the focus is accurate and

perfect.

Ground Glass Type

Ground glass type focusing mechanism clearly indicates whether

the object distance and the camera is out of focus or not. If the

object is not well focused, the object to be photographed will

appear blurred. To make it clear and accurate the focusing ring of

the camera is adjusted on clockwise or counter clockwise to get the

desired clearness of the object.

Scale-Bed or Focusing Scale

In the scale or bed type focusing mechanism, the distance of the

object to be photographed is calculated by means of feet or meter.

There are cameras where estimated distance from the camera to

objects is being indicated in the focusing ring.

Diaphragm Control (lens opening)

A device called a diaphragm usually serves as the aperture stop,

and controls the aperture. The diaphragm functions much like the

iris of the eye²it controls the effective diameter of the lens opening.

Reducing the aperture size increases the depth of field, which

describes the extent to which subject matter lying closer than or

farther from the actual plane of focus appears to be in focus.

Aperture and shutter speed are the fundamental controls available

to the SLR user: Varying one or other of these opens up a myriad

of creative possibilities. Both also control how much light reaches

the film ± so if you make the hole through which the light passes

into the camera (the aperture) smaller; you must keep this hole

open for longer (the shutter speed) to compensate.

Fortunately, on most cameras this adjustment is made

automatically. The size of the aperture is measured using

f/numbers (or f/stops). Confusingly, as f/numbers represent

fractions, the larger the f/number the smaller the aperture. The

widest aperture on a lens might be f/2, whilst the smallest aperture

available may be f/22.

Shutter Speed - is a device that allows light to pass for a

determined period of time, for the purpose of

exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to

light to capture a permanent image of a scene.

Types of Shutter

1. Central shutters

2. Focal-plane

Central Shutters - are mounted within a lens assembly, or more

rarely behind or even in front of a lens, and shut off the beam of

light where it is narrow. A leaf mechanism is usually used.

Focal Plane Shutter - In camera design, a focal-plane shutter is a

type of photographic shutter that is positioned immediately in front

of the focal plane of the camera, that is, right in front of the

photographic film or image sensor.

Types of Shutters (as to mechanism)

1.Focal-plane shutters

2.Leaf shutters

3.Diaphragm shutters

4.Central shutters

Focal-Plane Shutters - Focal-plane shutters are usually

implemented as a pair of cloth, metal, or plastic curtains which

shield the film from light.

Leaf Shutters - is a type of camera shutter consisting of a

mechanism with one or more pivoting metal leaves which

normally does not allow light through the lens onto the film, but

which when triggered opens the shutter by moving the leaves to

uncover the lens for the required time to make an exposure, then

shuts.

Diaphragm Shutters - is a type of leaf shutter consisting of a

number of thin blades which briefly uncover the camera aperture

to make the exposure.

Central Shutters - is a camera shutter normally located within the

lens assembly where a relatively small opening allows light to

cover the entire image. The term is also used for shutters behind,

but near to, the lens. Interchangeable lens cameras with a central

shutter within the lens body require that each lens has a shutter

built into it. In practice most cameras with interchangeable lenses

use a single focal plane shutter in the camera body for all lenses,

while cameras with a fixed lens use a central shutter. In

photography, shutter speed is a common term used to discuss

exposure time, the effective length of time a shutter is open; the

total exposure is proportional to this exposure time, or duration of

light reaching the film or image sensor.

There are many factors to be considered in using this control .

Some of these factors are:

1.The light sensitivity of the film, which are determined through its

ISO

2.The lighting condition

3.The motion of the subjects on different angles

4.The purpose of the photographs to be taken, etc.

The different shutter speeds are:

1, 2 or 1/2 sec, 4 or 1/4 sec, 8 or 1/8 sec, 15 or 1/15 sec, 30 or 1/30

sec, 60 o r 1/60 sec, 125 or 1/125 sec,250 or 1/250, 500 or 1/500

sec, 1000 or 1/1000, 2000 or 1/2000.

Camera shutters often include one or two other settings for making

very long exposures:

B (for bulb ) - keep the shutter open as long as the shutter release

is held.

T (for time ) - keep the shutter open until the shutter release is

pressed again.

Avoiding Camera Shake

Unless you are using a tripod, the first thing you should ensure

when choosing the shutter speed is that it is fast enough to avoid

camera shake. However tightly you hold your camera, it will

always move slightly as you fire. If you use too slow a shutter

speed this will mean blurred pictures. The speed you use depends

on the focal length of lens you are doing.

How to Hold Your Camera

To be able to use the slowest possible handheld speeds, you must

hold the camera correctly to avoid as much vibration as possible.

Low-level shooting - you don’t always want to take your pictures

from

normal eye level. This kneeling position allows you to take shots

at

waist level.

When to Use Slow Shutter Speeds

- By using a tripod, or other camera support, photographers can use

slower shutter speeds than usual. These allow you to use apertures

that would not otherwise be possible when using a handheld

camera and to shoot in the lowest light. Slow shutter speeds can

also be used for creative effect, as moving subjects will become

artistically blurred.

When to Use Fast Shutter Speeds

Moving subjects require you to consider using a faster shutter

speed than that needed to avoid camera shake. Some blur may be

welcome with action subjects, but often we want to freeze the

action. Selecting the right shutter speed depends not only on the

velocity of the subject, but also on the direction in which it is

traveling.

The Lens - A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate

axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, converging or

diverging the beam.

Types of Lenses

1. Biconvex

2. Biconcave

3. Plano-convex/plane-concave

4. Convex-concave or meniscus

5. Positive or converging lens

6. Negative or diverging lens

Biconvex - A lens is biconvex (or double convex , or just convex )

if both surfaces are convex.

Biconcave - A lens with two concave surfaces is biconcave (or just

concave ).

Plano-convex or Plano-concave - If one of the surfaces is flat, the

lens is plano-convex or plano-concave depending on the

curvature of the other surface.

Meniscus - A lens with one convex and one concave side is

convex-concave or meniscus.It is this type of lens that is most

commonly used in corrective lenses.

Positive or Converging Lens - If the lens is biconvex or plano-

convex, a collimated or parallel beam of light traveling parallel to

the lens axis and passing through the lens will be converged

(or focused ) to a spot on the axis, at a certain distance behind the

lens (known as the focal length ). In this case, the lens is called

a positive or converging lens. This lens is always thicker at the

center and thinner at the sides. Light passing through it is bended

toward each other on the other side of the lens meeting at a point.

It produces a real image on the opposite side of the lens or where

light is coming from.

Negative or Diverging Lens - If the lens is biconcave or plano-

concave, a collimated beam of light passing through the lens is

diverged(spread); the lens is thus called a negative

or diverging lens. The beam after passing through the lens

appears to be emanating from a particular point on the axis in front

of the lens; the distance from this point to the lens is also known as

the focal length, although it is negative with respect to the focal

length of a converging lens.This lens is always thinner at the center

and thicker at the sides. Light passing through it is bended away

from each other as if coming from a point. It produces a virtual

image on the same side of the lens or where light is coming from.

Inherent Lens Defects or Aberrations

1. Spherical Aberration

2. Coma

3. Curvature of Field

4. Distortion

5. Chromatic Aberration

6. Astigmatism

7. Chromatic Difference of Magnification

Spherical Aberration - When light passing through near the

central part of a converging lens is bended more sharply than those

rays falling in the edge, thus the rays coming from the edges are

focused on a plane nearer the lens than those coming from the

central part.

Coma - This is another form of spherical aberration but is

concerned with the light rays entering the lens obliquely. The

defect is noticeable only on the outer edges and not on the central

part of the lens. If a lens has coma, circular objects reproduced at

the corners of the negative are comet-like form. Just like the

spherical aberration, it is reduced by combinations of lenses of

different curvatures.

Curvature of Field - This is a kind of defect where the image

formed by a lens comes to a sharper focus in curved surface than a

flat surface. The correction of this defect is similar to spherical

aberration and coma.

Distortion - A lens with distortion is incapable of rendering

straight lines correctly; either horizontal or vertical lines in an

object. This is caused by the placement of the diaphragm. If the

diaphragm is placed in front of the lens,straight lines near the

edges of the object tends to bulge outside. This is known as the

barrel distortion.If the diaphragm is placed behind the lens, straight

lines near the edges tends to bend inward. This isknown as the

pincushion distortion. Distortion is remedied by placing the

diaphragm in between the lens component and the two opposite

distortions will neutralize each other.

Chromatic Aberration - This defect is the inability of the lens to

bring photographic rays of different wavelengths to the same

focus. Ultraviolet rays are bent the most while infrared rays are

bent to the least when they pass through the lens. This defect is

reduced by utilizing compound lenses made up of single lens made

up of glass of different curvatures.

Astigmatism - This defect is present when the size of image

produced by photographic rays of one wavelength is different from

the size produced by another. Size of the image increases as the

wavelength of the rays decreases. In color photography it produces

a rainbow colored fringes around the edges of objects while in

black and white photography, it appears as a slight blue.

Types of Lenses (as to degree of correction to lens aberration)

1. Achromatic lens - corrected for chromatic aberration.

2. Rapid-rectilinear lens - corrected for distortion.

3. Anastigmatic lens - corrected for astigmatism as well as the

other lens

defects.

4. Apochromatic lens - also corrected for astigmatism but with

higher

degree of correction to color.

Focal length - is the distance measured from the optical center of

the lens to the film plane when the lens is set or focused at infinity

position or far distance. Focal length is a measure of the light-

bending power of a lens. It is invariably measured in millimeters

(mm). The longer the focal length of a lens, the narrower the angle

of view , and the larger objects appear in the viewfinder without

the need to move any closer to them.

Focal Distance - is the distance from the optical center of the lens

to the film plane.

Telephotos - are long focal length lenses.

Telephotos are lenses with focal lengths greater than 50mm. They

range from 70mm short telephotos to "long toms" with focal

lengths of 1000mm or more.

Wide angles - are short focal lengths.

A lens with a focal length of 50mm is known as a standard lens ±

the view that it gives is similar to that of the human eye . Any lens

with a shorter focal length, and wider angle of view, is known as

wide-angle.

How Focal Length Affects Image Size - Lenses work on the

principle that light affecting from a subject can be bent using the

refractive properties of glass to form a miniature image of the

subject. Lenses with short focal lengths, such as the wide-angle

lens, produce a small image. Telephoto lenses, with longer focal

lengths, produce a larger image, when taken from the same

distance.

Zoom Lens - It is a kind of lens with variable focal length.

Does Focal Length Affect Depth of Field?

Aperture is not the only factor that affects how much of a scene is

in focus. You should also take into account the focal length of the

lens being used and the distance that the lens is focused at

(generally the distance from the camera to your subject). The

longer the focal length, the more restricted depth of field

becomes.So, all things being equal, a wide-angle lens keeps more

of the scene in focus than a telephoto one. In addition, depth of

field becomes increasingly more limited the closer you are to the

subject that your lens is focused on.

Factors Affecting Depth of Field

1. Aperture - The larger the aperture the less depth of field. For

maximum depth of field, use the smallest aperture.

2. Focused Distance - The closer the subject you focus on, the less

depth

of field. Depth of field is greater with distance subjects.

3.vFocal Length - The longer the lens you use, the less depth of

field you

will have. Wide-angle lenses give the greatest depth of field.

Films and Papers

A.Black and White Films

1.Emulsion - a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of

silver

halides in a viscous medium (as a gelatin solution) forming a

coating on

photographic plates, film, or paper.

2. Gray or Anti-Halation Backing - a layer found in modern

photographic films. It is placed between the light-sensitive

emulsion

and the tough film base, or sometimes on the back of the film

base.

The light that passes through the emulsion and the base is

absorbed

by the opaque anti-halation layer. This keeps that light from

reflecting

off the pressure plate or anything else behind the film and re-

exposing

the emulsion, reducing contrast. The anti-halation layer is

rendered

transparent or washed from the film (as in K-14 films) during

processing

of the film.

3.Film Base- A film base is a transparent substrate which acts as a

support medium for the photosensitive emulsion that lies atop it.

Despite the numerous layers and coatings associated with the

emulsion

layer, the base generally accounts for the vast majority of the

thickness of any given film stock.

Historically there have been three major types of film base in use:

cellulose nitrate,cellulose acetate (cellulose diacetate, cellulose

acetate propionate, cellulose acetate butyrate, andcellulose

triacetate), and polyethylene trephthalate polyester (Kodak trade-

name: ESTAR).

Characteristics of B & W Films:

1.Emulsion Speed

2.Spectral Sensitivity

3.Granularity or Graininess

Emulsion Speed

a. ASA (American Standards Association) rating. This is expressed

in

arithmetical value.

b. DIN (Deutsche Industrie Normen) rating, which is expressed in

logarithmic value.

c. ISO (International Standards Organization) rating. This is

expressed in

the combined arithmetical and logarithmic values.

Spectral Sensitivity

a. Blue sensitive film ± sensitive to UV rays and blue color only

b. Orthochromatic film ± sensitive to UV rays, to blue and green

color.

It is not sensitive to red color.

c. Panchromatic film ± sensitive to UV radiation to blue, green,

and red

light or all colors.

d. Infra-red film ± sensitive to UV rays, to blue, green, red light

and

infrared rays.

Granularity or Graininess

- This refers to the size of the metallic silver grains that are formed

after development of an exposed film. Generally, the size of

metallic silver grains are dependent on the emulsion speed of the

film and the type of developing solution that is used in processing.

Rules to remember:

1.The lower the emulsion speed rating of the film, the finer is the

grain.

2. The higher the emulsion speed rating of the film, the bigger are

the

grains.

3. A film developer will produce a finer grain that a paper

developer when

used for film processing.

B. Color Films

A color film is a multi-layer emulsion coated on the same support

or base.

Main types of color film in current use

1.Color negative film forms a negative (color-reversed) image

when

exposed, which is permanently fixed during developing. This is

then

exposed onto photographic paper to form a positive image.

Ex:Kodacolor

2.Color reversal film, also known as slide film, forms a negative

image

when exposed, which is reversed to a positive image during

developing. The film can then be projected onto a screen. Ex:

Kodachrome

C. Photographic Papers (Black & White)

Photographic paper is exposed to light in a controlled manner,

either by placing a negative in contact with the paper directly to

produce a contact print, by using an enlarger in order to create a

latent image, by exposing in some types of camera to produce a

photographic negative, or by placing objects upon it to

produce photograms. Photographic papers are subsequently

developed using the gelatin-silver process to create a visible

image.

Characteristics of a Photographic Paper

1.Chloride paper - has a slow speed and is suited for contact

printing.

2. Bromide paper - has a fast speed and is recommended for

projection

printing or enlarging.

3. Chloro-bromide paper - is a multi-speed and could be used in

both

contact printing and enlarging.

Exposure and development latitude

Latitude is the degree or amount of which you can deviate from the

ideal exposure or development without appreciable loss of print

quality.

1. Exposure latitude Generally, photographic papers do not have a

wide

exposure latitude so exposure must be critical at all times.

2. Development latitude Papers that do not change appreciable in

contrast and image tone with reasonable variations in

development

has a good latitude. However, for best quality the developing

time

should be as near as those prescribed by the manufacturer.

Contrast Range or Grade

In most photographic papers, the contrast range or grade are

indicated by numbers - # 0 to 5

1.#0 and 1 are used on over-exposed or low contrast negative

2.#2 are used on normal exposed or normal contrast negative

3.#3 to 5 used in under-exposed or high contrast negatives

Which Film to Use

Film is available in variety of 'speeds'. The faster the film the more

sensitive it is to light, and the shorter the exposure needed. Fast

film produces a grainier image.Film speed is measured on the ISO

scale. A film rated as ISO 100 is four times slower than an ISO

400film, and needs four times more light for the same shot.

Filters

In photography, a filter is a camera accessory consisting of an

optical filter that can be inserted in the optical path. The filter can

be a square or rectangle shape mounted in a holder accessory, or,

more commonly, a glass or plastic disk with a metal or plastic ring

frame, which can be screwed in front of the lens.

Types of Filters

a. Light Balancing Filter

b. Color Compensating Filter

c. Neutral Density Filter

d. Polarizing Filter

Light Balance Filter - A filter used to change the color quality of

the exposing light in order to secure proper color balance

for artificial light films.

Color Compensating Filter - This is used to change the over-all

color balance of photographic result obtained with color films and

to compensate for deficiencies in the quality of exposing energy.

Neutral Density Filter - This filter is used when the light is too

bright to allow the use of desired f-number or shutter speed with a

particular film.

Polarizing Filter - It is used to reduce or minimize reflections on

subjects like water glass, and highly polished surfaces.

Exposure - is simply a combination of the aperture and shutter

speed. Thus, it is defined as the product of the total light intensity

and the length of time it strikes the emulsion.

Exposure is subjective and errors in calculation will result to

overexposure or underexposure.

Proper exposure is dependent on:

a. Film speed

b. Lighting condition

c. Type of subject

Light: Its Characteristics and Sources

Light is a form of energy, and to understand light we begin with

the electromagnetic spectrum which is basically a grouping of all

electromagnetic radiation arranged according to the amount of

energy contained in the radiation. Visible light is a part of this

electromagnetic spectrum that creates the sensation of light when it

falls on the human eye. The properties of all electromagnetic

radiation can be described by three inter-related terms. These are

wavelength, frequency and energy. Since light is a part of this

spectrum, it too can be described by these terms. Hence, it is

important to understand these terms as a first step towards

understanding light.

Wavelength

Simplistically, we can think of light traveling as a wave. A typical

wave form (e.g., ripples on the surface of water) has crests (or

peaks) and troughs (or valleys). The distance between two

consecutive peaks (or troughs) is called the wavelength, and is

denoted by the Greek letter (lambda).The wavelengths of visible

light are measured in nanometers (nm) where 1 nm = 1 billionth of

a meter (10-9 meters). The wavelength of visible light is between

400-700nm. The combined effect of the complete range of

radiation between 400-700nm appears as white light to the human

eye.

Rainbow Colors:

* Violet - 400 to 440nm

* Blue - 440 to 490nm

* Green - 490 to 540nm

* Yellow - 540 to 590nm

* Orange - 600 to 650nm

* Red - 650 to 700nm

4 Photographic Rays of Modern Photography

1.X-Rays - 1 to 30 nm

2.UV Rays - 30 to 400 nm

3.Visible Light - 400 to 700 nm

4.Infrared Rays - 700 to 100 nm

Primary Colors of Light

1.Red

2.Green

3.Blue

Secondary Colors of Light

1.Yellow

2.Cyan

3.Magenta

White - is the presence of all color.

Black - is the absence of all colors or the absence of light.

Primary Colors of Coloring Matters

1.Red

2.Yellow

3.Blue

Bending of Light - When traveling in open space, light travels in a

straight line (186,000 miles/second). However, when light comes

in contact with an object, it may be bended in the following

manner:

* Reflection

face, it bounces off in all directions due to the

microscopic irregularities of the interface.

* Refraction - It is the change in direction of a wave

due to a change in its speed. This is most commonly observed

when

a wave passes from one medium to another.

* Diffraction - It is described as the apparent bending of waves

around small obstacles and the spreading out of waves past

small

openings.It is also described as the bending of light when it

hits a

sharp edge of an opaque object.

Examples of Diffraction

1.The closely spaced tracks on a CD or DVD act as a

diffraction

grating to form the familiar rainbow pattern we see when

looking at a disk;

2.The hologram (a picture that changes when looked at

from

different angles) on a credit card.

Kinds of Objects

1.Transparent objects - allows sufficient visible light to pass

through

them that the object on the other side may be clearly seen.

2.Translucent objects - allows light to pass, however diffuse it

sufficiently that objects on the other side may not be clearly

distinguished. In some cases the objects on the other side may be

recognizable but sharp detail and outlines are obscured.

3.Opaque objects - so greatly diffuse the light that recognizing the

object on the other side is very difficult if not impossible.

Sources of Light

1.Natural Light Source

2.Artificial Light Source

Natural Light Source (Sunlight)

1. Bright sunlight - a lighting condition where objects in open

space cast

a deep and uniform or distinct shadow.

2. Hazy Sunlight - objects in open space cast a transparent

shadow.

3. Dull Sunlight - objects in open space cast no shadow

1.Cloudy bright - objects in open space cast no shadow but

objects at

far distance are clearly visible.

2.Cloudy dull - objects in open space cast not shadow and

visibility of

distant objects are already limited.

Artificial Light Source - Light sources of this category are man-

made and is divided into the continuous radiation and the short

duration.

Forensic Light Sources

1.UV Lamp

2.LASER - Light Amplification through Simulated Emission of

Radiation.

3.Alternative Light Sources

4.Forensic Light Sources

DEVELOPING, PRINTING AND ENLARGING

Chemical Processing

1.Black & White Processing - development, stop-bath, and

fixation.

2.Color Processing - development, stop-fix, and stabilizer

Development - It is the conversion of latent image in an emulsion

into visible image.

1.B & W Emulsion - reducing exposed silver halide crystals (black

silver)

into metallic silver. (Same reaction is found in photographic

papers.)

2.Color Emulsion - Developed silver is replaced with cyan,

yellow, and

magenta dye.

Stop-Bath - The purpose of the stop bath is to halt the

development of the film, plate, or paper by either washing off the

developing chemical or neutralizing it.

Fixation - The fixer removes the unexposed silver halide

remaining on the Photographic film or photographic paper, leaving

behind the reduced metallic silver that forms the image, making it

insensitive to further action by light. Without fixing, the remaining

silver halide would quickly darken and cause severe fogging of the

image. The most common salts used are sodium thiosulfate -

commonly called hypo - and ammonium thiosulfate, commonly

used in modern rapid fixer formula.

Film Processing - It can be carried out in trays, tanks, or

mechanized equipment.

Note:

Panchromatic materials - handled in total darkness.

Blue films, orthochromatic films and printing papers - handled

under a safe light.

Equipment for Film Processing

1.Tank or tray

2.Developing reel

3.Opener for film cartridge (pliers)

4.Scissors to cut the tongue of the film

5.Thermometer

6.Timer

7.Funnel

8.Photographic sponge

9.Film clips for drying

10.glass or plastic bottles (gallon size) for storing mixed solutions

Developer Formulation

Typical component:

1.Solvent (water)

2.Developing agent

3.Preservative

4.Accelerator or activator

5.Restrainer

D-76 Film Developer Formula

1.Water 520 C - 750 ml

2.Elon - 2 gm

3.Hydroquinone - 5 gm

4.Sodium Sulfite - 100 gm

5.Borax (granules) - 2 gm

6.Water to make - 1 li

Dektol - Paper Developer

1.Water 520C or 125 0F - 500 m l

2.Elon - 311 gm

3.Hydroquinone - 12 gm

4.Sodium Sulfite - 4.5 gm

5.Sodium carbonate - 67.5 gm

6.Potassium bromide - 1gm

7. Water to make - - 1 li

Stop-Bath - Stop-bath can be plain water only with 28% glacial

acetic acid.

Fixing Bath Formula

1.Water

2.Dissolving agent

3.Preservative

4.Neutralizers

5.Hardeners

Typical Fixing Formula:

1.Water 520C or 125 0F - 600 ml

2.Hypo - 240 gm

3.Sodium sulfite - 15 gm(anhydrous)

4.Acetic Acid (28%) - 480 ml

5.Boric Acid (crystals) - 7.5 gm

6.Potassium alum - 15 gm(fine granular

7 Water to make - 1 li

Photographic Painting

1.Contact Printing - It is a procedure of exposing photographic

print

materials while it is pressed in contact with the negative being

reproduced.

2.Projection Printing or Enlarging - It is a type of printing where

the

image in a negative is optically projected or enlarged onto a print

material for exposure to produce a picture image. The main

equipment

is Enlarger, the so-called camera in reverse.

Equipment for Paper Developing

1.Three plastic trays - one each for the developer, stop-bath, and

the

fixer. (The size of the tray is determined by the largest prints

size).

2.Metal, plastic, or bamboo tong preferably with rubber ends to

hold the

prints.

3.Rubber (surgical) hand gloves.

4.Timers

5.Paper cutter

6.A bigger tray or tank for washing prints.

APPLICATION TO POLICE WORK

General Application

1.Identification purposes

2.Recording and preserving of evidences

3.Discovering and proving of evidences not readily seen by the

naked

eye.

4.Recording action of offenders

5.For court exhibits

6.For crime prevention

7.Public information

8.Police training

Specific Applications

1.Identification Photographs

2.Crime-Scene Photography

Forensic photography - sometimes referred to as police

photography, forensic imaging or crime scene photography. - is the

art of producing an accurate reproduction f a crime scene or an

accident using photography for the benefit of a court or to aid in an

investigation.

Photography - is the art, science and practice of creating durable

images by recording light. The word photography was derived

from the Greek word "phos" - light and "graphe" - drawing.

Photograph - is an image created by light falling on a light-

sensitive surface usually photographic film or electronic imager.

Sir John Herschel - made the word photography known to the

world in a lecture before the royal society of London on 1839.

Camera - is a device that records and stores images.

History of camera

Mo Ti - 5th century BC Chinese philosopher who noted that

a pin hole can form an inverted and focused image when light

passes through the hole and into a dark area. He is the first

recorded person to have exploited this phenomenon to trace

the inverted image to create a picture.

Aristotle - in 4th century BC, described observing a partial

solar eclipse in 330 BC by seeing the image of the sun

projected through the small spaces between the leaves of the

tree.

Ibn Al-Haytham (Alhazen) - an Egyptian scientist who

wrote about observing a solar eclipse through a pin hole and

he described how a sharper image could be produced by

making the opening of the pin hole smaller.

Roger Bacon - English philosopher and Franciscan friar who

in his study of optics, included a discussion of the physiology

of eyesight, the anatomy of the eyes and brain and considered

light, distance, position, size, direct vision, reflected vision

and refraction, mirrors and lenses.

Johannes Kepler - a German mathematician and astronomer

who applied the actual name of camera obscura and later

added a lens and made the apparatus transportable in the form

of a tent.

Robert Boyle - a British scientist who, with his assistant

Robert Hooke developed a portable camera in the 1660.

Johann Zahn - in 1685, built the first camera obscura that

was small enough for practical use as a portable drawing aid

because the only way to preserve the images produced by the

camera was to manually trace them.

Joseph Nicephore Niepce - was a french inventor who is

noted for producing the first known photographs in 1825 by

using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and

Vincent Chevalier in Paris.

1920 - the electronic video camera tube was invented, starting

a line of development that eventually resulted in digital

cameras which largely supplanted film cameras after the turn

of the 21st century.

William Henry Fox Talbot - a British inventor and pioneer

of photography. He was the inventor of calotype process, the

precursor to most photographic processes of the 19th and 20th

century.

Lumiere Brothers - introduced the autochrome, the first

commercially successful color process.

Kodachrome - the first modern integral tripack color film,

was introduced by Kodak in 1935. It captured the three basic

color components in a multi layer emulsion.

camera obscura

camera obscura

Camera obscura - obscura means dark or darkened chamber

room, is an optical device that projects an image of its

surroundings on a screen. It is used in drawing and for

entertainment and was one of the inventions that led to

photography. The camera obscura is the forerunner to the

photographic camera.

Basic Modern Camera Parts

1. Lens - the light enters through the lens, this is

where photo process begins.

2. View Finder - is what the photographer looks

through to compose and in many cases to focus,

the picture.

3. Body - the basic most part of a camera. It is the

box that holds the film and the camera controls.

4. Shutter Release - is a button found on many

cameras used to take the picture.

5. Aperture - is a hole or an opening thorough which

light travels. The aperture affects the image's

exposure by changing the diameter of the lens

opening which control the amount of light reaching

the image sensor.

6. Image Sensor - converts the optical image to an

electronic signal.

7. Memory Card - stores all the image information.

8. LCD Screen - typically replaced the view finder.

9. Flash - provide extra light during dim, low light

situations.

10. User Control

Exposure - total amount of light allowed to fall on the

photographic medium during the process the of taking photograph.

Film Speed - is the measure of a photographic films sensitivity to

light.

Shutter Cycle - is the process of the shutter opening, closing and

resetting to where it is ready to open again.

Shutter - is a device that allows light to pass for a determined

period of time for the purpose of exposing photographic film or

light sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent

image of a scene.

Red Eye Effect - is the common appearance of red pupils in color

photographs of eyes. It occurs when using a photographic flash

very close to the camera lens in ambient low light.

Photographic Emulsion - is a light sensitive colloid such as

gelatin, coated into a substance. In silver gelatin photography, the

emulsion consists of silver halide crystals suspended in gelatin

and the substance may be glass, plastic film, paper or fabric.