Cardinal Rules
Exposure Controls
Crime Scene
Injuries
Potpourri
100
This cardinal rule requires that the subject of your photograph be as large as possible in the image.
Fill the Frame
100
This exposure control allows you to blur or freeze motion depending on the speed you set
What is shutter speed
100
This is the maximum number of pictures you should take at a scene.
What is no maximum!
100
Proper injury documentation includes Mid-Range, Close-Up, and _________ photographs.
What is Full Body
100
The world's greatest forensic photography instructor.
Who is Liz Schroeder
200
To make sure that your image will not suffer from out-of focus areas, make sure you do this
Maximize depth of field
200
A shutter speed of 1/5000th of a second would be considered this (Hint: Slow or Fast?)
What is Fast
200
This type of photograph shows the general layout of the scene
What is Overall
200
When photographing injuries, always include this.
What is a scale (ABFO)
200
JPEG stands for this.
What is Joint Photographic Experts Group
300
If you see an ABFO scale where the circles are not quite right, the photographer might have forgotten to do this . . .
Keep film plane parallel
300
Changing your aperture will affect the amount of light let into your image, but it will also affect this . . .
What is depth of field
300
This type of photograph shows specific items of evidence.
What is Close-up
300
Areas of the body where pattern injuries are more common.
What are areas where bone is under the point of impact
300
Three common types of storage formats.
What are RAW, TIFF, JPEG
400
If you want to maximize your depth of field, you had better select this type of aperture (Hint: Large or Small?)
Small aperture
400
Changing this exposure control will affect how "sensitive" your camera is to light
What is ISO
400
Your scene photographs should depict this...
What is the scene as it was when you arrived
400
Cutting, Stab, and Chop are examples of this type of trauma.
What is Sharp Force
400
This happens when the flash is too powerful and washes out the center area of the photograph.
What is hot spot or burn
500
If your image suffers from a shallow depth of field, you had better do this
decrease aperture
500
If you want to hand-hold a camera with a 50mm lens, this is the slowest setting you can use without seeing motion blur
What is 1/60th
500
This type of photograph shows the relationship of evidence to other items in the scene.
What is Mid-Range
500
This type of wound is deeper than it is wide.
What is Stab Wound
500
This type of lighting is often used to capture 3D effects such as footwear and tire impressions.
What is Oblique Lighting
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