Post Test
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Post Test
Photography is an art and science which produces permanent image on a sensitized material
through the action of light with the use of camera and its accessories and the chemical
processes involved therein.
Photography is an invaluable aid to modern day scientific crime detection and investigation as
well as crime prevention.
The year 1839 is considered generally as the birth year of photography. Its first landmark in
police history is generally confined to its application to the problem of personal identification.
In photography, the light writes when it strikes minute crystals of light sensitive surfaces
(films and photographic papers), a mechanical device (camera) and chemical processing (film
development and printing). As a process, photography is the method of using light to produce
identical image of an object that can be preserved permanently by employing:
a. camera: camera use to regulate, absorb and filter light
b. film and any sensitized material to record light
Photography clearly is a process of producing images, a process that involves two basic
steps:
1. The optical- catching light, controlling its intensity, and directing it; and
2. The chemical- recoding the image that has been optically created.
Elements of Photography
2. Communication and microfilm files- Investigative report files, Accident files transitions
of photos (Wire Photo) Photographic supplements to reports. With modern day electro
photography machines accident reports can be made in seconds and sold to insurance
adjusters for nominal fees. An excellent source of revenue for department is the sale of
photographs of traffic accidents to insurance companies and lawyers.
8. Crime and Fire prevention – Hazard lectures, security clearance, detector devices,
photos of hazardous fire, conditions made when fire prevention inspection are made.
9. Public relations – Films pertaining to safety programs, juvenile delinquency, traffic
education, public cooperation, and civil defense.
1. As means of identification.
2. As a method of discovering, recording and preserving evidence.
3. As a way to present, in the courtroom, an impression of the pertinent elements of a
crime.
4. As a training and public relations medium for police programs.
A. PHOTOGRAPHY
1. Literal definition:
The word Photography was derived from Greek words, phos which means “light” and
graphia that means to “draw”. Therefore, photography best translates to write with light.
(Herschel 1839)
The production of a permanent record of an image by the combined action of light and
chemical processing.
2. Modern definition:
Photography is an art or science which deals with the reproduction of images through
the action of light, upon sensitized materials, with the aid of a camera and its accessories, and
the chemical processes involved therein. (Aquino 1972)
B. POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
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
Forensic- Derived from the Latin word “Forum” which means “a market place”
where people gathered for public discussion. When used in conjunction with other science it
connotes a relationship to the administration of justice. It is sometimes used interchangeably
with the word legal.
Telephotography = Is the process of taking photograph of a far object with the aid of a
long focus and Telephoto lens.
Infra-red Photography- The art or process of photographing or recording unseen
objects by means of infra-red light.