CDI

• photos - means light
• graphy - means to draw
• elements of photography

  1. object
  2. lights
  3. camera
  4. sentisized materials
  5. chemical process
• importance of crime scene photography

  1. permanent record
  2. significance of certain aspects of the crime
  3. reconstruction of the crime scene
• identification of the subject

  1. frontal whole body
  2. frontal half body
  3. half body right side
  4. half body left side
  5. left quarter view
  6. right quarter view
• general view - show exactly where the scene was to the exclusion of any other location and to show all boundaries of the scene
• mid range - show the precise position of each item of evidence
• close-up - deliberate depictions of individual items of evidence
• wound - a break or solution in the continuity of the skin or tissues of the living body
• contusion - wound in the skin and subcutaneous tissues characterized by swelling and discoloration of tissues because of extravasation of blood
• abrasion - superficial scraping away of the epidermis, usually caused by friction against an abrasive surface
• incision - a cut made with a sharp instrument such as a knife
• laceration - a tear in the skin resulting from blunt force trauma