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Workshops:
Purpose of the Workshops
The 5 day workshops are not imaging schools for absolute beginners. They consist of a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and practical hands-on work by the individual. Each individual will image under a variety of situations, similar to actual case work, and will discover, record, and preserve mock evidence material as though it would be used for court. They are designed to be of maximum help to people involved in law enforcement photography that have basic photographic experience. Some of the major imaging applications covered include accident, arson, close-up, crime scene, document and surveillance. Black-and-White and color processing and printing are also covered as well as applications of infrared and ultraviolet imaging. Practical exercises are held for most all topics with the exception of darkroom work and the infrared and ultraviolet imaging. If there are not appropriate darkroom spaces in the hosting agency, the darkroom topics and the UV & IR are merely discussed. However, this is done in enough detail to teach the attendee how to do the work and, also, build confidence in the doing of it.
Workshop Entrance Qualifications
Since practical exercises set a limits of a maximum of 24 persons at each of the workshops, attendees must come by invitation and with the approval of their Chief or Supervisor. Registrants must spend at least half their time in police or fire departments doing photographic work. The only exception is made to persons teaching photography in colleges, police training schools, or members of the intelligence community.
What Equipment to Bring to a Workshop
For the 5 day workshops registrants are urged to bring their own photo equipment (35mm camera with suitable telephoto, wide angle, and close-up lenses)The camera should have an internal camera light meter (or have a separate hand held meter available). An electronic flash which can be operated "off camera" via a 3' (or longer) cord will also be needed. Having your own tripod, cable release, battery charger (if needed) and related batteries for the light meter, camera, and flash is also a necessity.
Purpose of the Seminars
The one day seminars were developed to give an intensive, one day, specialized, training program in a single area of application expertise. They are designed to give a quick review of imaging information that should teach the novice and, also, clarify for the more experienced. The seminars move quickly through a review and then into the specialized applications area. They finalize with a look into the electronic imaging age of now (and in the future) for the application discussed in the seminar.
It is felt that a greater number of departments and personnel can benefit from having a series of one day seminars brought into a given area. Further, it is felt that a one day seminar is more cost effective by keeping the associated travel and lodging costs at a minimum for the attending departments. Having a follow-up of an intensive hands on workshop, for the more advanced trainers to be, is even more beneficial, then, since they can expand the educational experience within the locale.
Seminar Entrance Qualifications
With the seminars, that have no practical exercises, the class size is usually only controlled by the size of the room available.
What Equipment to Bring to a Seminar
One merely has to be in attendance, since there is no hands-on experience at the one day seminars. Having a camera and flash at the one day seminars for reference during lecture is recommended, though.
Typical Imaging Course Topics, Times for Delivery and Major Scopes and Objectives
While it is felt that the Forensic Imaging, Inc. can address nearly any aspect of forensic and intelligence imaging, the following is provided for basic thinking, planing and discussing of a course. Naturally, custom designing can be done for any type of imaging course.
While courses may be given to instruct attendees in “by rote” methods, it is felt that better training is given in the following fields by getting the attendee to think in imaging terms and actualities. Discussion is always encouraged in classes. As a result of this type of training, those in attendance should continue to grow their imaging expertise (on their own), should they desire or need to.
If possible, instructor assisted practical exercises are used with small classes. However, with groups larger than 24, lecture by itself is usually dictated. This is due to the lack of class control and the lack of quality “close-up” instruction.
The listed practical exercises are the more common ones that might be found in a typical three to five day course. Naturally, not all exercises are found in all courses. These are merely used to illustrate the flavor that can be given to a course and the objectives of the exercises that might be used in a course having these exercises. In any of the courses listed (including those that do not show practical exercises, due to brevity), practical exercises would be used whenever practicable.
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