THE FIRST PORTION OF THE TEXT DEALS WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTOGRAPHY - GENERAL PRINCIPLES, CAMERAS, LENSES, FILM, FILTERS, CARE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, EXPOSURE DETERMINATION AND FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY - AS THEY APPLY TO THE INVESTIGATIVE PHOTOGRAPHER. THIS WILL ESTABLISH THE PROPER BASE FROM WHICH TO ADVANCE INTO THE SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY. LATER CHAPTERS COVER THE MORE ESOTERIC TECHNIQUES OF POLICE AND FIRE PHOTOGRAPHY, BOTH IN THE FIELD AND IN THE LABORATORY. INCLUDED ARE DISCUSSIONS OF CRIME, ARSON AND ACCIDENT SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHING HOMICIDES AND OTHER DEATHS; SURVEILLANCE AND IDENTIFICATION PHOTOGRAPHY; IMPRESSION, TOOL MARKS, FINGERPRINT AND DOCUMENT PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; COURT EXHIBITS; CLOSE-UPS; COPYING TECHNIQUES; AND POLAROID SHOOTING. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) (SNI ABSTRACT)