photography

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You may wonder why a private investigator would be interested in a book on photography, but the truth of the matter is that, when appropriate, good investigative report writing should contain high quality photographs and by so doing, you will ensure a greater degree of success Read More

It’s a long shot at best, but depending upon how it was created the image may contain metadata that could help you make the connection to a source… is it a photo or a digital illustration (like you might create in Illustrator or MS Paint)? Oracle Multimedia Read More

Paying attention to detail, creative thinking and persistence are just a few very important personality traits needed to be an investigator. I read a great story the other day that was truly inspirational and a reminder that “The magic behind every outstanding performance is Read More

BAN THE SILENT CAMERA PHONE? A new bill introduced to the House of Representatives earlier this month is already attracting some criticism and attention. The Camera Phone Predator Act (H.R. 414) is a new bill requiring any cell phone with a digital camera feature to sound Read More

One of the biggest issues in digital image forensics has always been the ability to identify the source of a digital image. A team of researchers and engineers from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York have developed a very promising technique that addresses this very issue. Read More

University of California San Diego scientists have developed software, called “Sneakey,” that can duplicate keys without having the key; instead, the computer scientists only need a digital image of the key taken from almost any distance and angle. “We built our key Read More