This is a hands-on class and students should bring the following with them to class: a camera (with manual exposure mode preferred) with the instruction manual battery normal or zoom lens macro lens (if available) flash with batteries circular polarizer and tripod with head laptop computer with card reader and photo software (if available, as this will be helpful to review images and set up workflow.) This course will provide the skills necessary to consistently produce high-quality photographs for any purpose. If the project is important enough for accurate calculations, it is important enough for accurate photographs.įor testing and projects, results must be presented in court, to boards, management, or peer groups, or published in reports and technical papers. Photographs should not be “okay” or “close enough” any more than calculations or analysis should be. Anyone involved in these technical pursuits must be able to create professional images regardless of the lighting or physical conditions. Making consistently good images during any inspection is a critical part of the evaluation process. Photographs are frequently the only evidence that remains of a wreck, or the only records of subjects before or during tests.
Roadway evidence disappears, tested or wrecked vehicles are repaired, disassembled, or scrapped, and components can be tested to failure. Many technical projects, most vehicle and component testing, and all accident reconstructions, product failure analyses, and other forensic investigations, require photographic documentation.