Back from Qatar – A Great Experience
Well, I’m back from two weeks in Qatar, where I provided the State Security Bureau branch of the Ministry of Interior with some consulting and training services in forensic video, image, and fingerprint analysis – primarily with Adobe Photoshop. The experience was wonderful, and the personnel at the SSB...
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Over the years I have had the opportunity to provide some international training, and this will bring me to Qatar this month (February). I will be providing training in image processing techniques to their forensic video analysts and to their latent fingerprint examiners. This training will enable all of...
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I was in Great Falls, Montana at the Malmstrom Air Force Base for a week in November working on a Court Martial case. It was my second military case, and I thought I’d share a little about the experience here. Military courts are different than my experience with other courts,...
Continue ReadingVideo Analysis – Following the Action
It’s pretty common for security cameras to have low resolution, to use wide angle lenses, and for the significant events to be in the darkest areas far from the camera. And, in these situations, sometimes the identification of the individuals isn’t a question, but the actions of each person...
Continue ReadingForensic Photographic Analysis – Reverse Projection
Some cases are unique – and this will describe one of those. In this case plaintiff retained me to determine if a photograph of a part was broken. The part was a water jet from a bathtub spa. The person using the spa was injured, and the reason proffered...
Continue ReadingWitness Perspective Photography
What did the witness to a crime see from 40 feet away at 3:00 a.m.? What did the driver see when approaching the intersection at sunset? What could the injured party see in the movie theater before tripping on a stair? I’ve provided this type of photography through Imaging...
Continue ReadingNew Board Members
The Forensic Video Certification Board for the International Association for Identification just announced three new board members. I am proud to be one of them. The other two are Kimberly Meline with the FBI, and Julie Carnes with Target Forensic Services. I was proud to have served on the Forensic...
Continue ReadingPersonal Photography Website
Since my work involves photography, I decided to include a link to the new website I created where I plan to post some of my personal photographs. It’s at www.georgereis.com. I’ve only just started it, so there isn’t much there yet, but I hope to work on it some every...
Continue ReadingFree Training in Forensic Computational Photography Techniques
There are some rather amazing photographic techniques that fall under the category of Computational Photography. These include Photogrammetry, Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), and Algorithmic Rendering. Each of these helps us to get more information and/or detail from three-dimensional objects – from measurements to more detail. Cultural Heritage Imaging in San...
Continue ReadingLEVA Conference is Fast Approaching
This year’s LEVA conference is in beautiful San Diego, CA from October 22 – 26. I will be co-presenting a workshop on image authentication with Catalin Grigoras, PhD, and Jeffrey Smith on Wednesday, October 24. LEVA’s conferences are always filled with several workshops and classes that are valuable to the...
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