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April Commentary: Photographic Documentation to Presentation Images
Original, Scanned, b/w, Embedded, PDF and Converted)

From Final Jeopardy, October 31st 2018 – “Chocolate syrup, casaba melon & Playboy
model Marli Renfro were enlisted to create an iconic scene in this film” – correct answer,
What is the movie “Psycho”. What does this question have to do with photography and
videography? By the end of this commentary, this question will be answered.

Every case a Professional Investigator is assigned will have some manner of photographs,
videos, and audio recordings. Whether from interviews to surveillance, or crime scenes
to security footage – these are important documentations of the event. They are not the only – or necessarily most
important – manners of documentation. These may not be available in all cases – and should be. With two decades of
digital recording technology, and over a decade in the palm of your hand – everything can and should be documented.
These should be accompanied by records and reports which are relevant to and also narrate the event and recordings.
By themselves, they are informative – but can be misleading or misinterpreted; just as records and reports without
these recordings can also be misleading or misinterpreted.

So, what does the original Jeopardy answer and question have to do with this commentary? What the eyes see is not
necessarily accurate. We know this just from Hollywood and special effects – and the CSI Effect. In “Psycho”, and in the
then shocking shower scene in which Janet Leigh - actually Marli Renfro as her body double - is stabbed repeatedly in
the shower by Anthony Perkins, and blood is running down the drain – Hollywood tricks. For those too young to have
jumped ahead to this early Hollywood trickery – the move was in 1960 and black and white. Special effects were easy for
black and white – such as using chocolate syrup as blood going down the drain. Although it’s a movie, black and white,
and Hollywood – it reminds us how important it is to view all photographs and videos, and audio, in the full context of
the event. This is also why original – or exact copies of originals – should be reviewed and analyzed – and not converted
files which may lose their detail, and forensic attributes to verify authenticity. Of first importance is how the files are
shared to retain all of the qualities and properties of the original.

Sharing digital media files is still best by physical media – flashdrive most often, due to the size of files, or by CD / DVD.
Common, particularly since early 2020 events, are by clous – such as DropBox, OneDrive, and case management
software, etc. On the note of case management software – it is important to confirm no changes are made to the files by
the provider – such as compressing for space. Do not delete any files, images, or portions – the file must be an exact
duplicate of the original. For this reason, images should not be sent via email or added to a PDF file (Adobe) or
PowerPoint (PPT) for review and analysis – or testimony. Why? These all compress the original file, which removes
resolution and detail. The more times these files are opened and closed, the more minute details and resolution are lost.
To age ourselves – if you can remember when every time you photocopied a copy, then a copy of a copy, each
progression was distorted – this is what happens with digital images. JPEGs are compressed images – they are the most
common, and as long as the high-resolution original is copied exactly, the file should be okay (TIFF is one of the best,

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