Determining the time and day of photography
Levi, J.A.; Novoselsky, Y.; Levin, N.; Volkov, N.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 45(1): 153-157
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 10641929 Document Number: 524679
Photographs taken by crime victims and perpetrators are at times important evidence. Their time of photography may also affect their value as such. Three methods of determining when a picture was taken by using the content of the picture are presented. The methods utilize solar direction-measured from shadows in the photograph, identifying flowering wild plants and correlating cloudiness with meteorological observations. Solar direction is the most accurate and involved method and therefore is the main part of this paper. A case using all three methods is described.