Forensic Photography — issued through Virginia Commonwealth University
This credential underpins CVI's approach to scene, accident, and evidentiary imaging — training in the technical and procedural standards that separate documentation intended for litigation from ordinary photography.
A credential that can be independently confirmed.
CVI documents accidents, injuries, and scenes for use in civil litigation, which means the imaging record has to hold up to scrutiny — not just look correct. This credential reflects formal training in the standards that make photographic evidence defensible: consistent exposure and scale references, unaltered capture, and documentation practices that preserve chain of custody from the field to the file.
It is held and applied at the agency level, informing the protocols followed on every documentation engagement CVI accepts — not presented as an individual's personal certification.
What this credential confirms.
Evidentiary Capture Technique
Exposure, lighting, and framing practices suited to documentation that must remain accurate and legible under later scrutiny — not stylized for presentation.
Scale & Reference Standards
Correct use of scale markers, measurement references, and orientation shots so spatial relationships in a scene are provable, not just visible.
Chain-of-Custody Awareness
File handling and documentation habits that preserve the integrity of the record from the moment of capture through delivery to counsel.
Metadata & Unaltered Capture
Practices that keep original files and their embedded data intact, consistent with CVI's standing rule that RAW files are never altered.
Courtroom-Facing Documentation
An understanding of how photographic evidence is used, challenged, and evaluated once it enters the litigation process.
Not a certificate on a wall — a working standard.
Every accident, scene, and injury documentation engagement CVI accepts follows the protocol this training established: RAW files preserved and delivered on request, EXIF metadata always intact, and scale or reference points used consistently so the record speaks for itself in a deposition or at trial. Attorneys reviewing CVI's work product are reviewing documentation built to this standard from the first frame.
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