Scientific Photography

Scientific Photography is a highly specialized field of photography, this includes ultra violet photography, Infra-red, and Fluorescent based photography as well as Microphotography, high speed photography.  This area is perhaps the most technical and the most “factual” whilst also being the most expensive field overall. Applied in both medicine, science and criminology – the results of these photographs have undoubtedly lead to many scientific breakthroughs, however, it is probably the most least-known.  Scientific Photography has to be the underdog when it comes down to it, as the results are almost never glamorous or appealing, but at least, they can be life changing.  A few good examples are the field of high speed photography, which has clear applications in ballistics, car safety impact analysis etc.  Microphotography is perhaps a less well-known area, but it has many uses in areas such as biology, astronomy and medicine.  Microphotography uses highly specialized cameras to take images of very small subjects on a microscopic or even atomic level.  Perhaps another example is the use of scientific photography in the field of criminology and forensic investigations. Primarily used as a forensics tool to record evidence and crime scenes, it is far more technical as the photographer needs to account for things such as scale and maintain realism and scale for use in court as evidence.