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Image Collection

Learn how to collect acceptable images for documentation purposes. Explore criteria for acceptable images and photography tips for better results. Follow dos and don'ts to enhance your image collection skills.

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Image Collection

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  1. Image Collection Field Collection with Handheld Cameras

  2. Image Gathering Techniques For Collecting Images

  3. Introduction • How to collect usable images • What acceptable images look like • What makes unacceptable images

  4. Overview The Four Criteria for an acceptable image • Story Height • Building Shape • Construction Type • General Exterior Condition

  5. Story Height - Acceptable

  6. Story Height – Not Acceptable

  7. Building Shape - Acceptable

  8. Building Shape – Not Acceptable

  9. Construction Type – AcceptableGeneral Exterior Condition

  10. Construction Type – Not AcceptableGeneral Exterior Condition

  11. Photo Taking Tips– Do’s • Frame subject in camera viewfinder • Look from side to side in viewfinder without moving camera • Zoom in to fill frame with image, or walk in closer • Keep sun behind you if possible • Shield lens from sun glare • Make sure image has been recorded before moving camera

  12. Additional Do’s • If you are recording the image number on a list or PRC, do it immediately after you take it. • To avoid images where the house is shadowed, from auto balance, tilt the camera down slightly and remember, “MORE GROUND, THAN SKY”.

  13. A little distant

  14. Flat Front

  15. Retake of Flat Front

  16. Flat Front Farmhouse

  17. Retake

  18. Garage Ruins shot

  19. Retake

  20. Nice shot of busy corners

  21. Good shot of an apartment building

  22. Commercial building Multiple number 1

  23. Multiple shot 2

  24. Multiple shot 3

  25. Multiple shot 4

  26. Flat Front Residential

  27. Retake-Combine the two shots

  28. Flat front

  29. Retake

  30. Not Enough

  31. Additional Shot

  32. Can’t tell the shape

  33. Too far away

  34. Another Shot might help

  35. Different angle

  36. Image Collection Don’ts • Don’t forget to view your image before moving on-you are there now-you don’t want to have to come back • Don’t be afraid to take more than one shot-if you aren’t sure if it is an acceptable image take another • If you are not a County Employee, do not Trespass-take your photos from the right of way

  37. Additional Tips • Have a prepared statement or flyer (approved) that you can give Residents who have questions, with a number they can call. It will keep you moving • Identification Badges are a good idea • If you are going to be doing a lot of collecting in an area, let the police know, if it is a rough neighborhood maybe they will go with you

  38. Additional Tips (continued) • Carry extra memory cards and batteries • Get a battery charger that will plug into the cigarette lighter in your car • Use your camera strap-digital cameras are fragile, if you drop it, it is history • Don’t leave your camera in your vehicle, if the sun and heat don’t get it, a thief will

  39. Parting Shots • Image collection is an expensive exercise, whether it is part of a data collection effort or as a stand alone activity, so make sure that you get a good image while you are there, because it costs even more to send you back! • When collecting images, just like any type of field work, be professional, the public is watching • Be careful! No image is worth risking your personal safety. If you are in an accident, follow your company or jurisdiction’s policy • Have fun and take good pictures

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