Face & Ear Comparisons
by Joelle Steele
I offer three options for analyses and comparisons of facial features and ears, plus an option for a Declaration. Accuracy is critical to making a good comparison, so please follow the instructions below very carefully.
NOTICE: I no longer analyze/compare photographs believed to be of Abraham Lincoln, Jesse James, Frank James, or Billy the Kid. Please don’t even ask, as I don’t respond.
Instructions:
- If your analysis specifically involves the ears, please make sure all your photos are of the same ear. Ears are never exactly the same on any given head.
- Scan your questioned photo and up to three exemplars (known photos) in color (even if originals are black and white).
- Scan your photos at high resolution (300-600 dpi minimum, or 1200 dpi if it’s a face in a group photo).
- Save your photos as individual .JPG files.
- Name and number your files so that I can identify them (e.g., questionedphoto.jpg, exemplar-1.jpg, exemplar-2.jpg, exemplar-3.jpg).
- Do NOT alter or enhance your photos in any way.
- Do NOT send me composites, overlays, PDFs, zipped files, or links to photos on Web sites.
- Do NOT send me originals or prints by US Mail.
- E-mail your photos as attachments to me at: joellesteele@authenticateidentities.com.
I will look at your photos to see if they are clear enough to be analyzed and to make sure I have not analyzed your image previously (yes, it does happen). I will then respond to your E-mail and say whether or not I can analyze them. After I confirm to you that I can analyze your photos, select the appropriate Option below and make your payment to joellesteele@authenticateidentities.com at PayPal.
Turnaround time depends on how busy I am, but 1-3 working days is about average for photo analyses.
Option #1: Quick Analysis with Brief Explanation – $100
A yes/no response in an E-mail as to whether or not it is the same person, plus a very brief explanation as to why that determination was made.
Option #2: Quick Analysis Without Explanation – $75
A yes/no response in an E-mail as to whether or not it is the same person, with no explanation as to why that determination was made.
Option #3: Expert Declaration – $600
Please be advised that when I write a Declaration, I do NOT advocate for a specific litigant, and this is always stated clearly in my Declarations. I am only seeking to determine whether or not a face in a photograph is authentic.
I generally provide my signed Declarations on pleading paper. If you want to place my text on your own pleading paper, just let me know and I’ll send you a Word doc instead. However, please be aware that I will not sign a Declaration that has anything in it that I did not write, or anything omitted that I did write.
The same instructions used for Options 1, 2, and 3 are necessary for me to do a Declaration. Turnaround time for analysis is about 1-3 days, and about 3-5 days for a Declaration.
After I confirm to you that I can do the photo analysis, please make a payment of $100. If you want me to proceed to doing the Declaration after the photos are analyzed, please make an additional payment of $500. Please make your payments to joellesteele@authenticateidentities.com at PayPal, or send a check payable to Joelle Steele, PO Box 8492, Lacey, Washington 98509-8492.
