12:59 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar.

12:58 p.m. ET: This hearing is to determine Neumeister's admissibility as an expert witness in the area of video or image enhancement. The witness is expected to testify about this close up of Alexander just before his death.


12:55 p.m. ET: Neumeister says he has been working in the area of video and photo enhancement and enlargement since the 1980s.

12:53 p.m. ET: Arias and Alexander's family have moved into the jury box so they can see an exhibit being set up by defense witness Bryan Neumeister.

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We are taking a 2 minute recess while some adjustments are made. Bryan comes down off the stand. #JodiArias

Dennis is going to town with the new angles he can film of the juror box. Travis' sisters are in tears.

The judge interrupts Bryan and says "counsel excuse me can you please approach". She sounded a bit ticked off.

Nurmi continues to question and discuss cameras and Bryan's background in digital photography enhancement.

It has been a while since a photo of Travis has been on the big screen. Very eerie and sad.
JodiArias, Willmott, Travis' family are all seated in the juror box to see the screen he setup.

Bryan's dad was an executive at NBC, he has much experience in the industry. Judges asks him to take the stand for better mic.

Remote ... thanks for ALL you do.

I think you'll have this job till Fall.

See You, In September

YW, Joni!

But....but....the George Zimmerman trial starts in Jnue!

1:09 p.m. ET: Neumeister says he's working on several cases. He doesn't normally testify.

"I don't try to stipulate what's in the photos or make any interpretations of them. I just present them," said Neumeister.

1:06 p.m. ET: The judge has moved Arias and her attorney out of the jury box, putting some distance between the defendant and Alexander's family members.

1:01 p.m. ET: The judge has recessed the court for a few minutes while they make some adjustments.

This camera guy on the stand knows waaaaay too much about photography.

1:16 p.m. ET: Nurmi is asking Neumeister about looking at the reflections in someone's eyes. Neumesiter says you have to take the shape of the cornea and lens into account.

1:12 p.m. ET: Four technicians have worked on the photo including one who worked in the Saddam Hussein trial.

When working on a photo, Neumeister says, "We have to make sure we don’t push the human face too far… you can cause artifacts and shadows that aren’t there."

1:09 p.m. ET: Neumeister says he's working on several cases. He doesn't normally testify.

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Nurmi is asking about the reflection obtained in the cornea of Travis' eye.

Bryan is talking about the reflection in the eye. He had enough data to zoom in and get some data from the eye.

Our tweet followers are going to town with the words "rectiliniear lens". I am not even going there.

The image of Travis is brought up on the big screen again.

1:26 p.m. ET: Neumeister has put up a zoomed in image of Alexander's left eye.

1:22 p.m. ET: Arias was within a few feet when she took this photo, according to Neumeister. The lens Arias used was really wide and Alexander's face was really close, meaning she must have been pretty close to him.

1:21 p.m. ET: Neumeister says the camera was low when the photo was taken. Because the flash went off, Neumesiter says the shower wall acted to bounce the light around, hitting the person who was taking the photo.

1:19 p.m. ET: Neumeister copied down the information that the camera captured when it took this photo including shutter speed, date, and other technical information.

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Bryan was able to trace an outline of what he can see in the lab. This is exhibit 4. It will be up on the screen momentarily

This is basically the same photo but at an even higher resolution.

Exhibit 3 is similar to 2, close up photo of the reflection of Travis' eye.

Exhibit 3 is admitted, Bryan steps down to pull it up on his high resolution screen.

Bryan is estimating the photo was taken with the camera about mid body, chest height.

There is not enough ppi to identify who is taking the photo but there is enough to see that someone is taking a photo

1:36 p.m. ET: You can see an outline of somebody taking a picture in Alexander's eye, according to Neumesiter.

1:32 p.m. ET: Neumeister has put up a higher resolution photo showing Alexander's eye. He says the monitor resolution in the courtroom isn't as great as it is in his lab. He was looking to make sure there weren't any "dead pixels" in the photo -- spots created by the camera itself.

1:29 p.m. ET: The photo was taken at about chest-height, according to Neumeister. You can't tell exactly who took the image by looking at the reflection in Alexander's eye.

1:26 p.m. ET: Neumeister has put up a zoomed in image of Alexander's left eye.

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Juan wants to know what other cases Bryan has testified in as an expert in audio. Nurmi objects, we are sizzlin' away in sidebar.

Juan asks "when was the last time you testified?". Byran said this case, he enhanced the audio

Nurmi is done with questions. Juan is up now asking how many times Bryan has testified in Maricopa Superior Court.

1:41 p.m. ET: The attorneys are at a sidebar.

1:39 p.m. ET: Neumeister says he also worked on audio enhancement in this case. Martinez asked him if he ever testified in this area before and if he's only testifying in this case so he can be certified in the area.

1:38 p.m. ET: Martinez has started his cross-examination.

Martinez insisting he CANNOT see any shape in that picture.


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Juan wants to know if there is a test that could determine whether or not Bryan's lines are drawn accurately.

1:50 p.m. ET: "It would be up to the jury to decide what they see, not you, right?" asked Martinez.

"That is correct," said Neumesiter.

Martinez has concluded his cross-examination.

1:49 p.m. ET: Martinez is asking Neumeister about the lines he drew on Alexander's eye.

"Do you see better than anyone else that has 20/20 vision?" asked Martinez.

"No," said Neumesiter.

Martinez says other people could disagree with him about the markings he put on the eye. Neumeister says that could happen but they're not using the equipment that he has at the lab.

1:45 p.m. ET: Neumeister says he has enhanced surveillance video before in cases. He says he works with audio, video and pictures.

1:43 p.m. ET: Martinez is grilling Neumeister about other cases in which he has testified about audio enhancement.

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Juan is done with his cross, Nurmi is back up for redirect. Gingerbread man photo is back up on the screen.



1:51 p.m. ET: Nurmi has started his redirect examination. Neumeister says the resolution in his lab is twice what you see in the courtroom.


BRING ON ALYCE!!

1:57 p.m. ET: Martinez says the defense is asking people to look at a dog -- "I saw some ears and then I saw a snout" -- and say it's a person standing there. He calls the evidence "fantastical." He says there's no way to test what the expert sees and that ten people would come up with ten different answers as to what they see. He said there are no statistics regarding the rate of error.

1:54 p.m. ET: Neumeister says the lines show the jury what he can see in his lab.

"Can you identify who's in the picture? No," said Neumeister.

Nurmi has concluded his redirect examination.

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Juan points out that he saw a dog in the photo, an ears and a snout. He is arguing the line drawing was up for interpretation. #JodiArias

The lights are back on full blast. Juan is addressing the judge about the testimony from Bryan. #JodiArias

Bryan steps down, his testimony is over. Juan does not have any witnesses for this testimony. Nurmi is prepared to argue.