Photography
Nataly Moreno
Photography
• Derived from the Greek word “phos” meaning light and
“graphe” meaning drawing
• The art, science, and practice of creating durable images by
recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either
chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as
photographic film, or electronically by means of an image
sensor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography
How has it changed the world?
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World’s most popular hobby
“It is a form of expression, communication, art, and sometimes craft”
The process was public since 1839
No longer a focus on words and paintings as before
Over 10 billion photos on Facebook
Sports – lowered cost with digital cameras
Impact on medicine, x-rays
Mars Exploration Rovers’ digital cameras
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/bloom/Bloom_29DEC2011.pdf
http://www.imore.com/how-we-take-killerphotographs-iphone-dslr-shooting-editing
Pinhole Camera or Camera Obscura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pinhole-Camera-Camera-Obscura/
Daguerreotype Process 1830’s
• Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre was a painter and
photographer
• Discovered a chemical process which would reduce
exposure time and fix the image permanently
• Used silver coated copper plates, exposed to iodine
vapor
• Plates needed to be exposed to light for 15 minutes
• Portrait painters found it to be a threat
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/bloom/Bloom_29DEC2011.pdf
http://www.nndb.com/people/142/000083890/
Brief History
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1870s- Dry Plates that could be stored by Richard Maddox
Cameras reduced in size
Mechanical Shutter
Emulsion Plates with 3 second exposures
1880s Kodak Cameras
1940s 35mm film affordable for most
1948 Polaroid Corporation- Instant Cameras
Late 1970s- early 1980s smart cameras
1991 - Kodak produced the first digital camera
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/bloom/Bloom_29DEC2011.pdf
Jerry Uelsmann
• Discovered his hobby in high school when working
for a photo studio part time job
• Created artwork in the darkroom using multiple
enlargers and combining negatives with burning
and dodging techniques to get the effects wanted
• When he showed his work people questioned if it
was photography (in the 60’s and 70’s)
http://bermangraphics.com/press/jerry
-uelsmann.htm
http://www.uelsmann.net/works.php
Erik Johansson
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Goal is to keep photo-realism
Capture ideas instead of moments
“only thing that limits us is our imagination”
http://youtu.be/mc0vhSseGk4?t=3m31s
http://erikjohanssonphoto.com
Creating the Fish Photo
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http://youtu.be/t_owQnZ5lFg?t=6m53s
HDR Photography
• High Dynamic Range Imaging