We will Look at now at the development of camera's and photography in general throughout the ages:
History of the Photography Process
Pinhole Camera:
This came around about 1000AD, This however, due to low technology, the picture taken was shown as upside down.
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| First Photo Ever Taken, 1827 |
The First Picture:
In 1827, This was the first photo ever taken via a pinhole camera (Camera Obscure) by Joseph Nicephore Niepce, however before this, people mainly used camera obscura to trace or draw photo's. furthermore in France, Louis Daguerre was trying to find a way
to capture an image. but only found away to keep the image for around half an hour before it disappeared. in 1829, he partnered up with Niepiece in effort to improve the process. in 1839, after several years of experimenting and Niepiece's demise, Daguerre developed an efficient and convenient way to take photos'. He named it the Daguerreotype. |
| The Daguerreotype Process. |
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| Camera Obscura |
Negative to Positive Process
Henry Talbot Invented the first negative form of photography with Positive pieces in it in 1841, . He called it Calotype (greek for beautiful picture)
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| First Picture created by Calotype
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Tintypes
These were patented in 1856, by Hamilton Smith This turned pictures from negative in positive images.
Wet Plate Negatives:
Frederick Scott Archer invented theses in 1851, he used this method to make the photo taken more detailed and clearer to see. this method involved carrying a darkroom around making it portable.
Dry Plate Negatives and Hand Held Cameras:
The Dry plate negative process was invented in 1879, and was easier to use rather than wet plate method. This also meant that the photo's could be stored for a while. Portable Darkrooms no longer had to be used and could hire technicians to develop their photo's. This process made a break through with camera's because this process absorbed light quickly to the point where hand held camera's could start to be manufactured.
Flexible Film:
This was invented in 1889, by George Eastman. this meant film could be put in that was flexible, could be rolled and unbreakable. This meant that the box camera can be now massed produced.
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| Box Camera |
Colour photographs
These appeared in the erly 1940's. when colour films were brought to the market.
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| First Ever colour Photograph was taken by Thomas Sutton in 1861. |
Photographic Films
The First flexible film roles date back to 1899, it was made out of nitrate. this is important because it allowed the development of roll films. The first flexible movie films measured 35-mm wide and came in long rolls on a spool.
This Technology continued in the 1920'was when this film roll was developed specifically for camera's. by late 1920's, they switched over to medium - format film roll was created. It measured six centimeters wide and had a paper backing making it easy to handle in daylight. This led to the development of the twin-lens-reflex camera in 1929. Nitrate film roll also stopped the need to use fragile glass plates.
Triacetate film came later and was sturdier, stronger and fireproof. moist films' s until about the 1670's used this technology.
Photographic Prints
It used to be the case that linen rag papers were used to make the base for these photographic prints, however, when gelatin emulsion was added, the photo's became stable. previously they would crack and dry out.
Due to the high humidity, parts or the whole image would have been lost. however, the photographic fixer left chemical residue. chemicals in the water that was used fro developing the images caused damage. If the print is not washed completely to remove all bits of the fixer than the picture would have been discoloured and images would have been loss.
Water - Resistant paper was the next innovation in photographic printing. The only issue with this would have been the image that the resin would have relied on produces a plastic coating and there would be the off chance of fading.
Colour |Prints previously weren't stable to show because of the organic dyes. these dyes would deteriorate and therefore the image would literally disappear from the film or paper. Kodachrome was invented around the 1930's and it was the first film to produce colours that could last 50 years.
New Techniques have arisen as we are in the 21st century and we can now produce paintings that can last at least 200 years and that are therefore permanent. We now use computers to print images and a highly stable colours. the colour we now use are permanent.
History of the Camera
As we know the first camera that was ever invented was the Pin hole camera, as previously mentioned.
However in 1600, it was reinvented by Della Porta. who was also the first European to publish any infomation on the pinhole camera and is therefore incorrectly credited with its original discovery.
Daguerreotype Cameras
These were camera's that were made in the daguerreotype process.
Box Camera
George Eastman invented the Kodak Camera, in 1888. It had about enough film for 100 flip shots. The original paper film was then changed into plastic base because of the success of this camera.
Flashlight Powder
Flashlight Powder was invented in Germany in 1887, by Adolf Miethe and Johannes Gaedcke. Flashlight Powder was used in lamps when taking flash photography.
Flashbulbs
These are used to take pictures using flash. They were invented by Pail Vierkotter. in 1930, These became commercially available.
Filters
These were founded by Frederick Wratten. He made these into a photographic manufacturing business in 1878 Called Wratten and Wainwright. Wrattern along with Dr C.E Kenneth Mees (E.C.K Mees) invented and panchromatic plates in England in 1906. Wrattern is known for these filters that he invented and names them after him - Wratten Filters. Eastman Kodak bought the rights to these in 1912.
35mm Cameras
in 1905, Oskar Barnack had the idea to reducing the format of film negatives and enlarging the photographs following their exposure. As development manager at Leica, he was able to put his theory into practice. He took an instrument for taking exposure samples for cinema film and turned it into the world's first 35 mm camera: the 'Ur-Leica'.
Polaroid or Instant Photos
These were invented by Edwin Herbert Land. He was an Inventor and physicist whose one step process for printing and development created instant photography, The first Polaroid camera was to the public in November 1948.
Disposable Camera
Fuji introduced disposable camera's
in 1986. They were known as single use camera's.
Digital Camera
in 1984, Canon demonstarted the world's first digital electronic still camera.
My Relationship
My Relationship with photography has varied over the years, because as digital technology as have i but as i am now 17, i use photography in my every day life.
When i was about 5, i used to hate camera's the the extent that i ruined 3 of my father's £200 Digital Camera's by putting them in the washing machine. for about 5 years after this, i wan't allowed to touch a camera, However, when it comes to being in photo's i very much like to be in the photo, rather than taking it in general. I also prefer being in photo's in family an friends.
However, every 2 years in my family we go to a photography studio to take pictures all together which i thoroughly enjoy because it shows how we have grown up over the years, doing this every 2 years have really helped me grown to like photo's and generally pose in general.
In Year 9, At my previous school, i took up photography enrichment which i actually didn't enjoy because it wasn't taken as seriously as on might have hoped as we just went around school bi - monthly for an hour taking pictures on our smartphones of randoms meaningless items around the school which wasn't fulfilling at all. Although it did teach me what angles to take certain things at depending on what smartphone or camera I was using. This would help me in the future when taking selfies became trendy. The Following photo's, i took on a blackberry curve so please excuse the quality.
I would also like to mention that when it comes to relevance in terms of social media, i am fairly
involved, i see photo's across my every day life on Facebook. but i am more involved when it comes to Instagram and Snapchat which are both photography based apps. i use at least 3 times a day, or even more i am bored. I post on Instagram a photo or video at least every 3 weeks and i post on snap chat an healthy amount of at least once a week, these are mostly pictures of my current activity and it is usually babysitting.
I actually was exempt from photography for about 2 years from about 2013 - 2015 because of the phone i had. I had a Samsung galaxy S4 Zoom which is a great camera phone but 3 months into my cocntract my back camera broke and i couldn't get it fixed. it made taking photo's difficult on a front camera and i found too difficult to take photo's so i just stopped for this period of time.
I would also like to add that i recently visited a photographic exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. This exhibition was about teh Magazine "Vogue" Through the ages and how it got to where it was today from 1916 - 2016. I found it incredibly interesting at how fashion has also gone through the ages and it was an enjoyable trip.
Finally, My Relationship with photography has actually extended into my every day life. I take selfies every so often with friends and family, as i previously mentioned that i do use my phone and social media on a daily basis and i look at other people's photo's more than my own, I also prefer taking photo's of people rather than abstract pictures. Because i like recording reasons and taking pictures of people who are natural and caught in te moment rather than posed or touched up.
Due to the high humidity, parts or the whole image would have been lost. however, the photographic fixer left chemical residue. chemicals in the water that was used fro developing the images caused damage. If the print is not washed completely to remove all bits of the fixer than the picture would have been discoloured and images would have been loss.
Water - Resistant paper was the next innovation in photographic printing. The only issue with this would have been the image that the resin would have relied on produces a plastic coating and there would be the off chance of fading.
Colour |Prints previously weren't stable to show because of the organic dyes. these dyes would deteriorate and therefore the image would literally disappear from the film or paper. Kodachrome was invented around the 1930's and it was the first film to produce colours that could last 50 years.
New Techniques have arisen as we are in the 21st century and we can now produce paintings that can last at least 200 years and that are therefore permanent. We now use computers to print images and a highly stable colours. the colour we now use are permanent.
History of the Camera
As we know the first camera that was ever invented was the Pin hole camera, as previously mentioned.
However in 1600, it was reinvented by Della Porta. who was also the first European to publish any infomation on the pinhole camera and is therefore incorrectly credited with its original discovery.
Daguerreotype Cameras
These were camera's that were made in the daguerreotype process.
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| Daguerreotype Camera |
George Eastman invented the Kodak Camera, in 1888. It had about enough film for 100 flip shots. The original paper film was then changed into plastic base because of the success of this camera.
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| Original Box Camera, 1888 |
Flashlight Powder was invented in Germany in 1887, by Adolf Miethe and Johannes Gaedcke. Flashlight Powder was used in lamps when taking flash photography.
Flashbulbs
These are used to take pictures using flash. They were invented by Pail Vierkotter. in 1930, These became commercially available.
Filters
These were founded by Frederick Wratten. He made these into a photographic manufacturing business in 1878 Called Wratten and Wainwright. Wrattern along with Dr C.E Kenneth Mees (E.C.K Mees) invented and panchromatic plates in England in 1906. Wrattern is known for these filters that he invented and names them after him - Wratten Filters. Eastman Kodak bought the rights to these in 1912.
35mm Cameras
in 1905, Oskar Barnack had the idea to reducing the format of film negatives and enlarging the photographs following their exposure. As development manager at Leica, he was able to put his theory into practice. He took an instrument for taking exposure samples for cinema film and turned it into the world's first 35 mm camera: the 'Ur-Leica'.
Polaroid or Instant Photos
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| Poloroid Camera, 1948. |
Disposable Camera
Fuji introduced disposable camera's
in 1986. They were known as single use camera's.
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| Disposable Camera, 1986 |
Digital Camera
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| Digital Camera,. 1986 |
My Relationship
My Relationship with photography has varied over the years, because as digital technology as have i but as i am now 17, i use photography in my every day life.
When i was about 5, i used to hate camera's the the extent that i ruined 3 of my father's £200 Digital Camera's by putting them in the washing machine. for about 5 years after this, i wan't allowed to touch a camera, However, when it comes to being in photo's i very much like to be in the photo, rather than taking it in general. I also prefer being in photo's in family an friends.
However, every 2 years in my family we go to a photography studio to take pictures all together which i thoroughly enjoy because it shows how we have grown up over the years, doing this every 2 years have really helped me grown to like photo's and generally pose in general.
In Year 9, At my previous school, i took up photography enrichment which i actually didn't enjoy because it wasn't taken as seriously as on might have hoped as we just went around school bi - monthly for an hour taking pictures on our smartphones of randoms meaningless items around the school which wasn't fulfilling at all. Although it did teach me what angles to take certain things at depending on what smartphone or camera I was using. This would help me in the future when taking selfies became trendy. The Following photo's, i took on a blackberry curve so please excuse the quality.
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| Photo's That I Took During my Photography Course |
I would also like to mention that when it comes to relevance in terms of social media, i am fairly
involved, i see photo's across my every day life on Facebook. but i am more involved when it comes to Instagram and Snapchat which are both photography based apps. i use at least 3 times a day, or even more i am bored. I post on Instagram a photo or video at least every 3 weeks and i post on snap chat an healthy amount of at least once a week, these are mostly pictures of my current activity and it is usually babysitting.
I actually was exempt from photography for about 2 years from about 2013 - 2015 because of the phone i had. I had a Samsung galaxy S4 Zoom which is a great camera phone but 3 months into my cocntract my back camera broke and i couldn't get it fixed. it made taking photo's difficult on a front camera and i found too difficult to take photo's so i just stopped for this period of time.
I would also like to add that i recently visited a photographic exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. This exhibition was about teh Magazine "Vogue" Through the ages and how it got to where it was today from 1916 - 2016. I found it incredibly interesting at how fashion has also gone through the ages and it was an enjoyable trip.
Finally, My Relationship with photography has actually extended into my every day life. I take selfies every so often with friends and family, as i previously mentioned that i do use my phone and social media on a daily basis and i look at other people's photo's more than my own, I also prefer taking photo's of people rather than abstract pictures. Because i like recording reasons and taking pictures of people who are natural and caught in te moment rather than posed or touched up.
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