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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?• 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-killer-photographs-iphone-dslr-shooting-editing
Pinhole Camera or Camera Obscura
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pinhole-Camera-Camera-Obscura/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_camera
Daguerreotype Process 1830’s
http://www.qatar-tribune.com/bloom/Bloom_29DEC2011.pdf
http://www.nndb.com/people/142/000083890/
• 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
Brief History• 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
http://bermangraphics.com/press/jerry-uelsmann.htm
• 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://www.uelsmann.net/works.php
Erik Johansson• 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• http://youtu.be/t_owQnZ5lFg?t=6m53s
HDR Photography
• High Dynamic Range Imaging