Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Photography | 1839 - 1960s AD






Until the 1880s, how were news stories illustrated?The picture had to be re-interprited by an engraver before being published
What is a camera obscura?An optical device that projects an image of its surroundings onto a screen.
 


How did scholars and artists utilize the camera obscure?They used it to observe moon cycles, and to paint portraits of people or things.
 
From where did the photographic camera develop?England
 
Who first used the term "photography"? Where was is derived from?Sir John Hershel

Who is credited with making the first successful photograph?
Joseph Niepce.

Who invented the Daguerreotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Louis Daguerre. Exposure time was reduced to half an hour. Expensive
 

Who invented the Calotype process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?William Fox Talbot.  Infirior quiality but it allowed images to be duplicated.

Who invented the Wet Collodion process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Fredrick Scott Archer. Fast, low cost. Inconvenient

Who invented the Dry Plate process? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the process?
Richard Maddox. Not easily available to public but was an easier way to take pictures.
Who is George Eastman? What company did he establish? He made photography accessible for all. He established Kodak.

In 1888, he produced a camera that use his flexible roll film. How did he make this camera/photography accessible to the public?
He marketed the brownie camera.
What is Edwin Land best known for? What company did he establish?Patenting polarized light filters in 1934 and his invention of instant photography.
Poloroid.
How long did the first Polaroid camera take to produce a photo?
60 seconds
What was Eadweard Muybridge known for?Motion pictures.

What is the Zoopraxiscope?
Projects a series of images in successive phases of motion.

How did Muybridge settle the debate and photograph a horse in motion?
He set up a rig that took pictures as the horse ran past the cameras.
In 1880s, the development of the motion picture camera allowed this.individual images could be captured and stored on a single film reel.

What is a motion picture projector?
Shines light through the film and magnify the moving picture onto a screen for an audience.

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