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