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Camera Obscura, 900AD - In the 9th century an Arab scientist called Alhazan created the Camera Obscura. Light passes through a small hole (aperture) and projects an inverted image onto a wall in a box-like room.
Leonardo Da Vinci, 1450 - In around 1450-1500 Leonardo Da Vinci used the Camera Obscura for perspective. Johann Heinrich Schultz, 1724 - In 1724, Johann Heinrich Schultz discovered that exposing certain silver compounds to light altered the way it looked and left marks wherever the light touched. He found ways to record images but unfortunately soon after he made them they disappeared. Joesph Nicéphore Niépce, 1826 - French inventor Joesph Nicéphore Niépce who developed heliography, created the first proper photograph, View from the Window at Le Gras, in 1826. |
Camera Obscura, 900AD
Edward Muybrige Horse, 1877
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Louis Daguerre, 1833 - French chemist and artist Louis Daguerre invented the Daguerrotype. It produced sharp images but only made one copy at a time. It was made freely available to the public but you would need a dark room so no light would end up ruining the photo.
Henry Fox Talbot, 1840 - In 1840 British scientist Henry Fox Talbot invented the Calotype. The process used paper and allowed many copies to be made from a single negative. Eadweard Muybrige, 1877 - In 1877 and 1878, Eadweard Muybridge used multiple cameras to capture motion in stop-motion photographs and invented the zoopraxiscope which shows a sequence of photographs rapidly. Richard Leach Maddox, 1870 - English Photographer and Physician Richard Leach Maddox invented the Gelatin Dry Plate camera in 1870. George Eastman, 1885 - Created film roll and the kodiak camera/Company, helping photography more accessible to the public. Lecia Camera and Oskar Barnak, 1925 - 1925, Oskar Barnak invented the Lecia Camera. Steve Sasson, 1975 - American electrical Engineer Steve Sasson invented the first ever Digital camera in 1975. |
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1. Shutter Button - Press the button and it releases the shutter.
2.red-eye reduction - When you press on the shutter button it will flash red when you use the built it flash. 3.Lens Mount - The section that connects the lens to the camera. 4.Lens Mount Index - Align the red dot and white square with the red dot and white square on the side of the lens. 5.Lens Release Button - Press the button to take off the lens, turn the lens anti-clockwise till it comes off, to put the lens back on turn clockwise till you hear a click. 6.Mirror - Reflects the light from the lens to the viewfinder and lets the photographer see whats going on. |
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1.Focus Mode Switch - You use this switch to set the focus mode to Automatic(AF) or Manual(MF).
2.Speaker - You can play back a video you took on the camera and the audio will come out of the speaker. 3.Strap Mount - Put the end or the strap through the strap mount and make sure it is securely on and balanced both sides. 4.Hot Shoe - you can use this to add external flash units. 5.Power switch - Use this switch to turn the camera on or off. 6.Mode Dial - Turn this dial to select the mode you want depending on the scene you want to capture. 7.Flash button - Use this button to access the built-in flash. In some cases the flash may pop up itself. 8.Main Dial - this dial allows you to perform multiple tasks. 9.Zoom Ring - You turn the zoom ring to adjust the focus of the lens. |
Providence, Rhode Island - Francesca Woodman 1975-78 Francesca Woodman intended to show ways in which she could represent herself and how she feels as well as ways she could spread her views of the human body and wider issues in the world. In this photo, woodman shows this by wearing dark clothing with a bright background. She then created a hunched shape and moves her upper body towards the window, keeping her feet still, creating a ghost-like image with the shutter speed at 1". She wanted people to think of her work as unfamiliar, strange and something people haven't seen before. |
The Rule of Thirds is used to help make a photograph more interesting. This is when two vertical lines and two horizontal lines are used to create a grid and both cross over to make key points to line up with the subject of the image. You then have to imagine this grid when taking photos. You can also place the horizon on the top or bottom line to improve your picture.
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