Photography

Colby Gust

Camera Obscura

Camera = Latin for “room”Obscura = Latin for “dark”

The earliest mention of this type of device was by the Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti (5th century BC). He formally recorded the creation of an inverted image formed by light rays passing through a pinhole into a darkened room. He called this darkened room a "collecting place" or the "locked treasure room."

1816 Nicephore Niepce makes a crude wood

camera fitted with a microscope lens.

1840 Alexander S. Wolcott.invented a Daguerreotype camera that used a telescope-like mirror instead of a lens to

concentrate light on the photographic plate. Wolcott licensed his camera design to a certain Richard Beard, who opened the first portrait studio in Europe. This design is also important because it is considered to be the first American

photographic patent.

1849 Sir David Brewster introduces a refracting lenticular stereoscope using convex lenses instead of mirrors. This was a significant improvement over Wheatstones invention of stereography. It was a portable

box-type stereoscope. On the left is the orginal design and on the right a modern

version.

1853 Thomas Ottewill creates a compact folding Camera intended for the

military. This was one of the first compact folding cameras ever made.

1888

Eastman patents Kodak roll-film camera.

1913/1914

First 35mm still camera developed.

1960

EG&G develops extreme depth underwater camera for U.S. Navy.

1963

Polaroid introduces instant color film.

1973

Polaroid introduces one-step instant photography with the SX-70 camera.

1984

Canon demonstrates first digital electronic still camera.

2001- Sony's New Cyber-Shot Line

Continues Advancement Of Quality, Style And

Performance

Canon IXY digital

Eastman Kodak Company announced a new family of cameras

EASYSHARE

Kodak produced its

first pocket camcorder Zi6

What is a good photo? What is a bad photo?

This is a bad photo

because it isn’t very

clear.

This is a

good picture

because it is clear and

it is focusing on

the main object.

This is a good photo because it is

clear and clorful

This is a

good photo because it was taken

from the sky and it is till

clear.

This is a

good photo

because the colors flow nicely together.