Photo context & History (ongoing)
TERMS
Exposure Triangle:
Aperture: opening in the camera (through the lens)
Shutterspeed: a mechanism that opens and closes to let the light in
ISO: the sensitivity of the film/image sensor
Focal Length: The distance between the center of lens or curved mirror and its focus
Foreground: part of the photograph that is the nearest to the viewer
Middle Ground: Between the two extrems
Background: Area that is the farthest from the viewer
ARTISTS & HISTORY
Joseph Nicephore Niepce: Took the first photograph with the exposure time of 8 hours in 1827-1828. The picture was taken in France.
Louis Daguerre: first picture of a person in 1838. Photo "Boulevard du Temple", Paris, France
Robert Cornelius: Amateur Chemist and photography enthusiast. Took the first self portrait picture in Philadelpgia, 1839
Mathew Brady: Civil war photographer from 1860's. One of the first events where the public saw casualties of war printed in newspapers.
Eadweard Muybridge: 1830-1904, England
Zoopraxiscope and specialist in capturing motion
Julia Margaret Cameron: 1815-1879
first important women photograper
Known for soft focus and "painterly" quality for her images
Accepted by painters more than photographers
Camera Obscura: latin for "dark chamber"
Exposure Triangle:
Aperture: opening in the camera (through the lens)
Shutterspeed: a mechanism that opens and closes to let the light in
ISO: the sensitivity of the film/image sensor
Focal Length: The distance between the center of lens or curved mirror and its focus
Foreground: part of the photograph that is the nearest to the viewer
Middle Ground: Between the two extrems
Background: Area that is the farthest from the viewer
ARTISTS & HISTORY
Joseph Nicephore Niepce: Took the first photograph with the exposure time of 8 hours in 1827-1828. The picture was taken in France.
Louis Daguerre: first picture of a person in 1838. Photo "Boulevard du Temple", Paris, France
Robert Cornelius: Amateur Chemist and photography enthusiast. Took the first self portrait picture in Philadelpgia, 1839
Mathew Brady: Civil war photographer from 1860's. One of the first events where the public saw casualties of war printed in newspapers.
Eadweard Muybridge: 1830-1904, England
Zoopraxiscope and specialist in capturing motion
Julia Margaret Cameron: 1815-1879
first important women photograper
Known for soft focus and "painterly" quality for her images
Accepted by painters more than photographers
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