Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
web assignment #3
1.What is a Brownie Camera?
It's a simple basic black rectangular camera that can be used for any age. In order to take a snap shot all you had to do was hold the camera waist high, aim it where you want the picture taken, and turn a switch.
2. Who invented it, and when?
In the 1900's a man by the name of George Eastman invented the brownie camera, at least that's what The Franklin Institute and Kodak websites say.
3. How did it change society, and of course, the photography world?
For starters, The brownie camera was affordable and easy for anyone to use. This camera let anyone able to become a photographer even amateurs. The real secret with this camera was Celluloid, which is a new way to model the way the camera was, to make it harder and more reliable and accurate. By advancing technology and equipment and developing this camera, it has brought us to our days now and our advanced technology, without celluloid and these smaller portles for technology we wouldn't be where we are now.
It's a simple basic black rectangular camera that can be used for any age. In order to take a snap shot all you had to do was hold the camera waist high, aim it where you want the picture taken, and turn a switch.
2. Who invented it, and when?
In the 1900's a man by the name of George Eastman invented the brownie camera, at least that's what The Franklin Institute and Kodak websites say.
3. How did it change society, and of course, the photography world?
For starters, The brownie camera was affordable and easy for anyone to use. This camera let anyone able to become a photographer even amateurs. The real secret with this camera was Celluloid, which is a new way to model the way the camera was, to make it harder and more reliable and accurate. By advancing technology and equipment and developing this camera, it has brought us to our days now and our advanced technology, without celluloid and these smaller portles for technology we wouldn't be where we are now.
Friday, October 12, 2012
web assignment #2
1. What is a daguerreotype?
-A photograph taken and being placed in a new way, using a plate of copper that gets placed in silver to make an outline of the photo and gets once again placed over the entire object and helps make the light the same at all angles of the picture.
What did the surface of a daguerreotype resemble?
-The surface must be polished in order for it to reflect the darker parts of the image. This was created as a refined version of heliography.
When were they prominent?
-It was mainly used in the 1800's
What photographic process did the daguerreotype replace?
-The same thing Nicephore Niepce used to create his idea of photography.
2. What is an "albumen" print? What was the main "ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out?
-There pictures that are made by coating paper in a egg white platter and then spraying it and covering it with silver nitrate. This process died in the 80's and began 1800's.
3. What is a "stereograph?" When were they popular?
-It's known as a 3-D image that uses two images side by side in comparison producing a 3 dimension when viewed by a stereoscope that has two eye pieces.
4. What is a "carte de visite?" What were they used for?
-A small image of a person mounted on a piece of a card
5. Who were Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner? They both are notable for what type of photography? When were they active? Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.
-Mathew Brady was a American photographer in the 19th century, and was able to document the civil war. He was most active throughout the war.
-Alexander Gardner was a Scottish photographer who also got to document the civil war. He was most active between the civil war and the post civil war.
-A photograph taken and being placed in a new way, using a plate of copper that gets placed in silver to make an outline of the photo and gets once again placed over the entire object and helps make the light the same at all angles of the picture.
What did the surface of a daguerreotype resemble?
-The surface must be polished in order for it to reflect the darker parts of the image. This was created as a refined version of heliography.
When were they prominent?
-It was mainly used in the 1800's
What photographic process did the daguerreotype replace?
-The same thing Nicephore Niepce used to create his idea of photography.
2. What is an "albumen" print? What was the main "ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out?
-There pictures that are made by coating paper in a egg white platter and then spraying it and covering it with silver nitrate. This process died in the 80's and began 1800's.
3. What is a "stereograph?" When were they popular?
-It's known as a 3-D image that uses two images side by side in comparison producing a 3 dimension when viewed by a stereoscope that has two eye pieces.
4. What is a "carte de visite?" What were they used for?
-A small image of a person mounted on a piece of a card
5. Who were Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner? They both are notable for what type of photography? When were they active? Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.
-Mathew Brady was a American photographer in the 19th century, and was able to document the civil war. He was most active throughout the war.
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