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Jun 13, 1000
The camera Obscura and Pinhole Camera
The Camera obscura is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. The Camera Obscura was an idea thought of by the greek philosphers and used the same principals as the Pinhole Camera, in fact they are close to being the same device. However, an actual model of the camera obscura, or the pinhole camera was not created until about 1000AD by Alhazen, a great authority on optics in the middle ages. -
The First Photogaph
The First Photograph, or more specifically, the world's first permanent photograph from nature, was taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826 or 1827. To take this photo he used a camera obscura and created his own canvas to put the photo on. This photo was the view that Niépce had from his window in his house. -
The Birth of Modern Photography
Louis Daguerre was the inventor of the first practical process of photography. In 1829, he formed a partnership with Joseph Nicephore Niepce to improve the process Niepce had developed. In 1839 after several years of experimentation and Niepce's death, Daguerre developed a more convenient and effective method of photography, naming it after himself - the daguerreotype. -
The Daguerreotype Process
The Daguerreotype Process was the first method of obtaining permanent images with a camera. The man who perfected this method was named Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, a French Artist and Scenic Painter. Two years after this invention he followed the suggestion of Sir John Herschel as the fixing agent. Daguerre's invention was finally revealed to the world on August 19, 1839. -
Daguerreotype portrait studio
On March 23, 1841 Richard Beard opened Englands first Daguerreotype portrait studio in Condons Regent Street. Later on in June 1841, Beard purchased from Daguerre the patent rights to the Daguerreotype Process in England. -
Daguerres death
In only months Daguerres instruction manual could be found all around the world in a dozen translations. Following the announcement, Daguerre had nothing else to do with his future. He later than died at Bry-Sur-Marne on July 10, 1851. -
Ambrotypes and Tintypes
By 1854 James Cutting came up with inexpensive, imitative ambrotypes and tintypes came into play. These two inventions were very similar to the Daguerreotype but were much cheaper and quicker to produce. The price of ambrotypes and tintypes ranged from 25 cents to $2.50 in the United States.They began to make photographs on glass to be able to use color, this then dominated the Daguerreotype Process. -
The first permanent color photograph
The first permanent color photograph was finally taken in 1861 by physicist James Clerk Maxwell. He used the color seperation method, which is shooting three seperate black and white photos using three filters, red, green, and blue. He overlaped these creating a color image. -
Who is Aristotle?
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist, he lived from 384-322 BC. He was born in northern Greece and had writings that covered many subjects. these include; physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government. -
The Pinhole Camera and Aristotle
Greek philosopher Aristotle understood the optical principal of the pinhole camera during his life between 384- 322 BC. He viewed the crescent shape of a partially eclipsed sun projected on the ground through the holes in a sieve and through the gaps between the leaves of a plane tree. these pricipals were later used in the creation of the camera obscura.
