METAPHOR 1

Too Familiar

Too Much

Too High

SELF-PORTRAITS

PINHHOLE NEGATIVES & POSITIVES

HISTORY of PHOTOGRAPHY (Ongoing)

FIRST PHOTOGRAPH

1827.
France.
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
"View From the Window at Le Gras"

Exposure time: approx. 8 hours

FIRST PHOTO OF A PERSON

1838.
French.
Louis Daguerre
Named it the daguerrotype
"Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France."


FIRST "SELFIE"

Robert Cornelius, 1839.
Scientist & experimented with the new technology.
Philadelphia.



Daguerre announced his invention of a photographic method to the French Academy of Sciences in August 1839. That October, a young Philadelphian, Robert Cornelius, working out of doors to take advantage of the light, made this head-and-shoulders self-portrait using a box fitted with a lens from an opera glass. In the portrait, Cornelius stands slightly off-center with hair askew, in the yard behind his family's lamp and chandelier store, peering uncertainly into the camera. Early daguerreotypy required a long exposure time, ranging from three to fifteen minutes, making the process nearly impractical for portraiture. (Source: "Photographic Material," by Carol Johnson. In Gathering History: the Marian S. Carson Collection of Americana, 1999, p. 100)

MATTHEW BRADY 
Civil War photographer.
1860s
One of the first events where the public saw casualties of war printed in newspaper.



EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
1830-1904
English

Pioneer in photographing motion
Created the zoopraxiscope (1879)
 

JULIA MARGARET CAMERON
1815-1879
Known or soft focus and 'painterly' quality of her images.
Was panned as not serious enough as a photographer.
Accepted by painters (pre-Raphaelites) more than photographers.
Close-cropped portraits are inspiration for photographers today.


EDWARD CURTIS
1868-1952
Photographer & ethnologist.
Focused on documenting the American West & Native American people.

Photo Terms (Ongoing)

CAMERA OBSCURA

Latin for "dark chambers"

APERTURE

An opening. (in photography, an aperture opens/closes by photographer)

SHUTTER SPEED

Length of time the aperture is opened/closed

ISO
The sensitivity of the camera's sensor
Bright setting = ISO can be low
Dark setting = ISO must be high


METERING
Measuring light in the scene you are photographing