What is Photography?
photographer (the Greek φῶς (phos), meaning "light," and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.
photographers who follow famous people around in order to get pictures of them to sell to a newspaper or magazine
Key Milestones:
- Ancient Times: The Principles of the camera obscura (a dark room with a hole projecting an image) known since antiquity.
- 1820s: Nicéphore Niépce captures the first permanent photo, "View from the Window at Le Gras," using heliography on a pewter plate (c. 1826).
- 1839: Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre introduces the daguerreotype, a commercially viable process for sharp, detailed images.
- 1840s: William Henry Fox Talbot develops the calotype, allowing multiple prints from a single negative.
- 1888: George Eastman launches the first Kodak camera with roll film, making photography accessible to the public ("You press the button, we do the rest").
- Early 20th Century: Introduction of 35mm film (Leica, 1925) makes cameras smaller and faster, capturing action.
- Mid-to-Late 20th Century: Color photography advances (Technicolor, 1930s), instant film (Polaroid, 1963), and SLRs become standard.
- 1990s Onwards: Digital photography emerges, eventually replacing film as the dominant format, transforming image capture, editing, and sharing. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Core Concepts:
- Optics & Chemistry: Photography merges optics (camera obscura) with light-sensitive chemicals (silver salts) to record images permanently.
- From Negative to Positive: Talbot's paper negative process allowed mass production, a key step toward modern photography.
- Democratization: Innovations from Kodak to digital cameras continuously made photography simpler, faster, and more widespread. [1, 3, 9]
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[2] https://people.sabanciuniv.edu/muratgermen/history-of-photography/history%20of%20photography.pdf
Digital photography evolved from 1950s electronic imaging to mainstream adoption by the 2000s, with key milestones including the first digital image (1957) by Russell Kirsch, the invention of the CCD sensor (1969) by Boyle and Smith, the first digital camera prototype (1975) by Steve Sasson (Kodak), and the first mass-market camera phones (2000), ultimately replacing film due to convenience, falling costs, and rapid quality improvements. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Early Foundations (1950s-1960s)
- 1951: First digital signals saved to magnetic tape (video tape recorder).
- 1957: Russell Kirsch creates the first digital image (a scan of his son) by converting analog data into binary digits.
- 1959: Atalla & Kahng at Bell Labs invent the MOS process, paving the way for image sensors.
- 1969: Boyle & Smith invent the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), a crucial image sensor.
- 1960s: NASA uses early digital imaging for space missions. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The First Digital Cameras (1970s-1980s)
- 1975: Steve Sasson at Kodak builds the first digital camera prototype, recording 0.01-megapixel black & white images to cassette tape (took 23 seconds).
- 1981: Sony releases the Mavica, a "still video camera" (not truly digital) storing images on floppy disks.
- 1988: Fuji releases the DS-1P, the first portable digital camera saving to SRAM card (never marketed).
- 1989: Fuji's DS-X is the first portable digital camera commercially sold (in Japan). [2, 3, 4, 6]
Professional & Consumer Growth (1990s)
- 1990s: Professional digital cameras emerge from Kodak, Canon, and Nikon, offering higher resolutions for news & studio work.
- 1990: Dycam Model 1 (Logitech Fotoman) is the first portable digital camera sold in the U.S. (B&W, low-res, expensive).
- 1995: Casio's QV-11 adds an LCD screen; Canon & Kodak launch professional EOS DCS series.
- Late 1990s: Digital photography gains traction for its immediacy, though film remains superior in quality/cost. [6, 7, 8]
The Mobile Revolution & Mainstream (2000s-Present)
- 2000: The Sharp J-SH04 (Japan) becomes the first mass-market camera phone, enabling instant photo sharing.
- Mid-2000s: Camera phones quickly outsell standalone digital cameras, driving the point-and-shoot market's decline.
- 2000s-Today: Rapid advancements bring high-resolution, image-stabilized, feature-rich digital cameras and smartphone cameras, making digital photography the global standard. [4, 5, 9, 10]
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Videography is the art and process of capturing moving images using electronic media, such as video cameras. It involves creating visual representations of scenes, events, or concepts and can encompass various applications, including films, documentaries, weddings, and corporate videos.
Unlike photography, which captures still images, videography focuses on sequences of images that tell a story.
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