photography

  • Photography - is an art form like drawing and painting

  • Photographers - use their camera to make us see life in a different way, feel emotions, and record stories and events.

  • photos/phos (greek word)- light

  • greek word graphe - line or drawing

  • First coined by Sir John Herschel in a lecture before the Royal Society of London on March 14, 1839

  • "Migrant Mother" - Dorothea Lange, 1936

  • Importance of Photography - Photographs share so much about who we are as individuals. It tells what we find beautiful, fascinating, funny, delicious, meaningful, inspiring.

  • Digital Era of Photography -

  • Digital photography - is the art of manipulating and producing digital pictures

  • electronic photodetectors - to capture the image focused by the lens

  • Technique in photography originated during early to mid 1600s

  • camera’s predecessor - known as the camera obscura (Latin word which means dark room)

  • Leonardo da Vinci and Michael Angelo - Famous artists of the Renaissance who used obscura

  • Joseph Niepce - French scientist improved the lithography in the 1820s, a method of printing technique based initially on the immiscibility of oil and water

  • In the year 1900, photography became available to everybody. Its fame started with George Eastman

  • George Eastman - Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company

  • Kodak no.1 - The first camera open to the public

  • Williard Boyle and George Smith - Digital Era of Photography in October 17, 1969.

  • Invented the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) - Williard Boyle and George Smith

  • December 1975 - First recorded attempt in the building of a prototype digital camera Made by Steven Sasson, Engineer at Eastman Kodak

  • In 1988 - first real digital camera that recorded images as a computerized file was produced by the Fuji DS-1P

  • Dycam Model - First commercially available digital camera in 1990

  • Contrast - refers to the brightness between the light and shadow areas of a picture.

  • Rule of Thirds- great compositional technique for making photos more dynamic and exciting

  • Point of View - above, eye level, below

  • tools to help you MASTER the art of photography (CRtPvP) - Contrast, Rule of Thirds, Point of View, and Proximity

  • Types of Photography (AACFFHMNNPSST) - Aerial Photography, Astrophotography, Commercial Photography, Fine Art Photography, Forensic Photography, Headshot Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Nude Photography, Portrait Photography, Still Life Photography, Street photography, Travel Photography,

  • Types of Commercial Photography (AAAFJJPS) - Advertising Photography, Architecture and interior photography, Automotive photography, Food photography, Jewelry photography, Journalism photography, Product photography, Sports photography

  • Aerial Photography - Taking of photographs of the ground in the elevated position

  • Astrophotography- Taking images from space

  • Commercial Photography - Photographic work done for commercial purposes

  • Advertising Photography - Used to highlight a product, service, brand or individual

  • Architecture and interior photography - Capturing images or structures and beauty of an interior space in which photographers use lighting techniques to attract clients

  • . Automotive photography - Utilized by car or automobile companies and dealerships to promote brand new or existing cars, driving awareness about a car’s features and benefits to potential clientele

  • Food photography - Used to capture the pictures of various cuisines and menus in an attractive style

  • Jewelry photography - Used in highlighting beautiful images of bracelets, necklace, ring and other jewelry items

  • Journalism photography - Art of taking photographs which are considered as attractive and goes along with news topics, to substantiate the news story or report

  • Product photography - Used in capturing excellent images to attractively represent a product in advertising.

  • Sports photography - Utilized to write sports news to take sharp pictures of players in action

  • Fine Art Photography - Highly creative images that have an abstract influence

  • Forensic Photography - Crime scene photography

  • Headshot Photography - Photograph of a person’s face made for an official purpose

  • Macro Photography - Close-up images of a specific topic

  • .  Nature Photography - Encompasses all forms of photography where the main subject has something to do with nature