history & artists-
terms:
camera obscura: latin for "dark chamber."
exposure triangle-
aperture: an opening into the camera (through lens)
shutter: a mechanism that opens and closes to let light in
iso: the sensitivity of the film/image sensor
light refraction:

Iso

Foreground:
The part of a photograph that is nearest the viewer
Middle ground:
The distance between the two extremes of fore- and background
Background:
The area in a photograph that is farthest from view (distance)
History & Artists:
joseph nicephore niepce:
made the first photograph in 1827
the exposure time was about eight hours
french
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view from the window at Le Gras, France 1826-1827 |
first photo of a person:
by louis daguerre (daguerreotype)
boulevard du temple, paris, france

first "selfie":
robert cornelius. 1839
amateur chemist & photography enthusiast
Philadelphia
aperture: an opening into the camera through the lens.
focal length: the distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus..
eadweard muybridge:1830-1904
english
pioneer in photographing motion.
created the zoopraxiscope (1879)


julia margaret cameron
1815-1879
known for the 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 inspirational for photographers today.


mathew brady:
civil war photographer
1860's
one of the first events where where the public saw casualties of war in printed newspaper
