Thursday, 27 January 2011

Small People Photography

Muybridge's Motion Studies

1. Can you find Image evidence of the technique?
2. When was it first discovered and by whom? Eadweard Muybridge discovered the technique on June 19th 1878
3. What is special about the technique? The idea was that film had come from this technique, and inspired to make films.
4. How does this technique work? Can you find or describe the processes needed to make it work? Maybe illustrate how it is made. In the original Muybridge had taken 24 pictures with 24 cameras which were 27 inches apart and about 1/25 of a second in time.
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Can you comment how important this technique has been for the history of photography. For example was it popular and is it still used today? It was the first use of film and it had inspired people to use this technique for further productions.

Camera Obscurer post


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Can you find Image evidence of the technique? 
When was it first discovered and by whom? The Camera Obscura has been invented by many people and none really know a specific date it was invented.
What is special about the technique? It was the first phenomenon that defined photography made the photography possible today, it is basically the origins of photography.

How does this technique work? Can you find or describe the processes needed to make it work? Maybe illustrate how it is made. The room needs to be dark as possible; any unneeded light needs to be shut out so lights on the walls and natural light must be gone.

Can you comment how important this technique has been for the history of
photography? For example was it popular and is it still used today.
Before people even thought about taking a picture with a camera the camera obscurer had initially inspired them to make photography possible.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Daguerreotype

Can you find Image evidence of the technique? 

When was it first discovered and by whom? The Daguerreotype was made by the photographer named Louis Daguerre


What is special about the technique? Light reflects through the daguerreotype and bouncing through the back of it creating a 3D effect, you can only make one image of a daguerreotype making it more special but limited

 
How does this technique work? Can you find or describe the processes needed to make it work? Maybe illustrate how it is made.The technique is where you rub it down with leather put it into film and then expose it to light making the daguerreotype



Can you comment how important this technique has been for the history of photography. For example was it popular and is it still used today? The Daguerreotype is now considered more of a hobby rather than the actual process of real initial photography, it has a cult following because it has a traditional process