Photography
Welcome to the wonderful world of photography where every moment is a picture in the making. You've come to the right place to learn about the art of photography and all the intricate bits and pieces that make it such a complex and yet beautiful craft. The word itself – photography – comes from the Greek words phos (light) and graphis (stylus or paintbrush). An apt description, drawing with light.
In this section you will find out about lenses and filters for a variety of cameras, auto focus lenses and how good they are, macro, micro & close-up lenses and how to take pictures with one. The world of photography is so fascinating you will be here for hours learning about telephoto lenses, tilt & shift lenses, fisheye lenses, zoom and wide-angle lenses. If you're serious about this trade, then you will find a lot of answers to your questions.
The history of photography is rather intriguing as well and from it comes a name for a type of photo you will know quite well – daguerreotype.
Photography in the twentieth century can be traced back to the 1820s when chemical photography was developed. The first permanent picture was taken in 1826 by the French inventor Nicephore Niepce but, it actually took eight hours to expose. Niepce worked with Louis Daguerre experimenting with silver compounds on a process initially discovered in 1724 that silver and chalk mixed together darkens when exposed to light. Daguerre developed the now famous daguerreotype in 1893.
In 1832 another inventor came up with something similar called Photographie and, William Talbot had actually lucked onto another means to fix a silver process image, but kept it a secret. Talbot worked on refining his discovery so that it would be fast enough to take photos of people. Things went so well that by 1840, the calotype process was invented (creating negative images).
Along came the cyanotype, now called a blueprint, the sodium thiosulphate soultion and glass negatives. In wasn't until 1884 that George Eastman developed the film technology that replaced photographic plates, and we all know what happened next.
Whether you are interested in black and white photography, color or digital, you will learn just about everything you need to know in this section. And whether or not you want to develop your own or have others do it, or upload to a computer and get creative, you'll not only have a lot of fun, but be able to do it with a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips.
