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Photography Terms ● Negative- a reversed image, in which light areas are dark and dark areas ● are light ● ● Positive- an image in which light areas are light and dark areas are dark ● Subject- a person object or space depicted in a work of art ● Color- the optical effect caused when reflected white light of the spectrum is divided into separate wavelengths ● Fixing-the chemical process used to ensure a photographic image becomes permanent ● Cyanotype- photo process using irons salts that oxidize and produce a blue color. ● Developer- after an image has been recorded onto film or paper, this liquid transforms a latent image into a physical one ● Value- Dark and lightness values ● Soft Focus-deliberate blurring of the edges or lack of sharp focus in a photo or movie ● Texture- the surface quality of a work for example fine, coarse, lacking detail, film grain. ● Collage- work of art used by gluing materials, such as paper onto a surface ● Photomontage- a single photographic image made by combining multiple images together, usually by photographing the collage (analog), or by photoshop (digital) History of Photography Photography- Latin, Photo (light), Graphy (drawing) drawing with light. Camera (chamber) Camera Obscura (Dark Chamber) https://youtu.be/JoxGEymA8ro History of Photography Photography- Latin, Photo (light), Graphy (drawing) drawing with light. Camera (chamber) Camera Obscura (Dark Chamber) History of Photography Photography- Latin, Photo (light), Graphy (drawing) drawing with light. Camera (chamber) Camera Obscura (Dark Chamber) Jan vermeer, view of Delft, 1661. History of Photography Photography- Latin, Photo (light), Graphy (drawing) drawing with light. Camera (chamber) Camera Obscura (Dark Chamber) Jan vermeer, view of Delft, 1661. History of Photography Photography- Latin, Photo (light), Graphy (drawing) drawing with light. Camera (chamber) Camera Obscura (Dark Chamber) Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura Series History of Photography Photography- Latin, Photo (light), Graphy (drawing) drawing with light. ● Camera (chamber) ● Camera Obscura (Dark Chamber) Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura Series https://youtu.be/DTa9wLkaizQ History of Photography Photography- Latin, Photo (light), Graphy (drawing) drawing with light. ● Camera (chamber) ● Camera Obscura (Dark Chamber) Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura Series https://youtu.be/DTa9wLkaizQ History of Photography Cyanotype- 1839 invented by John Herschel. He discovered a chemical compound that could fix, or make permanent camera obscura images. He invented the cyanotype, photographic fixer, a botanist, an astronomer… Made some of the first astronomical images of the moon, (Heliotypes). Sir John Herschel, photographed by a Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867. History of Photography Cyanotype- 1839 invented by John Herschel. He discovered a chemical compound that could fix, or make permanent camera obscura images. He invented the cyanotype, photographic fixer, a botanist, an astronomer… Made some of the first astronomical images of the moon, (Calotypes Calo History of Photography Cyanotype- 1839 invented by John Herschel. He discovered a chemical compound that could fix, or make permanent camera obscura images. Anna atkins 1843-44 photographs british algae. Contact printing process- image is directly on photosensitive material https://youtu.be/3s0hiBi5c4Y History of Photography Joseph niepce View from the Window at Le Gras (1826 or 1827) .. Note: print does not look like this. Heilograph, a process using an light sensitive coating of asphalt on glass or metal. History of Photography Joseph niepce View from the Window at Le Gras (1826 or 1827) .. Note: print does not look like this. Heilograph, a process using an light sensitive coating of asphalt on glass or metal. History of Photography Louis Daguerre, Inventor of the Daguerreotype process. https://youtu.be/d932Q6jYRg8 Daguerreotypes are positive process. They are very sharp however are limited in size and cannot be reproduced History of Photography William Henry Fox Talbot, British, Inventor of the Calotype/salt print https://youtu.be/ZwV-HikQ63I A calotype is a negative process. To make a positive you need to expose light thru the negative.. They are softer in appearance. History of Photography William Henry Fox Talbot, British, Inventor of the Calotype/salt print https://youtu.be/ZwV-HikQ63I A calotype is a negative process. To make a positive you need to expose light thru the negative.. They are softer in appearance. History of Photography Wet Plate Collodion Process, invented by Gustav Le Grey and Frederick Scott Archer.. French and English.. Invented the process At very nearly the same time The wet plate process is the first true negative process that made a transparent negative that could be used to make a standard positive image. Used with Gelatin as the binder and a glass plate substrate. https://youtu.be/hnxT4WQsLLM History of Photography Wet Plate Collodion Process, invented by Gustav Le Grey and Frederick Scott Archer.. French and English.. Invented the process At very nearly the same time The wet plate process is the first true negative process that made a transparent negative that could be used to make a standard positive image. Used with Gelatin as the binder and a glass plate substrate. https://youtu.be/hnxT4WQsLLM History of Photography James Clerk Maxwell, the first color photograph https://youtu.be/boNk21onvfw https://youtu.be/zsqKUi5oViI History of Photography 20th century saw a standardization of photographic processes and film formats. A standardization of film sensitivity also happened. What is Iso, is a standard that measures film sensitivity. History of Photography 20th century saw a standardization of photographic processes and film formats. A standardization of film sensitivity also happened. What is Iso, is a standard that measures film sensitivity. History of Photography 20th century saw a standardization of photographic processes and film formats. A standardization of film sensitivity also happened. What is Iso, is a standard that measures film sensitivity. Aperture, Shutterspeed, and Iso are three components that control an exposure. Times of exposure by this time are in the fractions of a second. History of Photography 1975, the invention of the first digital camera, It was not pursued by kodak, instead insisting that film was more lucrative. https://youtu.be/3jqmfGCdykk History of Photography An illustration of the volume of photographs in the world given the 170 year development of this medium. Genres Portraiture- A practical use of photography was capturing someones likeness in a portrait, a function that painting performed for a few thousand years prior. https://youtu.be/ipBtrerk2ho Genres Portraiture- A practical use of photography was capturing someones likeness in a portrait, a function that painting performed for a few thousand years prior. https://youtu.be/ipBtrerk2ho Genres Yousuf karsh, Fidel Castro, Genres Yousuf karsh, Winston Churchill, https://youtu.be/4m3HubQgnZ0 Genres Landscape Edward Burtynsky. https://youtu.be/U2Dd4k63-zM https://youtu.be/3EiuqDHDLXE Genres Landscape Edward Burtynsky. https://youtu.be/U2Dd4k63-zM https://youtu.be/3EiuqDHDLXE https://youtu.be/KZiKBKnesnU Genres Street photography John Free https://youtu.be/vTnxIPX0XP0 https://youtu.be/JAAMK_WKdSI https://youtu.be/OKIUOX426Dw John Free, Runaway. Genres Street photography John Free https://youtu.be/vTnxIPX0XP0 https://youtu.be/JAAMK_WKdSI https://youtu.be/OKIUOX426Dw Genres Street photography John Free https://youtu.be/vTnxIPX0XP0 https://youtu.be/JAAMK_WKdSI https://youtu.be/OKIUOX426Dw Genres Pictorialism late nineteenth century movement in photography to make it look more soft, art like.. A painting. Alfred Steiglitz, https://youtu.be/gL6rkKxFcaM Genres Striaght photo. A photo was a photo. It was clear a concise representation of the scene Paul Strand, https://youtu.be/gL6rkKxFcaM Genres f -64 group. A group of photographers, edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Ansel Adams who railed against conventions in photography that did not use the camera as the tool could record. F-64 is referring to the aperture on a large format camera lens.. Aperture controls depth of field.. The smaller the opening the larger the depth of field.. Everything is in sharp focus in f 64. https://youtu.be/gvSXVFEFSfQ Imogen cunningham Genres F-64 group Still Life Edward Weston Pepper 1930 Genres F-64 group Still Life Ansel adams Recording Time How time is captured on a film/digital plane. Is it frozen in time Alfred Stieglitz, the steerage. 1907 Recording Time How time is captured on a film/digital plane. Are the settings being manipulated to capture motion? Alexi Titarenko Recording Time How time is captured on a film/digital plane. Are the settings being manipulated to capture motion? Alexi Titarenko.