Thursday, February 1, 2018

By Richard Howard


The beginnings of photographs is pretty interesting. Since the beginning of time, man has been fascinated with the idea of image capture. The thought of getting a mirror in surfaces like mirrors as seen as a luxury for most nobles as having mirrors was rare and the process of making them was a laborious process done at time.

The 19th century showed the idea of having cameras to take photos and place them in certain frames or stills. Being invented during the early 19th century, cameras became a popular thing amongst citizens and panoramic photographers alike. The popularity would eventually be enough for it to spread towards the entire world, leading it to be developed further.

An early type was developed during the advent of 1890s. The prototypes that were built back then used a type of glass to develop the pictures so it would not fade way when its hit by light. Since films were introduced much later in time, glass plates were what began it all. When films were developed, it was not favored due to how fragile it was compared to glass plates in that time.

The film was introduced eventually but did not catch on do to how expensive these items were. Most like how superior the stability of glass is. These plates were also used for lots of other application in the field of different sciences such as space or astro photography that has had seen continued use up into the early 20th century. There are several other uses as well.

Eventually the films over took glass plates in terms of domination and popularity. Because of lesser time it took to developed and a a much better quality, films became the dominant juggernaut in usage for photography for years to come. This was until the much more convenient digital camera was born but film did not die out because various people love the quality that film has over digital versions.

Originally, when it was invented, photos were monochrome. Also known as black and white, monochrome stayed popular even though color was already invented. This is due to peoples love of how classic these look. This plays with how people love the past and black and white style shows that. Tones are shown in contrast to show the effect of light and dark areas.

Colors took a few tries to create. Glass plates could not fully get colors because they could not hold them and the color would eventually fade in the light. Since the pictures takes hours and upon hours to develop, colors would not stick and fade once flight was shown on it. The first time a picture with colors was taken was 1861 according to history and became a game changer in photography forever.

A big event came during 1981, as the first digital camera for consumer use was released as a charge coupled device for imaging that now eliminated the use of films. Since films was expandable and expensive to buy, digital ones became the most plausible option for professionals and also the quality was much higher. Digital style continues to dominate until this day that more than ninety nine percent of pictures are digitally taken.

The field has had a lot of contributions to many different places. The field of sciences uses this to take a better look at how the human body is constructed and how to find tumors or many swelling inside the body. It also contribution in the creating the movie industry or as the old days call it, moving pictures.




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