History Of Photography Have you ever wondered where modern photography originated?

While we are now mov ing into the digital age and away from film, the lighting techniques and other p hotography techniques began in the 1820 s. Niepce and Daguerre were the first inve ntors of modern photography. They used a chemical component from silver and chal k, which darkens when exposed to light. This type of technology used a glass neg ative to cement the picture. From the early cameras seen in western films we have moved on to manual cameras with film. This film or negative captured the image on a roll to be developed in a dark room to prevent over exposure. The manual cameras used a theory of setti ng up shots. You had to understand aperture, shutter speed, white balance, and m etering to obtain the best picture possible. This meant you spent a lot of time setting up the shot and had to be a professional to catch wildlife in their natu ral habits. Aperture is measured by F-stops, or the amount of light the lens will let in. Fo cusing and depth of field are also important when setting the aperture on your c amera. You have to know what numbers will allow more light to enter the lens and the converse to avoid over exposure and blurriness. Shutter speed is the amoun t of time a lens is open for the picture. You may have found in a darkened room without flash your camera takes a while to imprint the picture on the negative. This is because the light is dim and the shutter must correct for the lack of li ght. The lack of light induces a need to expose the film longer to obtain the pi cture where as more light will have the shutter moving at a faster speed. From the manual cameras we moved into the automatic. The camera became lighter. The shutter speed and aperture was programmed into the camera by the settings. I SO became important. ISO is the film speed. Instead of taking minutes to set up a shot you just had to pick the correct setting and hold the button down to focu s. Many cameras came as automatic with manual options for those who still liked to treat photography as an artistic vocation. Digital cameras are the new era in photography. Now we can see the picture we t ake without the use of film and negatives. We can send the pictures to all of ou r friends and use our home printers to create prints. Photography has moved from the concentration of taking the perfect shot with a skill born to a few to ever yone taking pictures. This is not to say photography and photographers will not remain. There is still the need for quality in taking professional grade photographs. Light sensitivit y is still important when dealing with a digital camera and unless you spend a l ot, you will find quality of photographs is still missing. Photograph techniques lay within the lighting provided whether natural or artificial for the subject. You might wonder how to create a photograph in a dark room like a museum to sha re with your friends and family. Knowing the past photography techniques will he lp you in attaining that perfect photograph with your digital camera. Photograph y may have originated with few people, but we can see the advancements their inv entions have led us to now. PPPPP Word Count: 556 http://yogip.tumblr.com/