Photographer

By ncelik
  • 500 BCE

    Camera Obscura

    Camera Obscura
    The first "camera" The camera obscura was a tool made to allow artists to draw or paint by looking at a reference. The camera was a pinhole in a wall, which an image of outside the room is projected inside a dark room.
  • Period: 500 BCE to

    Photography

    Photography is the art or practice of taking and processing photos. A photographer is someone who uses their technical expertise, creativity, and composition skills to produce and preserve images that tell a story or record an event.
  • Period: 500 BCE to

    Photography Career

    Equipment that a photographer needs is: a camera, lens, a tripod, and some sort of memory card.
    Some techniques used in photography are portrait mode, motion blur, black and white, and many more.
    A photographer should be able to use editing software's to increase the quality of their photos. They should also be able to market and attract customers.
  • 1400

    Early Optics

    Early Optics
    The Early optic was similar to the Camera Obscure but instead of using a pinhole, Leonardo da Vinci suggested using glass lenses.

  • First Portable Camera

    First Portable Camera
    The first portable camera was designed by Johann Zahn in 1685. The camera was called "Kodak" It was a simple handheld box camera that contained 100-exposure roll of film that use paper negatives.

  • First Photograph

    First Photograph
    The first photograph was taken in 1826. It was one in a series of experiments and it took 8 hours to record the image. The photo was very light sensitive and it is very blurry. The photo captures a nice view out of a window at Le Gras.

  • Daguerreotype

    Daguerreotype
    In 1839 the Daguerreotype was introduced. It was invented by Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre of France. It was a metal plate process. It was known to be messy, expensive, time consuming, and a bit dangerous.

  • Celluloid Roll Film

    Celluloid Roll Film
    Photographers were looking for a more effective and accessible film roll. Henry Talboy and John Herschels work was manufactured together to create a photographic film. The film could be produced in individual sheets or as a roll.

  • Kodak Sells First Commercial Camera

    Kodak Sells First Commercial Camera
    In 1888 Kodak successfully sells their first camera.It was sold for $25 which was quite expensive back then. After the photos were taken the customers would return the decide for processing and printing.

  • Polaroid's Instant Image Development

    Polaroid's Instant Image Development
    The first Polaroud camera was called the Model 95. The camera was able to instantly produce the photos unlike older cameras. It went on sale in 1948 in Boston.

  • First Digital Camera

    First Digital Camera
    In 1975, Kodak created the first-ever digital camera. The camera was able to capture an image within 23 seconds. The camera captures the photographs in its digital memory.

  • First Phone Camera

    First Phone Camera
    The first phone camera was the Kyocera Visual Phone that was released in Japan in May 1999. The phone had a 110,000 pixel front facing camera.