2. What is âphotographyâ
âą Photography is derived from the Greek words photos (light) and
graphos (drawing). It is the art, science, and practice of creating
lasting images by recording light.
âą Today we use mobile phones and digital cameras to create
photographs but this wasnât always the case...
3. HOW was the camera invented?
âą
The camera was a technological development that started first with the discovery
of a technological device called the camera obscura. This technology first created
an image of a scene that dates back to ancient China!
âą
The camera obscura literally means âdark chamberâ in Latin. It is a box with a hole
in it which allows light to go through and create an image onto the piece of paper.
A camera obscura receives images just like the
human eyeâthrough a small opening and upside
down. Our brain turns the images the right way
up. In a camera, a mirror is used.
4. Leonardo da Vinci
mentions natural
cameras obscura that
are formed by dark
caves on the edge of a
sunlit valley.
Photographer Abelardo Morellâs
camera obscura turns darkened
rooms into magical landscapes
(Printed in National Geographic
Magazine)
Central Park, New York City
A hole in the cave wall
will act as a pinhole
camera and project an
upside down image on
a piece of paper.
So the birth of
photography was
primarily concerned
with developing a
means to fix (make
permanent) and retain
(keep) the image
produced by the
camera obscura.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/camera-obscura/camera-obscura-video
5. How to make a camera obscura
http://www.howcast.com/videos/387145-How-to-Transform-a-Room-into-a-Camera-Obscura
6. History of
Photography
âą Read Chapter 10
of your textbook
âą Summarise brief
notes on the
history of
photography in a
one page
worksheet, add this
to your folio.