photography begins_what is photography

What is photography?

a. The word photography comes from two ancient Greek words: photo, for "light," and graph, for "drawing." "Drawing with light" is a way of describing photography.

b. A selfie

c. A street scene

d. Photography is the science, art and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film, or electronically by means of an image sensor.[1] 

e. A historical document that is frozen time

f. A landscape

g. All of the above and more

What is a camera?

If you  position a piece of white paper and a piece of foil with a small, pin-hole size opening so that the sun shines through the opening and on to the paper, you will see an image of the sun on the paper.

That's physics.

Put them in a box and the same thing happens. If the paper onto which the light is projected is "light-sensitive" you have a pinhole camera.

That's chemistry.

So..........a camera is a light-tight device (box) with an opening at one side to let light in and a means of capturing the projected image created by the light on the other side. 

Digital cameras capture this image with a sensor. Earlier cameras used film to capture the image.

It all began a long time ago

This phenomenon was observed by Aristotle (384-322 BCE) in ancient Greece. 
Camera Obscura. Latin for "darkened room".

Lenses and mirrors were added during the Renaissance.

The first cameras captured the image on a metal plate. They were called daguerreotypes.

Also called tin types. Who is this person?

So, what is a camera? What is missing in this illustration?

Photography Reading Assignment 1

Name: Block:

Go to hillwoodphoto 2.blogspot.com

Scroll down the right hand column to assignments. Click on the “photography begins” link.

Read and answer these questions

1. The word photography comes from two ancient Greek words: photo, for "light," and graph, for "drawing." “_Drawing with _________”is a way of describing photography.

2. List 3 things that a photograph can be:

3. Digital photography records light electronically by means of an_____________________.

4. If you  position a piece of white paper and a piece of foil with a small, pin-hole size opening so that the sun shines through the opening and on to the paper, you will see an ____________ of the ______ on the paper.

5. So…….what is a camera?

6. The Latin name for a darkened room is ______________________________________.

7. The first cameras captured the image on a metal plate. They were called_____________. 

8. What is missing in the last diagram of a camera?