My luminous padlet by EVERLEIGH SMONKO

camera obscura

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 15:31:09 UTC

First camera in the early 1800's

1839 photographic process

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 15:36:56 UTC

Made public by sir john herschel.

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 15:39:39 UTC

In 1800 Thomas Wedgewood was making sun pictures.

The Daguerreotype camera

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 15:42:14 UTC

Rather than project the Camera Obscura’s image against a wall, a copper plate coated in silver iodide was placed behind the camera’s projection. This chemical compound is light-sensitive and fades in sunlight! If left for JUST the right amount of time, a clear image was formed… if left too long, it faded to black.

First Kodak camera

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 15:56:16 UTC

Leland Stanford HE ARRANGED 12 CAMERAS ALONGSIDE A RACE TRACK. EACH WAS FITTED WITH A SHUTTER WORKING AT A SPEED HE CLAIMED TO BE "LESS THAN THE TWO-THOUSANDTH PART OF A SECOND."

Colored photographs

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 16:05:47 UTC

The first colored photograph wasn't until 1906.

First instant color film

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 16:07:33 UTC

first instant color film was developed in 1963 by POLAROID.

Disk camera

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 16:09:16 UTC

THE FIRST VARIATION OF THE DIGITAL CAMERA WAS INTRODUCED IN 1983 BY KODAK.

Digital age of photography

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 16:11:06 UTC

1983 & 2015 was the digital age of photography.

End of Kodak empire

smonkeve000_1 — 2024-10-30 16:13:00 UTC

After 128 years in photography,

Kodak went out of business in 2012. They simply couldn’t keep

up with the ever-evolving nature of digital cameras.