Digital Photography by rosemay natino https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc "We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone". - Katie Thurmes en-us 2022-01-10 05:56:13 UTC 2024-07-29 20:50:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1529686472/de4d8342d617e6322d00e508982dede0/padlet_image_picker_file_83985384_75da_4ab1_8ebf_f70c10b6788b.png Development natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983270325 The history of digital photography as we know it began in the 1950s. In 1951, the first digital signals were saved to magnetic tape via the first video tape recorder. Six years later, in 1957, the first digital image was produced through a computer by Russell Kirsch.]]> 2022-01-10 07:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983270325 NOISE natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983271132 In digital photographs, the term noise refers to a certain type of visual distortion. It looks similar to grain found in film photographs, but can also look like splotches of discoloration when it's really bad, and can ruin a photograph.]]> 2022-01-10 07:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983271132 Why was digital photography invented? natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983292460 In 1975, a 24-year-old engineer named Steven Sasson invented digital photography while working at Eastman Kodak by creating the world's first digital camera. This was their reaction, as told by Sasson to the New York Times: They were convinced that no one would ever want to look at their pictures on a television set.]]> 2022-01-10 07:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983292460 Father of Digital Photography natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983297521 WILLARD Boyle, who shared the 2009 Nobel prize in physics for the invention of the revolutionary imaging device at the heart of digital cameras of all descriptions, has died in his home town of Wallace, Canada. He had been suffering from kidney disease.]]> 2022-01-10 07:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983297521 Year Invented natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983300657 The first actual digital still camera was developed by Eastman Kodak engineer Steven Sasson in 1975.]]> 2022-01-10 07:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983300657 Why People Never Smiled in Old Photos natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983312956 Old photographs were taken with huge large format cameras. Because the technology wasn’t as advanced, an image would take hours to expose correctly.

The subjects didn’t smile because they had to stay still for hours for one photo. Taking a photo often involved the use of a head brace for support. Understandably, smiling for hours was an impossible feat.

Or perhaps they were all deceased family members (see number 8).

]]> 2022-01-10 08:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983312956 The First Negative Was Created by natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983314653 Photography went through many technological advances before it reached the first film negative. These included the Camera Obscura and the Daguerreotype.

It was none other than William Henry Fox Talbot who created the first negative. It became known as a salted Calotype. He mixed silver iodide and a developing agent to create the negative. The developing agent was a mixture of gallic acid and silver nitrate.

His negative made reprinting positive images easy and quick through contact printing.

This event occurred in 1839, but he didn’t announce it until 1841. This is part of the reason why Fox gained the Rumford medal of the Royal Society a few years later.

]]> 2022-01-10 08:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983314653 The Left Side of Our Face Looks Better in Photos natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983317106 Apparently, the left side of our faces looks better in photos than the right side. A study conducted by Kelsey Blackburn and James Schrillo from Wake Forest University confirms this.

Their study shows that the left side of our face exhibits a greater intensity of emotion. Because of this, we perceive it as being more attractive.

]]> 2022-01-10 08:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983317106 The Most Viewed Photograph in History natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983321434 This photography fact might not be surprising. The most viewed photograph is the default wallpaper for Windows XP. The image named ‘Bliss”, captured by Charles O’Rear in 1996.

He didn’t make as much money as you would imagine. Microsoft bought the image from stock website Corbis.

]]> 2022-01-10 08:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983321434 Kodak Doesn’t Mean Anything natinorosemay https://padlet.com/natinorosemay/xfbswvz0cy4o9czc/wish/1983324033 Most brands have a strong connection between their product and their name. For example, Canon means a rule, law or principle. Ilford takes its name from its birthplace, and Olympus is the home of the Greek Gods.

But, Kodak has no real meaning.

George Eastman, the founder of Kodak, said that the letter ‘K’ sounded strong, so he formed a word around it.

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