HISTORY OF

PHOTOGRAPHY

SUBMITTED TO: SIR SOHAIL

NAME: HIRA FAROOQUI
CLASS/SEC: BBA 2B
 HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography has come a long way in its relatively short history.
In almost 200 years, cameras have developed from plain boxes that
took blurry photos to the high-tech mini computers found in today's
DSLRs and smartphones.
BRIEF HISTORY
The basic concept of photography has been around since the
5th century B.C.E. Iraqi scientist developed something called the
camera obscura in the 11th century. Even then, the camera did
not actually record images, it simply projected them onto
another surface. The images were also upside down, though
they could be traced to create accurate drawings of real objects
such as buildings.
Later the invention of Daguerreotype, Emulsion Plates, Dry
Plates made the photography more popular and evolutionary
and later in 1880s photography professional, George Eastman
started a company where the consumer would take pictures and
send the camera back to the factory for the film to be developed
and prints made, much like modern disposable cameras. This
was the first camera inexpensive enough for the average person
to afford.
Revolutionary
Daguerreotype
Between 1822 and 1839 Daguerre was a professor, who trace the image by camera (obscura). His discovery include a latent image
forms on a plate of iodized silver and that it can be “developed” and made visible by exposure of picture to mercury vapour .
Picture was developed more clearly and provide clear vision.

Wet Collodion Process:

Photography was revolutionized in 1851 and made the photography more popular as it was 20 times faster than previous methods.
Paper prints could easily be made from glass-plate negatives. The process had one major disadvantage that the photographer had
to sensitize the plate coating.

DRY PROCESS
In 1878, to the introduction of dry plates coated with gelatin containing silver salts which was 60 time more faster. A great variety
of small hand-held cameras became available at relatively low cost and allowing photographers to take instantaneous pictures. The
most popular was the Kodak camera which was introduced in 1888 and by 1889 this was replaced by film on a transparent plastic.
 BRIEF HISTORY
In early 1980s, compact cameras were introduced where "point and shoot"
cameras calculated shutter speed, aperture, and focus, leaving photographers
free to concentrate on composition.
The automatic cameras became immensely popular with casual photographers.
Professionals and serious amateurs continued to prefer making their own
adjustments and enjoyed the image control available with SLR cameras.
In 1990s, numerous manufacturers worked on cameras that stored images
electronically and used digital media instead of film.
By 1991, Kodak had produced the first digital camera successfully. Other
manufacturers quickly followed and today Canon, Nikon, Pentax, and other
manufacturers offer advanced digital SLR (DSLR) cameras.
The most basic point-and-shoot camera now takes higher quality images than
Niépce’s pewter plate, and smartphones can easily pull off a high-quality printed
photograph.