Thursday, February 15, 2018

A Look Back At How Photography Got Started For Panoramic Photographers

By Richard Howard


The beginnings of photographs is pretty interesting. Since the beginning of time, man has been fascinated with the idea of image capture. The thought of getting a mirror in surfaces like mirrors as seen as a luxury for most nobles as having mirrors was rare and the process of making them was a laborious process done at time.

The coming of late 19th century saw the prototypes of various cameras being built and tested out by different inventors with the purpose of getting an image of what is seen. The popularity of this grew enough to breed different styles and lead to it being called an art. Panoramic photographers follow a particular style of taking pictures and there various other kinds as well. It is in a sense like painting but with more details.

Back then photography, to print pictures were printed or developed on glass plates. This was until the 1890s when plastic films were introduced, making amateur photography popular. But the cost of making early films where quite expensive and had lower quality out compared to glass plates which were their equivalent.

As such when film was introduced, it was not so popular with professionals photographers. As the they prefer the superior stability of glass compared to film. The use of plates for such applications in field of sciences such as astrophtography, that continued into the 1990s. It is also used in holography that has persisted towards the late 2010s.

Finally the film became the dominant mode of photography during its inception until the 21st century. Although in modern times, the art is dominated by digital phones and cameras, film is still used by lovers of old school ways and professionals as well. The look that is given by film is quite appealing compared to digital counterparts. The atmosphere and sensitivity that is given gives it an value that people are nostalgic for.

Originally, when it was invented, photos were monochrome. Also known as black and white, monochrome stayed popular even though color was already invented. This is due to peoples love of how classic these look. This plays with how people love the past and black and white style shows that. Tones are shown in contrast to show the effect of light and dark areas.

First explored in during 1840s, color was experimented on and required extremely long to develop. The pictures could not be fixed and it prevented color from quickly fading while it is exposed to light. The first permanent color version was taken on 1861 in Scotland. This advancement eventually became the testbed to digital photography coming into 21st era.

The digital camera was interesting invention that was released to masses in 1980s. The digital method could now replace film was it did not require that but only battery and a cartridges to keep pictures. Since it did not take extra and did not expire, this as seen as far more efficient and superior to film as a whole.

Thanks to all these advancements in its field, many things were achieved. After still photos were made, the invention of video or moving pictures became very popular. Many legends came from Cameras and what they were. One was that if a picture of you was taken, your soul would be taken and trapped into photographs and be sealed there.




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