Motion in Photography

Graded Projects

The projects that I would like graded are:
-Fear Project
-Something Out of Nothing

Something Out Of Nothing: Water Bottle

History of Photography Web Quest

History of Photography Web Quest

Q1. Who is Louis Daguerre and why is he so special?  How did he become independently wealthy?

A1: A French artist and photographer, who is known as the Father of Photography. He became wealthy from his invention of the diorama. 

Q2. What types of photos did people take when photography was first invented?  What were some of the difficulties they had to endure?

A2: Real world scenes, nature based photography. They had to deal with the proper proportions of chemicals.

Q3. Name three different types of early photographs. What did they look like?  Why were they called what they were called?

A3: Daguerrotypes- by suspending the photographic plate over a dish of mercury inside a fuming box. The mercury is heated by a spirit lamp and the fumes from the mercury combine with the silver salts to produce a clear image on the plate.

Ambrotypes- glass negative, backed with black material

Tinytype- substituted the iron plate for glass, was cheaper than ambrotypes, trimmed on corners and sides

Q4. What is a Kodak Brownie.  How did it work?  What made it so popular?  Can you buy one today?

A4: Brownie is the name of a long-running popular series of simple and inexpensive cameras  made by Eastman Kodak. The Brownie popularized low-cost photography and introduced the concept of the snapshot. Yes for less than $20 you can buy a brownie. 

Q5. Who were the Dadaists?  What was their photographic work like? Why are they considered "important" in the history of photography?

A5: An anti-war art movement. Their photography looks similar to pop-culture, they are important to photography because their optimism led to new movements in other art.