The Early years of Photography.
- What are the main differences and similarities between portraits in the early days of photography and portraits today?
Early days photography basically are done inside the studios, and they are taken by professional photographers. But today anyone can easily take really good picture anywhere and anytime with the use of modern technology (like cellphones, digital camera, etc.). Images took so long for it to develop,photographers need to use series of subsequent chemical
reactions to produce a permanent print. But in modern
photography it only takes a second or three to print photos by using modern
technology.
In order to get better images
photographers in early days must have a great and expensive camera, but today
it’s not necessarily to have a good and expensive camera, using Adobe Photoshop, photographers can easily edit photos. This can make images even better and perfect.
To sum up
everything Portraits in today’s world are very different from those
in early days in many ways. Early days differ from those
of today’s portraits due to the method of how images are taken.
2. Who was the photographer and who was the
subject of photographs in the past and today?
Henry Fox Talbot is a inventor and a pioneer of photography back in 19th century. He brought about a wholly new way of making pictures, perfected the
optical and chemical aspects of photograph.He learned to use the new medium
to make complex images for the botanist, historian, traveler, and artist.
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| Photo by: Florian Schulz |
Florian Schulz
is a award-winning professional nature photographer today. His collections are based about nature and wildlife.
3. What was the impact of technology on the
portraits in the past and today?
Technology really play a huge role on photography. It truly changed images from past into something really completely different today. This brought a new evolution, not just in art but also to the world.
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| See how technology improved this image. |
Reference:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
- http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/photographicproject/photographicprocesses.html
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