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Blyth Academy • Term 3 Mr. Sargento AWQ3M/4M Photography

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Blyth Academy • Term 3

Mr. Sargento AWQ3M/4M

Photography

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Today, I will learn…

� Brief history of the photograph

� Daguerreotypes

� Film (Kodak)

Learning Goals

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Weekly Photo Journals

� Every Friday, you will post a photo journal to your blog consisting of…

� Five of your favourite photographs you took (“made”) that week

� A short artist’s critique for each photo

� Submit the direct link to the post via Edmodo

� 10% of final grade

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Thoughts?

What do you think it means…

You don’t take a photograph, you “make” a photograph

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“Making” Photographs

� The ways in which we’ve “made” photographs over the past two

centuries, has changed drastically,

� Let’s a take a brief look at some major developments…

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A Brief History of the Photograph

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What is Photography?

� The word “photograph” was coined by Sir. John Herschel in 1839.

� He combined the Greek words photos (light) and graphe (drawing).

� Photograph literally means “drawing with light”

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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

� The inventor of still photography was a French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (knee-eps)

� This is his first known photograph using a camera obscura, and also regarded as the first still photograph…

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‘View from the Window at Le Gras’ (1826-27)Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

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It’s in the Chemicals…

� Originally, photographs were made by using chemicals that reacted with light to burn images on to pieces of silver/copper.

� Niépce used a chemical called bitumen (be-tyou-min).

� Another French inventor named Louis Daguerre built on Niépce’s work and started using silver nitrate and mercury to capture images.

� These were called Daguerreotypes and became very popular.

� This is Louis Daguerre’s first ever picture of a person…

Bitumen

Louis Daguerre

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‘Boulevard du Temple’ (1838)Louis Daguerre

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The first “Where’s Waldo”

� It took ten minutes to capture this image

� This busy street looks empty because the traffic was moving too fast to be captured.

� It also means this dude was standing there with his leg up for an unusually long time :S

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Basic Concept

� Light would come into the camera through a lens, which would direct the light towards the chemical covered plate

Light

LensPlate

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Daguerreotypes

� Posing for a Daguerreotype was a long difficult process

� Subjects had to stay completely still or the image would be blurry

� Many rich and famous people had Daguerreotypes done in the 1800s.

� Lets check some out!

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Edgar Allan Poe, 1848Poet/Writer

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Abraham Lincoln, 1848Former P.U.S.A.

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� Eventually, through decline in costs, common people also had Daguerreotypes done

� And, they’re all creepy…

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Film

� In 1884 George Eastman, developed dry gel on paper, or film, to replace the photographic plate

� A photographer no longer needed to carry boxes of plates and toxic chemicals around.

� In July 1888 Eastman's camera went on the market with the slogan “You press the button, we do the rest.”

� Today, it still uses the same brand name of Kodak

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Photography for the Masses!

� Now anyone could take a photograph and leave the complex parts of the process to others

� Photography became available for the mass-market in 1901 with the introduction of the Kodak Brownie

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Early Timeline

1827Joseph Niépce

First still photograph‘View from the Window at Le Gras’

1838Louis Daguerre &Daguerreotypes‘Boulevard du Temple’

1884George Eastman

Invents film (Kodak)

1901Kodak Brownie

Personal camera

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So… What do we take photographs of?

� People (Portraits)

� Landscape

� Architecture

� Important moments

� Wildlife (and pets)

� Editorial / “Time Life”

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A Moment Preserved

� Photography can be used…

� To capture an important historical moment

� To express the culture of a time or place

� To show a shocking moment

� Report the news

� To document a group of people

� To document everyday life

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‘Victory over Japan Day in Times Square’, 1945

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‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’, 1932

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‘Burning Monk’, 1963

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‘Vietnam War’, 1968

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The Search for Beauty

� Photos are more than just historical documents, they are also a form of ART

� Photography can be…

� Used to find beauty in nature

� Used to capture movement (visible time)

� Used to capture things the human eye can not see

� Manipulated to create interesting and artistic images

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An original Sargento!Cambridge, UK • 2014

What two things could

be improved?

What two things could

be improved?

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Manipulated Photos

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� Digital Camera (dSLR or Prosumer) + � SD Card (8 GB +)

Required Tools

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� URL: first initial + last name (i.e. msargento.tumblr.com)

� If unavailable, add course course (i.e. msargentoAWQ3M4M.tumblr.com)

� Title: Full name

� Description: Photography - Digital Portfolio

� Pages/Sections:

� We will add throughout the term...

Setup ISP Digital Portfolio

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� Use one of the following websites to find a photograph that interests you...

� 500px

� Flickr

� Write a short, 1/2 page reflection on why you think your chosen photograph is an example of “good” photography...

� Colour

� Framing (Composition)

� What’s in the frame? Left out of the frame?

Activity:What makes a good photograph?

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To Do

� Sign up for Edmodo

� Sign up for Remind

� Complete & submit Facebook Profile PowerPoint (Edmodo)

� Setup ISP blog

� Reflection #1 – “What makes a ‘good’ photograph”?

� Bring cameras tomorrow!!!!