Jeff Khamphasouk
BUSN100
Dr. Horpedahl and Dr. Ullerich
11/8/14
Photography-Snapshots of its History “But first let me take a selfie.” Those are the lyrics from the band The Chainsmokers. Taking pictures has become a social norm in our present society today almost to the point where people take it for granted or even thinking about how far we have come with this technology. In order to inform people about how far we have come this paper will take its reader(s) on a ride on through the history of photography starting from the very beginning. Then work its way up throughout history highlighting major events that occurred which will also bring up a company or two that really revolutionalized this technology and then up to the present. When people …show more content…
By 1826 he was able to figure out how to use these two things together to create the first ever photograph it took him eight hours of light exposure to create an image and not long after all that hard work the image fades away. Another French man by the name of Louis Daguerre also was trying to figure out a way to keep an image which took him about 12 years to figure, but it technique worked a lot better because all it needed was only 30 minutes of light exposure. Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre join each other to improve the process. In 1839 after years of experimentation and his partner’s death he finally finds a more effective method and calls it the daguerreotype. From 1840s-1940s many different things happened with photography. The film types went back from negative to positives and we still use either types today based on what people prefer. Lots of patents came out too such as tintypes, wet plate negatives, dry plate negatives and hand-held cameras. In 1881 George Eastman and Henry Strong form a company known as Eastman Dry Plate Company and in 1888 the name Kodak was born which led to an increase in hand-held cameras. With this invention he also invented the flexible roll film made of cellulose nitrate that was used in many cameras making picture taking much easier and making Kodak one of the most famous companies of its time. In the 1940s color photography became a reality with the help of dyes and a bit of science. Due to how flammable and acidic cellulose nitrate was in the 1970s films were made with triacetate which was more stable, flexible and less flammable. Today we use film that is produce with T-grain emulsions which gave sharper images. In 1984 Canon demonstrated the first digital electronic camera and that leads into our
BUSN100
Dr. Horpedahl and Dr. Ullerich
11/8/14
Photography-Snapshots of its History “But first let me take a selfie.” Those are the lyrics from the band The Chainsmokers. Taking pictures has become a social norm in our present society today almost to the point where people take it for granted or even thinking about how far we have come with this technology. In order to inform people about how far we have come this paper will take its reader(s) on a ride on through the history of photography starting from the very beginning. Then work its way up throughout history highlighting major events that occurred which will also bring up a company or two that really revolutionalized this technology and then up to the present. When people …show more content…
By 1826 he was able to figure out how to use these two things together to create the first ever photograph it took him eight hours of light exposure to create an image and not long after all that hard work the image fades away. Another French man by the name of Louis Daguerre also was trying to figure out a way to keep an image which took him about 12 years to figure, but it technique worked a lot better because all it needed was only 30 minutes of light exposure. Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre join each other to improve the process. In 1839 after years of experimentation and his partner’s death he finally finds a more effective method and calls it the daguerreotype. From 1840s-1940s many different things happened with photography. The film types went back from negative to positives and we still use either types today based on what people prefer. Lots of patents came out too such as tintypes, wet plate negatives, dry plate negatives and hand-held cameras. In 1881 George Eastman and Henry Strong form a company known as Eastman Dry Plate Company and in 1888 the name Kodak was born which led to an increase in hand-held cameras. With this invention he also invented the flexible roll film made of cellulose nitrate that was used in many cameras making picture taking much easier and making Kodak one of the most famous companies of its time. In the 1940s color photography became a reality with the help of dyes and a bit of science. Due to how flammable and acidic cellulose nitrate was in the 1970s films were made with triacetate which was more stable, flexible and less flammable. Today we use film that is produce with T-grain emulsions which gave sharper images. In 1984 Canon demonstrated the first digital electronic camera and that leads into our