Photography is known as a way of expressing art, but it goes much further, for those who want to enter this market now, they can know incredible curiosities of this segment.
At a time when everyone can make and post a photo in seconds, it’s always nice to go back in time and see the beginning of this art, isn’t it?
- Discover some curiosities of the photograph that we have separated to get you even more excited with this trade.
The highlight of the photo curiosities list is Instagram, Facebook’s photo sharing service, which in June 2016, the social network announced the brand of 500 million active users, including 35 million Brazilians.
Among the figures that came to attention are the photos of the day that added more than 82 million to the same period. Mark Zuckerberg’s social network also reported that in June 325 million photos were added #TBT (back on Thursday) to Instagram. are published on Thursdays and refer to the nostalgic facts of network users.
If you’re at least a little curious, you’ve probably wondered under what circumstances Albert Einstein’s language-displaying photo was captured, one of the best-known portraits in history that has made the scientist even better known and admired in our time. But how did this photograph end?
Among the curiosities of today’s photography, we’ll talk a little bit about what happened. According to some speculation, the photo was recorded on March 14, 1951, when the physicist turned 72. During the evening, a photographer allegedly suggested Albert Einstein smile at him. Looks good in the picture. In protest, the Nobel Prize in Physics frowned and showed his tongue. I didn’t know this picture would have that much impact.
The date began to commemorate from 1839, in recognition of the invention of the daguerreotype by Louis Daguerre, although this invention was made in 1837, it was not presented and recognized as a gift to the world until two years later. and the creation of other photographic processes make the year 1839 officially recognized as the “Year of Photography”.
Today we celebrate the appearance of photography on August 19, traditionally on this date free courses and workshops are offered in the segment, it is also worth mentioning as one of the looks of photography, but this time here in Brazil we also celebrate National Day of Photography or Photographer’s Day on January 8.
Digital imaging technology, like many other technological advances, peaked during World War II. During this period, armies and scientists sought ways to overcome competition in battles and invested in technological studies.
The first digital camera was All-Sky of Fairchild Imaging, the photographic equipment developed by the University of Calgary, Canada, was the first to have an integrated microcomputer, so it was considered the prototype of the digital camera as we know it today.
In 1981, however, Sony revolutionized the photography market by launching the first consumer digital technology camera, which cost $12,000 and stored up to 50 photographs.
To add to the curiosities of the photography we’ve seen so far, it’s time to take serial photos, you probably should have taken advantage of this feature on camera by now and you know it was the current cinema engine, right?
However, the first serial photographic recording is the result of a bet, do you think?, a wealthy American and equestrian gambler, defended against a group of friends who at one point the horse was suspended in the air, without any of his paws touching the ground.
To prove this theory, the rich man hired Muybridge, an English photographer, during the horse tour 14 cameras were installed, while the animal moved, cut the cable and activated the cameras, hence the theory of the American who won the prize. The bet has been tested.
You’ve probably come across that effect, haven’t you? The occurrence of this circumstance is so common that today, photo editors, cameras and even smartphones allow you to eliminate this in post-production, but do you know why the red-eye effect occurs?
In low-light environments, our pupils are dilated, making it easier for light to enter. When the flash goes out, the light enters our eyes and reflects the blood vessels in our retina.
We can’t deny that this term has become very common these days, but do you know what photography means? This word comes from Greek and can be defined as ‘Draw with light and contrast’ and there is no better definition than that, is it there?
Photography is a process of creating images that are printed on a sensitive surface, as was the case with famous films, for example, however, for this creation to be possible, it is necessary to expose the camera to a lot of light.
A multinational company with almost 130 years of history. The Kodak empire had a strong impact on the world of photography, especially the popularization of this art. In 1888, the Kodak camera, a pioneer in the popular photography market, was launched.
Unfortunately, among the curiosities of photography are not Kodak’s achievements, but its possible ruin. The advent of digital cameras has massacred the company according to experts and the company of George Eastman, also creator of the photographic film, even went bankrupt in 2013.
Even losing millions of dollars and trying to recover from legal intervention, Kodak refused to hand over the points. To overcome the problem and try to get back on track, the multinational sold product patents and has now entered the commercial printing and smartphone segment.
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