Photography from the Greek Photos: Light Graphe: Draw

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Photographyfrom the GreekPhotos Light
Graphe Draw
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It all starts with light and ends with light
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17th Century Sketch of a Camera Obscura
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Camera Obscurafrom the Latin Dark Room
Ibn al-Haytham knew it, clearly described it and
actually made one (Arabia c1000 AD)

• Mozi knew it first
• (China c400 BC)

• Aristotle knew it
• (Greek c350 BC)

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Camera Obscura circa 1750
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Room Size Camera Obscura, San Francisco California
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Thought to be first permanant photograph View
from the Window at Le Gras (France) By Joseph
Nicéphore Niépce 1826
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Boulevard du Temple, Paris By Louis Daguerre in
late 1838 or early 1839
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The Crystal Palace at The Great Exhibition,
London by Philip Henry Delamotte, 1854
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce1765  1833
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Louis Daguerre1787-1851
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William Henry Fox Talbotby John Moffat, 1864
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel1792-1871
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Roger Fenton, early war photographer (Crimean
War) 1819-1869
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Roger Fenton's photographic van c1855
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Photographers Studio circa 1895
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Eastman Kodak Brownie Camera, circa 1900
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Twin Lens Reflex
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Rangefinder
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Single Lens Reflex (SLR)
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Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR)
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Speeds faster than 1 second are fractions of a
second and most cameras display them without the
numerator. For example, 1/2 second is displayed
as 2. Speeds of 1 second or slower are whole
seconds and many cameras indicate them with
quotation or inch marks ("). For example, 2
seconds is displayed as 2".
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Standard Shutter Speeds 1/4 1/8 1/15
1/30 1/60 1/125 1/250 1/500 1/1000
Standard f-stops 1.4 2.0 2.8 4 5.6
8 11 16 22
Shutter Speed 1/8 1/15 1/30 1/60 1/125
1/250 1/500 1/1000 f/stop f/32 f/22 f/16
f/11 f/8 f/5.6
f/4 f/2.8
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Sensor Sensitivity aka ISO or ASA
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Depth of Field Example
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Rule of Thirds Example
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