Digital Photography

In Brooklyn historical museum we examined the first photography types Dagguerotypes which were made off copper reflected plates. This influenced our photography in Greenwood because we were dealing with modern photography. We got to see how much photography has changed from then till now. We got to examine monuments, and be in an open field shooting everything around us. Most of our photos were in perspective and depth of field. We also got an overview of how influential the cemetery has been, and how its rules have changed. The Brooklyn Historical allowed us to examine different documentation, and photos to see where we were shooting. It also had a monument dedicated to fire victims that were burned in a theater fire in Brooklyn. We hd a good focus on what we would be shooting and how it has changed to present day.

On our visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society we had a look at the Daguerreotype images. They were created by being engraved into a copper plate. When I observed the Daguerreotype it looked pretty amazing. It had almost like a 3D view when you look at it. The Daguerreotype was cased inside a wooden frame. It was highly detailed and you can tell the work that was put in to make the Daguerreotype.

Photography today is completely different from back then. Back in the days only the rich would be able to take photos. Today everyone can take their own photos and own a digital camera. It was hard and took a lot of work in order to produce an image back then, but now it is so easy with the help of technology. Modern day photography is really cheap. People can now take pictures and save it in their computers without the need to develop them. With digital camera’s we can now adjust it to the way we want to take our photo unlike back then when the cameras were limited to its settings. Today it is also easy to produce large amounts of photographs without hassle.

When visiting the Brooklyn historical museum we examined one of the first photograhic types Daguerreotype. A Daguerrotype a photograph etched onto a silver copper plate named a Sheffield plate. The plate was heated and the foil was layed down onto the plate, which has a mirror effect. These plates were expensive to own, and often only the rich were able to own one. They were in cased in a wooden frame with a glass to protect the copper plate. The boxes were craved with detailed images. Photography now is much different it is digital almost everyone can own and afford it. A photograph today can be manipulated and fixed to make it look the way you would like, unlike the Daguerrotypes which were originals. The Daguerrotype had a reflective image because of the copper plate. Photography prints today have a dull or glossy effect. Daguerrotype size was  6-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, most photographic images today can vary in a wide range of sizes. A daguerreotype was produced one at a time, the amount of time that a studio session would take and would cost is more. Modern day photography many prints can be made at a fast speed, and cheap price. The advancement in photography allows us to not only have portrait style, but outside our own enviroment and explore more styles.