Photography
Questions
1. Are you interested in photography?
2. Do you like taking photographs?
3. Do you prefer digital photography or film photography?
4. What’s the best photo you’ve ever taken?
5. What do you think of black and white photography?
6. Has the Internet changed the way you use photographs?
7. What’s the secret to taking a good photograph?
8. What do you think of paparazzi photographers?
Videos
The kids play with another old piece of technology, an old camera! Find out if they can figure out how to take a picture!
Category: Technology
The rolling shutter effect creates weird patterns in the videos shot on most devices with CMOS sensors. Destin Sandlin from Smarter Every Day has created a fantastic video that explains this effect.
Category: Technology
Keywords: Photography | Technology
Early portraits looked pretty grim.
A lot of old photos from the 19th and early 20th century are fraught with doom and gloom—and on the
A lot of old photos from the 19th and early 20th century are fraught with doom and gloom—and on the
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occasion the literal dead face. That led to the popular belief that people just did not smile in old photographs. The common explanation is due to the limited technology at the time to capture a smile. Exposure times were long and the thinking was it’s easier to hold a serious expression over a long period. Another theory included early photography being heavily influenced by painting (which meant no smiling).
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Category: History & Culture