What is Photography? o DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex)
✔ The art or process of producing images of - More options
- Technically correct pictures
objects on photosensitive surfaces.
- Complex to operate
✔ The art, practice, or occupation of taking and PARTS OF YOUR DSLR
printing pictures 1. LENS
ETHYMOLOGY 2. BODY
SIR JOHN HERSCHEL- “photography” first used in 1839 3. BATTERY
the year the photographic process became public 4. Hotshoe
Royal Society 5. Shutter Button
“Negative” and “Positive” 6. ISO Button
Nicephore Niepce- First to produce photograph by using o Mode Dial
chemicals on the metal plate, placed inside the camera - (AV) Aperture
obscura. - (TV) Shutter Priority
⮚ DAGUERREOTYPE - (P) ISO
✔ Invented by LOUIS DAGUERRE 7. Lens Button
8. Flash Button
✔ Reduced the exposure time from eight to hours
9. (WB) White Balance
down to half. 10. Auto Focus Button
✔ Each picture was once-only affair - One Shot
a silver-plated copper plate. - AI Focus
- AI Servo
✔ Exposing an image onto a copper plate coated
o Picture Style
with iodized silver would produce a lasting ✔ Drive Mode
image if it was also exposed to mercury vapor - Single Shot
and fixed with a common salt solution. Later, - Continuous Shooting
other vapors were used. Daguerreotypes are - Self-Timer
captured on polished silver, making it reflective, - Self-Timer (2) Sec
like a mirror - Self-Timer Continuous
⮚ CALOTYPE
✔ WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT
✔ Unlimited number of positive prints could be
made.
✔ “beautiful print”
✔ process created a negative image on paper from
which multiple positive images could be printed.
✔ Photographic paper was brushed with a salt
1. SHUTTER BUTTON
solution, dried, then brushed with a silver
- Press this button to release the shutter.
nitrate solution and dried again, creating a silver
The shutter button press has two
chloride. Talbot then added gallic acid, making
stages: Half-pressing the button
the paper more sensitive to light.
activates the AF function, while
pressing it down fully releases
POINT AND SHOOT AND DSLR
the shutter.
o POINT-AND-SHOOT CAMERA
4. LENS MOUNT
- Designed for simple operations
- This is the section that connects the
- Automatic functions and settings
interchangeable lens to the camera
- Built in flash
body. To attach the lens, you line up
✔ The art or process of producing images of - More options
- Technically correct pictures
objects on photosensitive surfaces.
- Complex to operate
✔ The art, practice, or occupation of taking and PARTS OF YOUR DSLR
printing pictures 1. LENS
ETHYMOLOGY 2. BODY
SIR JOHN HERSCHEL- “photography” first used in 1839 3. BATTERY
the year the photographic process became public 4. Hotshoe
Royal Society 5. Shutter Button
“Negative” and “Positive” 6. ISO Button
Nicephore Niepce- First to produce photograph by using o Mode Dial
chemicals on the metal plate, placed inside the camera - (AV) Aperture
obscura. - (TV) Shutter Priority
⮚ DAGUERREOTYPE - (P) ISO
✔ Invented by LOUIS DAGUERRE 7. Lens Button
8. Flash Button
✔ Reduced the exposure time from eight to hours
9. (WB) White Balance
down to half. 10. Auto Focus Button
✔ Each picture was once-only affair - One Shot
a silver-plated copper plate. - AI Focus
- AI Servo
✔ Exposing an image onto a copper plate coated
o Picture Style
with iodized silver would produce a lasting ✔ Drive Mode
image if it was also exposed to mercury vapor - Single Shot
and fixed with a common salt solution. Later, - Continuous Shooting
other vapors were used. Daguerreotypes are - Self-Timer
captured on polished silver, making it reflective, - Self-Timer (2) Sec
like a mirror - Self-Timer Continuous
⮚ CALOTYPE
✔ WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT
✔ Unlimited number of positive prints could be
made.
✔ “beautiful print”
✔ process created a negative image on paper from
which multiple positive images could be printed.
✔ Photographic paper was brushed with a salt
1. SHUTTER BUTTON
solution, dried, then brushed with a silver
- Press this button to release the shutter.
nitrate solution and dried again, creating a silver
The shutter button press has two
chloride. Talbot then added gallic acid, making
stages: Half-pressing the button
the paper more sensitive to light.
activates the AF function, while
pressing it down fully releases
POINT AND SHOOT AND DSLR
the shutter.
o POINT-AND-SHOOT CAMERA
4. LENS MOUNT
- Designed for simple operations
- This is the section that connects the
- Automatic functions and settings
interchangeable lens to the camera
- Built in flash
body. To attach the lens, you line up
