Article Categories
History Articles
Photography is an expansive art form that includes more than just portraiture, landscape or glamor photography. Both professional and amateur photographers may favor specific types of photography over others. While a professional photographer may work in photojournalism, an amateur may be particularly interested in macro-photography. Read on to learn more about the various types of photography.
Featured History Article
Storing Digital Photos
By Nancy Hill I was fortunate to have a mentor who taught me on the day he took me under his wing all about the importance of caring for negatives and slides. “Pictures can be damaged,” he told me. “But as long as you have a good negative or transparency to work from, the world won’t end when your great work of art meets an ...Read More »
History Articles
- Ansel Adams Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was a groundbreaking photographer credited with devising the ‘zone system’ technique (a method of concentrating light on ...Read More »
- Camera Obscura Camera Obscura, Latin for “dark room,” refers to a dark box in which light rays from an object pass through ...Read More »
- Carte De Visite Carte de Visite (CdV) that literally translates to “visiting card” refers to a portrait of a person that he or ...Read More »
- Cliche Verre Cliche verre, a Greek phrase meaning “glass picture,” is a photographic technique in which the photographer etches an image onto ...Read More »
- Cyanotype Cyanotype photography refers to the process of printing a picture by using sunlight and a series of chemicals. The chemicals ...Read More »
- Daguerreotype A Daguerreotype is one of the earliest photographic devices used to recreate images. Using a mirror polished with silver halide, ...Read More »
- Diana Camera A Diana Camera, also known as a “toy camera,” is an inexpensive, base quality camera. Housed in a plastic body, ...Read More »
- Ferrotype Process The Ferrotype Process, also known as “tintype” or “melainotype” process, refers to the photographic process of reproducing images on iron ...Read More »
- Kirlian Photography Kirlian Photography is the area of photography dedicated to reproducing an image on a photographic plate by using an electric ...Read More »
- Pinhole Camera A Pinhole Camera is a lens-less camera that only allows a small amount of light to pass through a hole ...Read More »
