| Modern day photography dates back to the
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| | your pictures, mail the camera to Kodak
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| early 1800's. The word photography is
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| | who would develop your 100 photos and
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| derived from the Greeks; photos meaning
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| | send them back to you along with another
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| light and graphein meaning to draw. The
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| | roll of 100 exposures. Sound familiar?
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| word was first used in 1839 by scientist
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| | The big difference? You used to get your
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| Sir John FW Herschel to describe a method
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| | camera back, now you don't!
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| of recording images. That was 12 years
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| | These pioneers would be amazed with the
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| after the first photograph was captured
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| | equipment available to us today. We have
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| by Frenchman Louis Jacque Mande Daguerre,
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| | the digital camera, the SLR,35mm, the
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| a professional opera scene painter. This
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| | camcorder, automatic exposure and
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| first process took eight hours and he
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| | automatic focusing, zoom lens and video.
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| then worked 12 more years to reduce the
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| | We even take pictures with our
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| expose time to under 30 minutes and keep
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| | cellphones, which we can then download
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| the image from disappearing. These first
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| | onto our computers. We have the luxury
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| photographs were exposed on metal that
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| | of going just about anywhere to get that
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| had been sensitized to accept the image
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| | perfect shot. Indoors, outdoors,
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| and were called Daguerreotypes after
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| | underwater, or on top of a mountain. We
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| their French inventor. Then came the
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| | attach our camera to a tripod and set the
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| tintype, invented in 1856 by Hamilton
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| | self timer so we can be in that majestic
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| Smith. This was a thin sheet of iron
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| | mountain scene.
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| used as a base for light sensitive
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| | When the equipment was of a size to be
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| material to produce a photograph.
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| | transported from place to place, they
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| Along came an American from upstate New
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| | certainly didn't have a camera case with
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| York, George Eastman, who was very
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| | a padded shoulder strap. We have a
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| fascinated by photography, but frustrated
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| | camera bag suited to fit every camera and
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| with what he considered cumbersome
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| | the accessories. Backpacks for hiking up
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| exposure methods. He developed a dry
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| | that trail and lens pouches.
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| photographic plate, patented it in the
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| | We can take pictures as a hobby, while on
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| United States and England and began his
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| | vacation; supplement our income as a
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| first photographic business in 1880. In
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| | weekend photographer/writer for a local
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| 1884, he replaced the glass plates with
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| | newspaper; or travel the world as a
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| paper rolls allowing multiple images to
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| | full-time photojournalist. Today, our
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| be taken much more quickly. Four years
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| | photographic possibilities are limitless
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| later, on September 4, 1888 he patented
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| | thanks, at least in part, to these
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| he "roll film camera". You could take
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| | photography trailblazers.
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