Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Assignment for B Day Classes

1) A daguerreotype is a direct-positive process, creating a highly detailed image on a sheet of copper plate with a small coat of silver without the use of a negative. The surface if a daguerreotype resembles a mirror.

2) An "Albumen" print is a smooth, shiny surface, which is the result of a coating of egg whites. The main ingredient is is egg whites. It only lasted from the 1850s to the end of the century.
3)A stereograph is  two seperate images that can be viewed as a 3d image with a stereoscope which is the viewing device. They were popular in the 1800s.

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Nicéphore Niépce

Nicéphore Niépce captured an image from his workroom window using light-sensitive chemicals on a peice of metal. For the first time ever a peice of scenery was captured as a permanent photograph! Nicéphore Niépce was so interested in photography and lithography that he attempted his expierement to capture this photograph by 1813. Obviously, it worked. He named it "Heliographing"