New Project
I got this idea from paper artist, Eric Standley on You Tube. Although we are in totally different fields I found his ideas applicable to what I do. I’m starting a year long project to take a photo every week based on the previous photo. This will be a rule based project, to keep me on track as I tend to wander all over the place with my camera. I must stick to my muted/black and white colour scheme. Each photo must celebrate, be in opposition to or be a detail of the photo before it. Only newsletter subscribers will get to see the progression of this as it happens. Every month I will publish photos from the previous month. I picked this photo that came up on my Facebook memories as a starting point. It shows a foogy morning and a lone pedestrian on Swissvale Ave. near where I live.
Watch an interview with Eric Standley and see his amazing work with paper here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVdqRg5udL0
History of Photography Part 2
Ferrotype photography, commonly known as tintype, is a 19th century process that creates a direct image on a thin lacquer coated iron sheet. Known for being quick, inexpensive, and durable, they became iconic during the American Civil War. Each tintype is a unique, one-of-a-kind photograph, often identified by high-contrast tones and, occasionally, hand-painted coloring.
George Eastman marketed the Kodak No. 1 box camera with the slogan, “You press the button, we do the rest,” making photography accessible to the public in 1888.
The Brownie, the first mass-marketed consumer camera, went on sale in 1900. In 1935 Kodak introduced the Kodachrome film, the first commercially available color film for amateur photographers. Edwin H. Land introduced the Polaroid Land Camera Model 95, which pioneered instant photography in 1948. In 1963 Kodak introduced the Instamatic Camera, which used cartridge film. These cameras were popular because they were small, inexpensive and easy to use.
The first digital camera prototype was developed in 1975. It weighed 8 lbs and had 0.01 megapixels. In 1991 Kodak introduced the first commercially available digital camera, the Kodak Professional digital Camera System (DCS100)
Digital equipment now dominates photography. Images are captured on digital sensors instead of film and they can be downloaded and edited by computer.
I belong to a model horse photography group on Facebook, so just for fun I took these little Playmobil horses out to Fall Run Park in Shaler. This is what they call “photographing in the wild” as opposed to setting up a diorama at your home. The people in the group love these cute little horses and Fall Run is perfect for “canyon” photos!
Sorry, I’m late getting this out> I thought I had it set to publish automatically but apparently not.😂
Wishing you all the best,
Joyce