Emily's Alphabet

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Web Assignment 4

1.  Q:  Who was Alfred Stieglitz and why is he noteworthy in the history of photography?
     A: He was a modern art promoter and an American photographer.

2. I chose this as my favorite picture because even though its simple it is a very beautiful picture.

3. Q: With what famous painter was he in a relationship? Who was she?  Upload a painting by her that you like. 
   A:   Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was a famous painter who joined the new york art community in 1929.

Close Ups

                                          Plant outside the school

                                          Pretty flowers

                                          Cool Colors

                                          Flower in my Driveway

                                          Brick Wall

                                         Paint Brushes

                                          Art

                                          Rainy Day

                                          My Locker 397

                                          Water Droplets

Pinhole Inverse

TILT-SHIFT

I learned that when you use the Tilt-Shift effect you are controlling the planes of focus and making the image look sharp.

Web Assignment Number 3

1. Q:  What is a brownie camera?
    A: A long-running popular kind of simple and cheap cameras.

2. Q: Who invented it and when?
    A:  It was invented by Eastman Kodak in February of 1900

3. Q: How did it change society, and of course, the photography world?
    A: It made low-cost photography popular and introduced the snapshot. It was meant to be a camera that anyone could use and afford.

Web Assignment Number 1

This picture is made by the photographer Nicéphore Niépce. He was a French inventor and is most well known for making the world's first know photograph in 1825   This picture was originally made on glass, but it was destroyed.

Web Assignment Number 2

1.  Q: What is a daguerrotype? What did the surface of a daguerrotype resemble? When were they prominent? What photographic process did the daguerrotype replace?
    A: A daguerrotype was the very first photographic system that made money. The surface is like a fragile mirror.

2. Q: What is an "albumen" print? What was the main "ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out?
   A: An albumen print was the first photographic print from a negative that made money.  Egg whites were used to cover the photographic chemicals. The albumen prints started becoming less and less popular in the 20th century.

3. Q: What is a "stereograph?" When were they popular?
   A: To make a stereographic photo you must take two slightly different pictures of the same thing so that when you look at them in a different way it makes a 3D image. They were the most popular from 1865-1880.

4. Q:  What is a "carte de visite?" What were they used for?
   A: The carte de visite was a kind of small picture made in France by photographer  André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri. They were usually on an albumen print and were used for trading cards.

5. Q:  Who were Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner? They both are notable for what type of photography? When were they active? Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.
    A: Matthew Brady was an American photographer in the 19th century.
        Alexander Gardner was a Scottish photographer from 1856-1882 . They both were well known for their photos of the American Civil War.