Monochrome Photography

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Photography is one of the most creative ways to express yourself. Photography was not only invented but created over and over again as time has passed and it has greatly transformed over time. Not only the processes of the image, but the way that cameras have developed, but also the way the film has been printed. You would not believe the things people can do with photography now. “Photography mediates our experience of the modern world,” (Photography). The word from “Photography” comes from the Greek words, photos which are light, and graphene which is to draw. This word was first used by John F.W. Herschel. He used it as the process of recording images by the action of light. Shown on the left (Pinhole Cameras) the first camera created was …show more content…

Some full-color digital images are processed using a variety of techniques to create black-and-white results, and some manufacturers produce digital cameras that exclusively shoot monochrome. Monochrome printing or electronic display can be used to salvage certain photographs taken in color which are unsatisfactory in their original form; sometimes when presented as black-and-white or single-color-toned images they are found to be more effective. Although color photography has long predominated, monochrome images are still produced, mostly for artistic reasons. Almost all digital cameras have an option to shoot in monochrome, and almost all image editing software can combine or selectively discard RGB color channels to produce a monochrome image from one shot in color. The biggest invention would have to be color photography, they found out how to make it a resonable price, this made photography truly came to life. In the early 1940s, all color films (but not Kodachrome, 1935) were brought to the market. These films used the new technology of dye coupled colors. In this chemical process, it connects the three dye layers together to create a visible color image. After color film was brought out there needed to be an easier way for photography to be more on the go. In 1948 Edwin Herbert Land made this possible by inventing the polaroid camera. He made a one step process for developing and printing photos which created instant

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