Research and Development

The following is research on the development of photography and its uses over its evolution:

    Many people have forgotten the wonders of photography and its influences around every home of modern society. If it was not for the creation of the camera, our world would be very different to how we know it. The simplest things around us such as DVDs, CDs, televisions and even the clothes we wear have all been a product of photography. The basic function of a camera is capturing a aimed image by using radiation on a sensitive material such as film or electronic sensor.
    The first ever camera was talked about by Chinese philosopher Mo Di and Greek mathematicians Aristotle and Euclid which resembled the pinhole camera back in 5th and 4th centuries BC. Hundreds of years passed until the photography process involving chemicals became a running trade in the 1820s. Back then of course only the most wealthy were in touch of a camera. Photographs first had brown tones caused by the albumen process which then evolved to black and white. Black and white proved to be a successful product even outselling colour film after its invention. This was mainly due to the price of colour film but at the time people also favoured black and white for its ‘classic’ photograph look.
    Many camera qualities have come and gone over the last 50 years including the famous disposable cameras for holidays or special occasions which have sold in the millions. In today’s world, we probably all have at least one digital camera in our homes. Personally in my home we have at the least 6 forms of digital cameras including our mobiles. We forget that those what seem ancient inventions of displaying a memory onto paper has transformed our world from simple life all the way to the computers, mobiles, satellite systems and games we use and take for granted every day.