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Santa Pictures + Marketing for your BusinessEarly Travel Photography
The world seemed full of unexplored wonders until the mid 19th century. That was until steamships, railroads, and cameras made it possible for more people to travel to distant and exotic lands and share their visual experiences. People were hungry for these mysterious and far off places and hungrier still for those photographs.
Previously drawings and paintings were the only way for people to experience these strange lands from the comforts of their homes, but this was an artist’s personal vision and interpretation that was being handed down. Then the camera came around and offered an extension of one’s own vision; a photograph was accepted as “real”, a faithful image created by a technical and scientific method.
One of the first and most prolific travel destinations for early photographers was the Near East. This was due to it’s exotic scenery and it’s association with biblical history and ancient cultures. Within months of the announcement of the daguerreotype in 1839 a photographic team was in Egypt. Because there was no way of reproducing the daguerrotypes directly, they had to be traced and reproduced as copperplate engravings. The invention of the calotype and the collodian processes allowed reproductions of Near East photographs to be made available to more people.
One of the most spectacular regions of all, the western frontier of the United States remained largely unexplored and recorded by photographers until the late 1860s. Explorers and artists had been in the Rocky Mountain area long before this time but their stories and sketches were long thought to be exaggerations. After the American Civil War photographers were set out to explore and map the West with government expeditions. This was a daunting task as the camera in it’s strong box was a heavy load to carry up the rocks.
Yet the photographers and government explorers did take the task head on and provided some of the very first travel photographs of the American frontier. Now almost every expedition from government agencies to family outings is accompanied by photographer helping to record the history and the landscape of the world as we know it.
Something to consider when we look at travel photography today.
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I agree with you, I love to see pics of the Rocky Mountains. Reminds me of the song, "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver
That's 1839 not 1893 for the daguerrotype.
Barry- Good catch. Must have been my dlsexica!!
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Digital is the easiest to use and be able to see your pictures quickly, you can delete the ones you don't want and save paper. You'll probably want one that is at least a 4 megapixle for good resolution up to 8x10 prints.
I have been into photography for quite some time. I would suggest going to a camera store and seeing what they have. Some stores have used cameras that you can start out with that are not expensive then you can go from there.
First, take some photography classes. If you are lucky you'll get to use a fully manual 35mm film camera and process your film and make prints from your negatives. You will learn about light, f-stops, ISO, shutter speeds and composition.
I have had photography classes, and I have done photography assignments in the past, nothing big. This is going to be about an hour or so of photography for a renewal of vows/wedding ceremony.
I'm also going traveling soon and am looking forward to taking pictures of the places I visit.
I have to create a collage for a photography class contest. i wanted to take black and white photos. perhaps, of the city. i just need some suggestions on what exactly to take pictures of. e.g. the graphiti.
i'm trying to not create anything that can be seen as cliche. i want my project to be exciting and random ! [: you people of the internet always have numerous great ideas, and i'm glad you all can help ! thanks in advance.
When I need a theme I go through all the words I like and work with them. or if I think of a theme, even when I won't need it or have no ideas for it, I'll write it down in a book so I can go back to it as I come up with ideas.
Find one common object that varies throughout the city and take pictures of only that object. For instance, you could do mailboxes and find a bunch of completely different ones.
Yes the digital is the easiest to use and be able to see your pictures quickly, you can delete the ones you don’t want and save paper. You’ll probably want one that is at least a 4 megapixle for good resolution up to 8×10 prints.
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I am an event and band photographer at night but stuck in a dead end day job, I really want to travel and work along the way, does anyone have any useful tips on how i can combine the two and make money from my photography? country music
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Interesting post. The world must have seemed so exciting and so exotic back then. The world is so small nowadays I envy the sense of adventure the early travel photographers must have felt.
I also would suggest going to a camera store and seeing what they have. Some stores have used cameras that you can start out with that are not expensive then you can go from there.
I'm also planing a travel soon and I will take pictures of the places I visit.
I agree with you, I love to see pics of the Rocky Mountains. Reminds me of the song, "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver
I agree with you, I love to see pics of the Rocky Mountains. Reminds me of the song, "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver
'm also going traveling soon and am looking forward to taking pictures of the places I visit.
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