History of Photography

Do know When and Where did photography first originate. Today here I am to share it with you.Enjoy reading it.

HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

The history of photography commenced with the invention and development of the camera and the creation of permanent images starting with Thomas Wedgwood in 1790 and culminating in the work of the French inventor 'Joseph Nicephore Niepce' in 1826.

ETYMOLOGY

The coining of the word "Photography" has been attributed in 1839 to Sir Jhon Herschel based on the Greek φῶς (phos),(genitive: phōtós) meaning "light", and γραφή (graphê), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light".

DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

The chraged-coupled device (CCD) is the most important invention for digital photography. It was invented in 1969 by Williard Boyle and George Smith at AT&T Bell labs. The lab was working on the Picturephone and on the development of semiconductor bubble memory. Merging these two initiatives, Boyle and Smith conceived of the design of what they termed 'Charge "Bubble" Devices'. The essence of the design was the ability to transfer charge along the surface of a semiconductor.

• 1973 - Fairchild semiconductor releases the first large image forming CCD chip; 100 rows and 100 columns.
• 1975 - Bryce Bayer of Kodak develops the Bayer filter mosaic pattern for CCD color image sensors
• 1986 - Kodak scientists develop the world's first megapixel sensor.

The web has been a popular medium for storing and sharing photos ever since the first photograph was published on the web by sir Tim Berners Lee in 1992 (an image of the CERN house band ). Today popular sites such as Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket are used by millions of people to share their pictures.