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LESSON 3:
PHOTOGRAPHY

GROUP 3

PHOTOGRAPHY
 LEARNING OUTCOMES

RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY APPRECIATE THE

01 AND IMPORTANCE OF 02 “RULE OF THIRDS”
PHOTOGRAPHY IN PHOTOGRAPHY

DISCUSS THE TYPES EXHIBIT AN UNDERSTANDING

03 OF PHOTOGRAPHY 04 OF THE ESSENTIAL
COMPONENTS AND FEATURES
OF A CAMERA
 A BRIEF
HISTORY OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
● is the act of capturing light with a camera,

typically by means of a digital sensor or

film.
● The term 'photograph' is derived from two
Greek words: pictures or photos, which
means 'light,' and graph, which means 'line'
or 'drawing.'
● It has evolved into a versatile tool for
human communication and visual
expression with numerous applications.
KODACHROME FILM
● introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1930s.
● made color photography more popular and
accessible.
● Previously, almost all photographs were
monochrome, but a few photographers
straddled the line between chemists and
alchemists using specialized procedures to
create color images for decades.
 Individuals have
always played a role

MOST in the history of

photography as

WELL-KNOWN artists and inventors

who helped advance

PHOTOGRAPHERS the field into the

modern era (Cox, S,
2021).
 Invention: First permanent photograph ("View from the
Window at Le Gras")
When: 1826 in France
Impact: Before this, cameras had existed for millennia,
but they had one major flaw: they couldn't take photos!
They merely projected light onto a different surface,
allowing painters to make actual paintings rather than
pictures. By coating a metal plate with asphalt, which
hardened when exposed to light, Niépce devised a
solution. By washing the solidified product with lavender

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce oil, he could permanently adhere it to the plate.

First permanent photograph ("View from the Window at Le Gras")
 Invention: The Daguerreotype (the first
commercial photographic material)
When: France, 1839
Impact: Images are fixed directly to a heavily
polished sheet of silver-plated copper in
daguerreotypes.
This invention made photography a realistic
reality – even though it was still viewed as an
expensive curiosity by many at the time.
Louis Daguerre
The Daguerreotype (the first commercial photographic material)
 Genre: Portraiture and Documentary
Where: the United States, the late 1800s through
mid-1900s
Impact: He believed that pictures, like paintings or
music, could convey an artist's vision - in other words,
photographers might be artists. Stieglitz is mainly
responsible for today's conception of photography as
an art form.

Alfred Stieglitz
 Genre: Portrait photography
Where: the United States, the 1930s
Impact: A well-known documentary
photographer, Dorothea Lange is credited with
producing one of the most iconic photographs.
Her pictures influenced documentary
photography and, perhaps more than anyone
else demonstrated the camera's ability to
communicate dramatic stories.

Dorothea Lange
 Genre: Photographing landscapes
Where: United States of America
When: the 1920s until the 1960s (for most of
his work)
Impact: Ansel Adams was a pioneer in the
environmental and preservation movements in
the United States, and he was instrumental in
helping in a new era of realism in landscape
photography.
Ansel Adams
THE DIGITAL
ERA OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
● is called the ability to manipulate
and create digital photos. It
captures the picturesque lens with
electrical photosensors. The
captured image is saved as a
digital file that can be processed,
analyzed, and digitally distributed.
 EARLY TO MID-1700s
● The photography process dates back to
the early to mid-1700s. It begins with
Obscura, the predecessor to the camera
(a Latin word that means "dark room").
The light that passed through the
pinhole created an image on the glass.
There was a box.

OBSCURA
1820s
● In the 1820s, a French specialist named Joseph
Niepce improved the lithograph, a printing
technology primarily reliant on the immiscibility
of oil and water.
● Joseph duplicated gravings on glass using
diverse materials (mainly bitumen and
light-reacting asphalt). When light bounces off
the paper, the image is copied.
 1900s
● In 1900, the general population
had access to photography.
● The first camera in the
neighborhood was Kodak No. 1.

KODAK NO. 1
 CHARGED COUPLE
FUJIFILM DS-1P DYCAM MODEL
DEVICE

● a type of sensor that ● was the world's first

● was the first
captures an image by
digital camera to record commercially available
converting light into
digital camera in 1990.
numerical data. images digitally and
was released in 1988.
 RULE OF
THIRDS
COMPOSITION
RULE OF THIRDS
● is a well-known design technique for
enhancing the vitality and excitement of
photographs.
● Mentally dividing the image into two horizontal
and two vertical lines is required.
● Two evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
are required to divide the image into nine equal
sections. Important compositional elements
should be arranged along these lines.
HOW TO USE THE RULE OF THIRDS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

● The objective is, to horizontally and

vertically divide the image into three
parts, making nine frames. These
frames are used to establish where
the primary topics of your
photograph should be positioned. It
can happen on or along the lines. If
placed in these areas, the subjects
provide a pleasant visual impact that
helps to direct the viewer's eye
naturally.
● The subject must be separated into an
organic shot within the frame. The
subject may be both the character and
the required collaborator.
● Each subject is situated on the opposite
side of the frame. To ensure that the
same attention is paid to both. For the
viewer to perceive them well, these things
require more space.
● The horizon should be in the middle of
the frame when photographing
landscapes. But often, the image looks
better if the horizon is on the top or
bottom horizontal line.
 TYPES OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
 COMMON PHOTOGRAPHY STYLES

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

- is the practice of taking - focuses solely on - consists of photographic

photographs of the ground capturing images from work performed for
from a height. outer space. marketing purposes.
 VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

ADVERTISING
AUTOMOTIVE
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY

ARCHITECTURE
FOOD
AND INTERIOR
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
 VARIOUS FORMS OF COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

JEWELRY PRODUCT
PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY

SPORTS
JOURNALISM PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
 COMMON PHOTOGRAPHY STYLES

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY HEADSHOT PHOTOGRAPHY

- also known as crime scene
- This photography photography, wherein the - This focuses
captures images with photographer's work captures primarily on the
an abstract influence. images to represent the crime individual's face.
scene correctly.
 COMMON PHOTOGRAPHY STYLES

MACRO NATURE NUDE PORTRAIT

PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY

- refers to photographs - the main subject is - is about portraying - to capturing a person's

of a specific subject somewhat related to the human body in disposition by
taken in close proximity. nature. naked form. emphasizing their face
andexpression.
 COMMON PHOTOGRAPHY STYLES

STILL LIFE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY
- includes capturing images of a
- entails photographing objects - takes candid images of particular landscape, traditions,
that have been grouped open places or people in their customs, or even people from
together on purpose to create a normal element.
different places.
particular composition.
 BASIC COMPONENTS AND FEATURES OF A CAMERA
Viewfinder- It is used to view the Lens- The camera's eye is used with
captured image of the subject. a camera body and mechanism to
Data display- It is used to capture images of objects.
display the menu for adjusting the
different camera operations.

Shutter Release Button

- The button is on a camera
used to take photos.

Electronic sensor Aperture- is a light-traveling

- It transmits and opening in a camera that may
detects information be changed to control the
used to make an quantity of light that reaches the
image. image sensor.
 OTHER COMPONENTS OF CAMERA
Hot Shoe - is the top of the Self-Time - It's used to
camera and is used to extend the period between
attach a flash unit. pushing the shutter button
and the camera taking
Camera Body the picture.
- It is the housing for the
camera. Built-in Flash - is used to
capture a shot of weakly light
views. It may automatically
Focus Point Selection Button
shoot in some
- During AF shooting, it selects
the position to set the focus (the modes.
AF point).
Live View Shooting (Movie
Lens Mount -It is the section Shooting Switch)- is used to
connecting the exchangeable lens turn on or off the Live View
to the camera body. feature.
THE END.