5 Interesting Photography Facts

1. Kodak was named after what the owner thought the shutter sounded like.

2. The word photography derives from the Greek words ‘photos’ – meaning light and ‘graphien’ – to draw.

3. The most expensive camera in the world named “Daguerreotype” is 168-year-old and belongs to a US-based scholar and was inherited from his father, a technical photography professor at Munich University. The starting bid is $132,000.

4. Due to the length of exposure time, some photographers employed the use of neck braces to clamp the subject’s head and neck into place.

5. 35mm film was 1st made in the late 1800's.

The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by James Maxwell, the British physicist.Source: http://www.eurogallery.org/news/general-info/interesting-facts-about-the-history-of-photography-50/ @www.eurogallery.orgDue to the length of exposure time, some photographers employed the use of neck braces to clamp the subject’s head and neck into place.

The first color photograph was taken in 1861 by James Maxwell, the British physicist.Source: http://www.eurogallery.org/news/general-info/interesting-facts-about-the-history-of-photography-50/ @www.eurogallery.org