Published Jun 6, 2021
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Facts About The Photography We Didn't Know..

Published Jun 6, 2021
2 mins read
472 words

Fact 1: Never Smiled in Old Photos

Old photograph were taken was a huge process, because the technology was not advance like this days. so the subjects still same for an hour to get expose correctly.

No one smile 

Fact 2: Photos on Negatives 

The negatives was developed by using a mixture of gallic acid and silver nitrate as a agent and some times add silver iodide also.

we can use Coffee, Vitamin C and Washing Soda also to develop our black and white negatives. 

While developing the negative a image

Fact 3: Highly Viewed Photograph

That is the default wallpaper on Windows Xp, that is called "Bliss"  that was capture by Charles O’Rear in 1996, and one more thing is, he didn't make money as we imagine, because the Microsoft was brought on the image in a stock website called corbis. 

The Bliss - Windows Xp default wallpaper

Fact 4: Most Popular Subject for Photography on 1800's

Popular subjects are the dead bodies, the way to keep the memories of the family members.

Cat Photography has origin in that century too, this one is the popular search on google still.

memories of the family members.

 Fact 5: Most Expensive Photograph

Its sold $4.3 Million ($4,338,500) at auction in 2011, it was capture by Andreas Gursky in 1999.

One more thing is Peter Lik's boats image was sold for $7 Million but there is no proof.

romantic hymn to the grandeur of the Rhine River

Fact 6: First Photo of a Person

The first person's photo was accidentally captured, by a photographer called Louis Daguerre. Because his intention was captured the β€œBoulevard du Temple in Paris”. At the time, that person was  getting polished his shoe in the street.

First person photo was captured accidental

Fact 7: Record holding Camera Collections

The Person called Dilish Parekh, a photo journalist from Mumbai, India. He was collected around 4425 no's of antique model camera. He was own this camera around 25 years. In his collection there is one 1934 model Leica 250, one of only 1,000 ever produced was most priced one.

Dilish Parekh, with his camera collections

Fact 8: Weight of Digital Camera

Weight of the old digital cameras are around 3.2kg which compared to the latest DSLR cameras (0.9 kg), in that old digital cameras only shot 0.01MP. That camera was invented by Steven Sasson in 1975, when he work for Kodak.

Comparative size of an old digital camera with the modern DSLR camera

Fact 9: Photographs taken Everyday

There is no numbers were taken on every day, but estimates suggestion around 1 Trillion on every year. On average 95 Million on instagram and 300 Million on Facebook, were uploaded on everyday.

Estimation report for every year taken images
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