Assignments Due - Plus Research on the Camera Obscura

Today the following projects are due. Please make sure they are posted to your blog:

• 20 pictures of a single subject 
• Still Life and Statement.

If you have completed these assignments then begin research on the Camera Obscura.

SHARE THIS RESEARCH WITH ME ON A GOOGLE DOC!!!

First begin with this video...it's a brief history of photogrqphy from TED.
Illuminating Photography, From camera Obscura to Camera Phones


Use the following questions to guide you in your exploration of the camera Obscura:

• What does the term Camera Obscura mean?
• What IS a camera Obscura?
• What were the earliest examples of the principles the Camera Obscura utilizes?
• How does the Camera Obscura work?
• How was it used?
• Who is credited with first using the camera Obscura in painting?
• What role did the Camera Obscura play in the development of photography?

Here are some resources to help you:

http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/a-history-of-photography-part-1-the-beginning--photo-1908

http://brightbytes.com/cosite/what.html

http://camera-obscura.co.uk/camera_obscura/camera_history.asp

http://www.obscurajournal.com/history.php