A Nook of Photos
[nook: a hidden or secluded spot]
Day after day photographs amaze the mind and startle the eye.
Dec 19, 2008
8:02pm
Nadar was the first person to really utilize the “flash light” to take photos in dark places. For Nadar it was the catacombs and sewers of Paris. If memory serves (as it is a bit muddled), the first flash was made by igniting a magnesium ribbon, it’s fleeting hence the cloud of smoke after it fires, just as in firework displays. Flash light is extremely important in taking good pictures and it seems to be the least discussed attribute of photography. By the way, the mineral lime was used in an early form of artificial light—it was bright and ‘clean’, it was too bright to be used in homes, so it was used to light far away scenes (hence the saying “in the limelight” in the theatre world).
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Dec 19, 2008
8:02pm
Nadar was the first person to really utilize the “flash light” to take photos in dark places. For Nadar it was the catacombs and sewers of Paris. If memory serves (as it is a bit muddled), the first flash was made by igniting a magnesium ribbon, it’s fleeting hence the cloud of smoke after it fires, just as in firework displays. Flash light is extremely important in taking good pictures and it seems to be the least discussed attribute of photography. By the way, the mineral lime was used in an early form of artificial light—it was bright and ‘clean’, it was too bright to be used in homes, so it was used to light far away scenes (hence the saying “in the limelight” in the theatre world).
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