Photography History III – The Digital Era

So far, we've covered the pre-film and the film era, so no prizes for guessing what today's history lesson is going to be about - yup, that's right, the digital era is upon us, and we're taking a look at history as it's happening all around us... Let's launch into the third and final installment in our 3-part series: The history of photography: The Era of Digital.

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Photography History II – The Film Era

Right, yesterday's post was all about how photography came about before film was invented. We had people printing on pewter and inventing the photographic negative, but we all know that the real fun began when we started losing our films down the back of sofas and ruining them when clumsily pressing the wrong button on the camera... So without further ado, the second installment in our 3-part series: The history of photography: The Era of Film.

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Photography History I – Before Film

A few weeks ago, I had a long and interesting discussion about the History of Photography with a friend of mine, and I discovered that while photography is incredibly close to my heart, I didn't really know all that much about everything that has happened in the past. Obviously, that had to change - I give you the first in a 3-part series entitled, without a shred of originality, History of Photography. This time around, we're having a look at what happened before they went ahead and invented film...

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