History of Computers - Color Photography
By Josh Thomas
Color Photography
Color Photography is a form of photography that is capable of retaining color in photos. It is more advance than monochrome photography that is only able to produce shades of gray in its photos. Color Photography was first produced in 1861 by physicist, James Clerk Maxwell. Color photography paved the way for the vivid color images we have now and even movies and videos we watch on our computers everyday.
Overview
The first successful color photo was taken in 1861 when James Maxwell perfected the color separation method. The color separation method is when a photographer takes separate photos using different filters. James used a red, green, and blue filter and projected the images with their individual filters overlapping them to create the first color photo. Inventors kept making improvements until eventually the modern era of photography came about with the invention of Kodachrome film by musicians, Leopold Godowsky Jr. and Leopold Mannes. This reversible slide film made it so color transparencies were suitable for projection and reproduction. Kodachrome was so successful in color photography that it became the most popular film and was used for photography and cinematography.
Significance
With the invention of color photography, people were able to begin taking color photographs and eventually color movies. Color photographs are one of the most important things in technology today. When someone buys a new phone, one of the main things they look at is, how good the camera is and how real the pictures are. Color photography was the first technology able to capture a photograph that was so close to real life. With color photography our technology gained color and became much more appealing.
Links
http://gizmodo.com/5802785/how-a-scottish-physicist-accidentally-created-ultraviolet-photography
http://www.amazon.com/Kodak-Kodachrome-64-Film-Daylight/dp/B0000520IT
http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/04/30/the-history-of-color-in-photography
http://www.britannica.com/technology/photography/Perfecting-the-medium-c-1900-c-1945#toc252871
