A little knowledge is a dangerous thing or so the saying goes. Of course, generally in photographic circles, a little knowledge is not so much dangerous as potentially embarrassing. One way to combat this is to arm yourself with some entirely useless, but undeniably interesting facts about our chosen pastime. Do take a look at these conversation enhancing tidbits.
Tag: Kodak
Posts about Kodak.
Flash is something we take for granted in photography today. Many of our cameras have built in flashguns, there are powerful and incredibly sophisticated mounted flashguns, wireless slaves and of course studio flash lights with incredible versatility. Of course it hasn’t always been that way, yet the requirement we have for flash these days still stems from the same basic needs of the pioneer photographers and that is to supplement or provide light to take pictures.
In a recent article we took a look at the history of Nikon cameras, from their early beginnings to the international brand it is today. Perhaps, Nikon’s biggest rival in recent decades has been Canon, and in many respects the story of Canon is very similar to Nikon’s. As with Nikon, Canon was formed as […]
We Love Photography – You love Photography It’s why we’re here reading this blog. Right? But, what is the story behind that love affair? Photography – The Early Years The origin of photography is credited to Thomas Wedgwood who developed the first working camera and the creation of permanent images in 1790. The coining of […]
Today, we are spoilt for choice – there are an incredible number cameras for us to choose from. What has remained fairly constant however is the manufacturers of those cameras. Although there are a few newer players, mainly from the consumer electronics industry, there is still a hard core of the well known tr1aditional camera makers in any top ten list of photographic companies. Over the next few months we are going to take brief look at the history of some of the most iconic camera makers around today, starting with Nikon.
The world of photography has been very busy with some really terrific photographs and content being posted and shared in all corners of the internet. Toad Hollow Photography has been busy all week curating this list of tutorials, reviews, special features, collections, great photography and interesting blogs to share here with everyone. We really hope […]
