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Modern day photography dates back to the early 1800's. The word
photography is derived from the Greeks; photos meaning light and
graphein meaning to draw. The word was first used in 1839 by
scientist Sir John FW Herschel to describe a method of recording
images. That was 12 years after the first photograph was captured
by Frenchman Louis Jacque Mande Daguerre, a professional opera
scene painter. This first process took eight hours and he then
worked 12 more years to reduce the expose time to under 30 minutes
and keep the image from disappearing. These first photographs were
exposed on metal that had been sensitized to accept the image and
were called Daguerreotypes after their French inventor. Then came
the tintype, invented in 1856 by Hamilton Smith. This was a thin
sheet of iron used as a base for light sensitive material to
produce a photograph.
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Combining photography with the passion of hiking, biking and
mountain climbing can result in the most incredible photographs
imaginable. Whether it's ice climbing in the Rockies, with your
camera bag packed safely away, until you reach the summit where you
have a breathtaking panoramic view of the frozen earth spread out
as far as the eye can see. Or a leisurely springtime hike up a
flower carpeted Pocono hillside with your camera close at hand to
catch that pheasant or covey of quail. The outdoors and photography
are a perfect match.
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