Web Thingy #2

1. What is a Daguerrotype? What did the surface of a daguerrotype resemble? When where they Prominent? What photographic process did the daguerrotype replace??
So... A daguerrotype is a photo that was taken as a positive picture on a silver copper plat in the earlier times. The surface of it was kinda like a mirror and was prominent at like 1841.. This process soon replace the camera obscuras.

This was a famous Daguerrotype of Henry Clay!

2. What is an "Albumen" print? What was the main "Ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out???

It was the first commercially exploitable method to print pictures on paper. The main ingredient in albumen is.. Haha.. Albumin! Just change the e to an i! Hahaha! Okay.. Then this process started to die down maybe around the 1850's.

I guess this is an Albumen print. It's also a  Carte de visite.

3. What is a "Stereograph"? When were they popular?

A stereograph is like giving a picture a 3-D perspective. It's kinda like turning the picture 3-D I think. They started getting popular in the early 1900's or something like that.. I don't know the exact year and date... ^v^;

4. What is a "Carte de Visite"? What ere they used for? 

Carte de visite is a small portrait of someone. All I know is that (If I translate it right...) Post the visit... Or something like that.. I dunno I only took french for 3 years and I suck really bad... =A=~ I would guess something like a post card but that doesn't sound right... OwO;

5. Who were Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardener? They both are notable for what type of photography? When were they active? Post two photographs for each photographer. 

Well Mr. Brady and Mr. Gardener were famous photographers during the Civil War, noting of how they got famous was through their pictures during the war. The two started in different years, Mr. Brady in 1844 and Mr. Gardener in 1856. Only a... 12 year difference... Hahaha.. Yeah.

Matthew Brady took this after running after the Unions. I think.

A picture Alexander Gardener took. He said it shows the death of a sharp shooter with him a gun over heads..

Nicéphore Niépce (Web thingy #1)

Nicéphore was born in Charlon-sur-Saône, France. He was a very interesting guy.. He joineed the french army under the control of Nepolean! He became a staff officer, then had to leave because of medical reasons.. Yeah.. QnQ But then he started becoming a photographer! Fascinated with obscura's and nature, his first attempt at taking a picture was in 1816. Then his first actual picture was 1826. Which is actually the picture belooow!

~View from the Window at La Gras~

One day Nicécephone looking a camera (I think... )made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier and then over the summer in 1826, he made his first picture obscura! It was from the Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. He had to have 8 hours of light for this to print out! He used a polished pewter plate covered with this weird thing called...... Bitumen of Judea... But it says it's petroleum deivative!(whatever that is..) =w=; Sooo... Good job Nicéphone! Ow<