Crazy facts on photography

Photography is an interesting art all over the world. There is something special about getting a picture clicked. The rush it gives, the peace it gives. Especially Dubai photography! The beauty of Dubai captured in a lens to look upon forever is surely and out of the world experience. But did you know these fun facts about photography in general? Take a look!

• Back in the 1820’s, photography took ours for one picture only!

• Because of which mothers would disguise themselves as chairs to get their child’s photo taken.

• Because of the long hours it took, photographers would usually take pictures of children who were dead. Creepy?

• Today, there are as many photos clicked every two minutes than they were clicked in the whole 1800.

• The first digital camera was created by Kodak which took 23 seconds to capture a picture.

• The first digital camera was of only 0.1 megapixels.

• The total number Facebook at present is 10,000 times more than the total number of photographs that are in the US library of congress.

• The first very colored photograph was taken in 1861. The photographer used red, yellow and blue to create a tartan ribbon and later combined to bring colour to the photo

 

• A 4 megapixels camera was the inn thing until Nikon and Canon invented better.

• The oldest photograph known to man is taken in Paris of a man polishing his show in 1838.

• Mankind till date has clicked 3.8 trillion photos and counting every second.

• In a photography competition of 2011 Vereeniging Wikimedia Nederland of Netherlands entered 168208 images and now hold the world record of the most submitted photographs in a competition.

• A study shows that the left side of the human face is more emotional than the right side making is a more pleasant face in a photograph.

• For women the best shot is when the camera is placed above their head at a specific angle.

• For men the best shot is when they are looking away and they don’t smile.

 

• The most expensive camera to date is the 1923 Leica O series camera. This was auctioned for $2.8 million!!

• Dilish Parekh from India holds the record of collecting the most antique cameras. Since 1977, the man has collected almost 4425 cameras.

• As on august 2013, 350 million photos were uploaded on Facebook every day!

• The first aerial photograph was taken by a French photographer

• The founder of Kodak committed suicide and his suicide note read “My work is done- why wait”

• The longest photographic negative in the world is 129 feet long.

• During a solar eclipse, tree leaves act as a pinhole lens.

• Back in 1990 Kodak created cuddle toys to let the kids take their photos.

• Canon and Kodak have reintroduced Polaroid cameras in a digital way.

So, how many facts about photography did you know?