The Future of Photography

There is no better picture than the picture we get with our human eye. However, will there ever be a camera that will be able to compose images that compare to what we see with our everyday eye? Well according to about.com there is. Researchers at the University of Northwestern in Illinois and the University of Illinois have been developing technologies to hopefully one day create a camera capable of taking photographs that have an equal quality to the human eye. The main concept is creating a curved image sensor for the camera lens, that is equal to the curved human eye. This rises the question will cameras someday match the quality of the human eye? Also, can the camera image even surpass the quality of what the human eye can see?

about.com story about the curved image sensor

The Curved Image Sensor

The Digital Camera (Modern Day Camera)

In Todays culture, the most commonly used camera is the digital camera. It is a step up from the previously used film camera, due to the fact that you can display images immediately after you take the picture, it is capable of storing many photos on a small memory device that has the capability of deleting pictures at a moments notice. Digital cameras have even stepped up the game by combining the ability to take videos and pictures on one device. These two qualities are just the beginning of what these cameras are capable of today. The number one selling camera of 2011 is the Nikon D3100 14.2MP Digital SLR with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR Nikkor Zoom Lens. Now this is difficult to understand obviously, but some details about this camera in plain english is that it has a 3-inch LCD screen and can create HD movies. It is hard to think about what can be done next to top the cameras of today. a Review of the Nikon D3100

Kodak The Camera for Everyone

In 1888 George Eastman created the first Kodak camera and with it created the slogan "you press the button, we do the rest." This was the first time that the process of taking and getting pictures was made simple and easy, and available to anyone. Since then, Kodak has been one of the frontrunners for the photography business creating easy innovating ways to take and make great pictures. Kodak is even extremely involved in how business communicate with one another and their customers. This site below has an interactive history of Kodak, giving you an easier way to see how Kodak has become one of the greatest companies of the world. interactive history of Kodak Kodak Commercial from 1958

Photojournalism

Photos are an extremely important part of the media today, and has been important for a very long time. Not only can you take pictures to keep track of your family and friends, one main use of photos is the use of photos to show news in something called photojournalism. It started as soon as the printing press was invented, however printing presses could only publish from engravings till about 1880. The first photojournalist was Carol Szathmari who had photos engraved and published during and about the Crimean War between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in the time of the 1850's. In today's culture photos can turn a common news story into a bone chilling message. Some of these photos are examples of that.

Netflix

One major form of media that has been important for a long time are of course movies. However recently, one different form of media has been how we as viewers receive and watch these films. For a time in my life the top way of watching a movie was either seeing it in a theatre or renting it from a place like Blockbuster. This all changed in 1997 when Marc Randolph and Mitch Lowe created Netflix.

This changed the way we see people movies. On Netflix you can go online and pick a movie, and then have it delivered to your house the next day. It was later developed that you could stream a movie through a gaming device such as an XBOX 360 or your computer. Rental places are now starting to decline as Netflix rises. It is easy to see that a new generation of movie watching has developed!

Charlie Sheen's Rant

One thing that I find interesting is how much the actual media today can put so much attention on one person, and how in my opinion, the media can drive someone crazy. Recently Charlie Sheen had a radio interview with Alex Jones Sheen bashed his bosses at CBS which soon lead to the end of his job on his hit show "Two and A Half Men" and the show was then soon cancelled for the rest of the season.

Even after his crazy rant (Which I have attached a link for) the craziest part is that this has put him in a better position than CBS. He has sued Chuck Lorre for 100 million dollars, Sheen now has 20 concert dates set due to the fact that his rants are so entertaining, and CBS President and CEO Les Moonves wants Sheen back on the show. Most likely because this was the number one show on TV prior to Sheens dismissal. I feel this is connected to media because of the popularity of this occurence and how fast this incident spread. There are many places to find this video, however one of the most important media tools today Youtube has logged about 280,000 views on this interview.

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/charlie-sheen-rant-listen-here/

First Music Video

Before Michael Jackson hit the world with the "Thriller" video, someone had to make a video that could contain sound. William Dickson create a video that experimented with sound as he played a well known song titled "Song of the Cabin Boy" which was composed in 1877. This is a big step in media due to the fact that this was the first step to things such as MTV and like I had stated before famous music videos such as Thriller and many others.


http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/the-first-music-video-1895/

Invention of youtube

Youtube is one of the most important things to ever come to the world of media. It is an easy way to see a video of anything you want, a song, a movie clip, or a funny video of some guy falling. Youtube has changed the way that people look at media and search media topics. Many people today have become famous because of their video or videos that they have put on youtube. It was created in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim in their garage! It is crazy how something created in a garage can have such an impact on the world.




http://inventors.about.com/od/xyzstartinventions/a/YouTube.htm

Fact Checking Assignment #3

In the movie "The Fall of the Republic," a big topic is the idea that a large amount of our nation's money is going to foreign banks and foreign aid, however a source that says the opposite. According to one.org our nation actually spends less than one percent of our budget on foreign aid. This website has a few graphs and charts that show a little goes a long way in this situation, one of the many amazing facts on this website is that "USAID responded to 46 of 57 disasters in countries with assistance coming within 72 hours."

http://one.org/blog/2011/02/18/foreign-aid-where-is-all-the-money-going/

Fact Checking Assignment #2

In the documentary "The Fall of the Republic" narrator Alex Jones states that CO2 has no negative effect on the environment and that it does not effect climate change. However I have found some websites that disagree with this statement. An article co-written by Ken Caldeira states that "trees and other plants help keep the planet cool, but rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are turning down this global air conditioner. According to a study by researchers in the Carnegie Institute for Science, in some regions more than a quarter of the warming from increased carbon dioxide is due to its direct impact on vegetation." The article continues to talk about the issue, and there were other sites that said things similar to this. However, I figured this quote would be enough, because who would you rather believe... Radio host Alex Jones? Or the Carnegie Institute for Science?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100503161435.htm
(Link to see the article about Carbon Dioxide)