Google honors photography icon in new Doodle.
Google Doodle is back on the search engine giant’s homepage to celebrate what would have been the 224th birthday of the French artist and physicist Louis Daguerre. Daguerre is the second French national to receive a Doodle this month. Google’s France website celebrated the birthday of French statesman André Malraux on November 3.
According to the Wikipedia entry about Louis Daguerre, he was recognized for his invention of the “daguerreotype” process of photography. Apparently, the technique was named after him.
Daguerreotype, still according to WikiPedia, was first commercially successful photographic process, and according to an NPR article posted last year, Daguerre’s Boulevard du Temple could be the first photograph to include a human being (homo sapiens). The photo was taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, and it captured a man standing alongside the road.
Louis Daguerre achieve the Boulevard du Temple after exposing a chemically treated metal plate for ten minutes. Surprisingly, the person standing alongside the road was not the only person around that time. Other “human beings” were walking or riding in carriages down but they’re were moving so they didn’t show up.
Google’s new Doodle is really inspiring and very interesting. It shows the development of photography and how it affects our daily lives. Today, almost all smartphones have 5 to 8-megapixel cameras with 3 second to zero shutter lag.
Speaking of cameras, Google is selling a new smartphone today in United Kingdom which features a five-megapixel back camera with zero-shutter lag, the Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus which features the newest version of Android’s operating system, the Ice Cream Sandwich. Coincidence? Well, maybe.
Aside from polishing the user interface, the new Galaxy Nexus with the new OS features a sophisticated camera application that can shoot photos without the delay or lag and users can also edit images instantly.
So, after 200 plus years, photography has evolved and has revolutionised image making and the way we take “human photos.” Aside from the faster capture, it is now easier for us to snap a shot and easily share it to others through social networking sites like Google+, Facebook or Twitter.
Happy Birthday Louis Daguerre, and thanks Google for the new doodle.
This report was originally posted on PopHerald.com as Louis Daguerre Google Doodle and the Galaxy Nexus, under Gadgets and Mobile Category.
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Google Doodle is back on the search engine giant’s homepage to celebrate what would have been the 224th birthday of the French artist and physicist Louis Daguerre. Daguerre is the second French national to receive a Doodle this month. Google’s France website celebrated the birthday of French statesman André Malraux on November 3.
According to the Wikipedia entry about Louis Daguerre, he was recognized for his invention of the “daguerreotype” process of photography. Apparently, the technique was named after him.
Daguerreotype, still according to WikiPedia, was first commercially successful photographic process, and according to an NPR article posted last year, Daguerre’s Boulevard du Temple could be the first photograph to include a human being (homo sapiens). The photo was taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris, and it captured a man standing alongside the road.
Louis Daguerre achieve the Boulevard du Temple after exposing a chemically treated metal plate for ten minutes. Surprisingly, the person standing alongside the road was not the only person around that time. Other “human beings” were walking or riding in carriages down but they’re were moving so they didn’t show up.
Google’s new Doodle is really inspiring and very interesting. It shows the development of photography and how it affects our daily lives. Today, almost all smartphones have 5 to 8-megapixel cameras with 3 second to zero shutter lag.
Speaking of cameras, Google is selling a new smartphone today in United Kingdom which features a five-megapixel back camera with zero-shutter lag, the Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus which features the newest version of Android’s operating system, the Ice Cream Sandwich. Coincidence? Well, maybe.
Aside from polishing the user interface, the new Galaxy Nexus with the new OS features a sophisticated camera application that can shoot photos without the delay or lag and users can also edit images instantly.
So, after 200 plus years, photography has evolved and has revolutionised image making and the way we take “human photos.” Aside from the faster capture, it is now easier for us to snap a shot and easily share it to others through social networking sites like Google+, Facebook or Twitter.
Happy Birthday Louis Daguerre, and thanks Google for the new doodle.
This report was originally posted on PopHerald.com as Louis Daguerre Google Doodle and the Galaxy Nexus, under Gadgets and Mobile Category.
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Galaxy S2 to bite the “Ice Cream” next year
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