Resources:

 

Explore these sites to get an overview of what is needed to be found to make photographs.

 

Cameras and other Image-Forming Devices

(Discussions and blue prints for making cameras, with or without lenses!)

http://www.precinemahistory.net/index.html

http://www.visual-media.be/visualmedia.html

http://www.f295.org/

http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/pf-faq.html

http://www.jumbo.th.com/application.html

http://pinholeresource.com/

http://www.pinhole.com/

Off-Line:

Adventures with Pinhole and Home-Made Cameras, by John Evans, RotoVision SA, Switzerland, 2003.

The Beginner's Guide to Pinhole Photography, by Jim Shull, Amherst Media, Buffalo, NY, 1999.

 

Light-Sensitive Materials

(Recipes for a variety of photographic coatings)

www.photoformulary.com

http://albumen.stanford.edu/

http://www.f295.org/

http://www.alternativephotography.com/

http://www.rockaloid.com/

http://www.grand-illusions.com/roman.htm

http://www.classic-photography-school.com/

Off-Line:

The Keepers of Light, A History & Working Guide to Early Photographic Processes, by William Crawford, Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry NY, 1979.

Historic Photographic Processes: A Guide to Creating Handmade Photographic Images by Richard Farber, Allworth Press, New York 1998

New Dimensions in Photo Processes, Fourth Edition: A Step by Step Manual for Alternative Techniques, by Laura Blacklow, Focal Press, London, 2007.

 


Do-It-Yourself Chemistry

(Helpful for finding how to make some of the photo-sensitive substances from natural sources on the island)

http://en.wikipedia.org/

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

http://www.chemicalforums.com/

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/

http://chemistry.about.com/

http://www.mallbaker.com/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

Off-Line:

Photo Lab Index: Lifetime Edition, Liliane DeCock, Editor, Morgan & Morgan, Dobbs Ferry NY, continually updated.  Its chemical section gives details on how each one is made or where it naturally occurs.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, any edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton FL, any year.

 

Previous:

Introduction:  http://cuip.net/~ewesly/WebQuest/Introduction.htm

Task:  http://cuip.net/~ewesly/WebQuest/Task.htm

Process:  http://cuip.net/~ewesly/WebQuest/Process.htm

 

Next:

Evaluation:  http://cuip.net/~ewesly/WebQuest/Evaluation.htm

Conclusion:  http://cuip.net/~ewesly/WebQuest/Conclusion.htm

Teaching Guide:  http://cuip.net/~ewesly/WebQuest/TeachingGuide.htm