If we go even further back, taking a photograph was a much bigger undertaking. When photography first became publicly available in 1839, early cameras required extremely long exposures, meaning the subject had to remain still while the image was being captured.
According to the Victoria and Albert Museum, some of the earliest daguerreotypes required people to stay in position for three to fifteen minutes! Thankfully, improvements in camera technology soon brought those exposure times down considerably.
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Looking at how far photography has come, it’s amazing to think that we can now capture moments our ancestors could barely have dreamed of photographing. And with cameras sitting in our pockets, we’re able to record unexpected scenes wherever we go.
Still, no amount of technology can predict every beautiful coincidence or funny accident that might happen in front of the lens. So perhaps the best thing we can do is keep our cameras close and our eyes open, because you never know when something worth photographing might happen.
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