Students will demonstrate an understanding of photography techniques by practicing using a school-owned or personal camera and printing at least one picture. Background Photography is an art form that produces a still image. In the modern era, this is mostly done digitally. The first person to create an image was Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. Cameras and photography continued to evolve and by the 19th century, glass plates were used to capture images. Plastic films were developed around 1890. Originally, photographs were black-and-white images, but by the 1840s, photographers were experimenting wi Duration: 60 Minutes.