"Chroma" is the Greek word for colour, and referred to his method of overpainting salted paper prints with oil, watercolour and/or pastel.

Sharp and Frith produced the first paper panorama taken in Australia; a five-part, near-metre long panoramic view of Hobart, using the collodion or wet-plate process.

In 1855 Frith brought a civil suit against a Hobart Town merchant, Samuel Moses.

[4] Frith began his own studio, working less on paintings and focusing more on photography as well as making large format views of Hobart and surrounds.

[4] A year later Frith's brother, Henry joined his business and did a lot of the travelling for the studio.

[5] Their sister, Letitia Davidson continued to operate the studio in Hobart as Frith & Co.'.

[8] Frith's camera didn't have a shutter because the wet plate process that was used at the time required an exposure of several seconds.

Although his life was short lived, he certainly left behind an amazing series of images that will be remembered for many years to come.