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Photography: The Basics

   

Author: Colin Hartness
< P > P h o t o g r a p h y c o m e s f r o m t h e G r e e k w o r d s m e a n i n g l i g h t w r i t i n g a n d f i r s t b e c a m e k n o w n b a c k i n 1 8 3 9 b y S i r J o h n H e r s c h e l . F o r m a n y y e a r s p r i o r t o t h i s , p e o p l e h a d d i s c o v e r e d w a y s o f c a u s i n g c e r t a i n c h e m i c a l s t o c h a n g e c o l o r w h e n e x p o s e d t o l i g h t b u t t h e y d i d n o t d i s c o v e r w a y s o f g e t t i n g t h e i m a g e s t o r e m a i n p e r m a n e n t u n t i l l a t e r o n . < / P > < P > N o w p h o t o g r a p h y i s a b i g p a r t o f o u r c u l t u r e , s o m e t h i n g t h a t e v e r y o n e r e c o g n i z e s . M o s t e v e r y o n e h a s f a m i l y p h o t o s l y i n g a r o u n d t h e i r h o u s e , m a n y p e o p l e t a k e t h e s e p h o t o s o n a r e g u l a r b a s i s , p r e s e r v i n g p r e c i o u s m e m o r i e s f o r y e a r s t o c o m e . E v e n i f y o u d o n t h a v e y o u r o w n c a m e r a , y o u h a v e s e e n p h o t o s i n m a g a z i n e s , u s e d o n b i l l b o a r d s a n d a d v e r t i s e m e n t s a n d m o r e . < / P > < P > W h a t i s P h o t o g r a p h y ? < / P > < P > P h o t o g r a p h y i s d e f i n e d a s T h e a r t o r p r o c e s s o f p r o d u c i n g i m a g e s b y t h e a c t i o n o f l i g h t o n s u r f a c e s s e n s i t i z e d b y c h e m i c a l p r o c e s s e s . ( w w w . n c p u b l i c s c h o o l s . o r g / c u r r i c u l u m / A r t s E d / v g l o s s a r . h t m ) < / P > < P > T h e a v e r a g e p e r s o n n e v e r h a s t o d e a l w i t h t h i s t e c h n i c a l d e f i n i t i o n b e c a u s e t h e y t a k e t h e i r p h o t o g r a p h s t o a l a b t o b e p r o c e s s e d . T h e y s i m p l y t a k e p i c t u r e s w i t h t h e i r c a m e r a a n d t h e n d r o p t h e m o f f s o m e w h e r e t o b e d e v e l o p e d . T h e y g e t t h e i r p r i n t s b a c k o n n i c e g l o s s y p a p e r t h a t t h e y c a n t h e n k e e p t o s e e t h e i m a g e s a t a n y t i m e t h e y w i s h . < / P > < P > T h e r e a r e a l s o i n s t a n t d e v e l o p p h o t o g r a p h s , c o m m o n l y k n o w n a s t h e P o l a r o i d , i n w h i c h t h e p a p e r i t s e l f c o n t a i n s t h e c h e m i c a l s n e e d e d a n d w h e n t h e p a p e r s i t s f o r a f e w s e c o n d s e x p o s e d t o l i g h t t h e p h o t o w i l l d e v e l o p . M a n y p e o p l e e n j o y t h e s e b e c a u s e y o u c o u l d v i e w y o u r p h o t o a l m o s t i n s t a n t l y b u t o v e r t h e y e a r s , t h e q u a l i t y h a s i m p r o v e d w i t h o t h e r f i l m s a n d m a n y p e o p l e m i g r a t e d t o o t h e r t y p e s o f c a m e r a s . < / P > < P > T h e c o m m o n t y p e s o f f i l m a r e 3 5 m m a n d 1 1 0 . T h e s e f i l m r o l l s c o m e i n d i f f e r e n t s p e e d s t h a t a r e m e a n t f o r d i f f e r e n t l i g h t i n g a n d s i t u a t i o n s a n d a r e l o a d e d i n t o y o u r c a m e r a , u s e d u n t i l t h e e n d o f t h e r o l l a n d t h e n s e n t f o r d e v e l o p i n g . < / P > < P > W h a t A r e t h e D i f f e r e n t T y p e s o f P h o t o g r a p h y ? < / P > < P > P h o t o g r a p h y i s m o r e t h a n j u s t a f a b r i c o f t h e a v e r a g e f a m i l y s m e m o r i e s , i t h a s b e c o m e a n a r t f o r m t a k i n g o n m a n y d i f f e r e n t t y p e s . S o m e t y p e s o f p h o t o g r a p h y a r e a r t i s t i c p h o t o g r a p h y , p h o t o j o u r n a l i s m , d o c u m e n t a r y p h o t o g r a p h y , p o r t r a i t p h o t o g r a p h y , e v e n t p h o t o g r a p h y , f a m i l y p h o t o g r a p h y , n a t u r e p h o t o g r a p h y , a d v e r t i s i n g p h o t o g r a p h y , u n d e r w a t e r p h o t o g r a p h y , s a t e l l i t e p h o t o g r a p h y a n d m o r e . E a c h o f t h e s e t y p e s h a s m a n y d i f f e r e n t d i r e c t i o n s i n w h i c h t h e y c a n g o . < / P > < P > P h o t o g r a p h y i s a c o m m o n h o b b y o r p a s t i m e f o r m a n y p e o p l e . I t i s a c a r e e r f o r m a n y o t h e r p e o p l e . T h e r e a r e s o m a n y d i f f e r e n t v e n u e s o f i t . O n e o f t h e m o s t r e c e n t r e v e l a t i o n s i n p h o t o g r a p h y i s t h e d i g i t a l c a m e r a a n d d i g i t a l p h o t o . I n a n a g e o f c o m p u t e r s a n d c o m p u t e r t e c h n o l o g y , d i g i t a l p h o t o s h a v e b e c o m e i n c r e a s i n g l y p o p u l a r . P e o p l e n o l o n g e r h a v e t o d e a l w i t h f i l m a n d d e v e l o p i n g b e c a u s e d i g i t a l p h o t o s c a n b e d o w n l o a d e d o n t o a c o m p u t e r a n d v i e w e d i n s t a n t l y . < / P > < P > D i g i t a l p h o t o s c a n b e s h a r e d o n t h e w e b a n d t h r o u g h e m a i l . T h e y c a n a l s o b e s a v e d o n C D s . M a n y d i g i t a l c a m e r a s c o m e w i t h L C D s c r e e n s s o t h e p h o t o s c a n b e v i e w e d f r o m t h e c a m e r a i t s e l f . Y o u s e e w h a t t h e p i c t u r e l o o k s l i k e i n s t a n t l y i n s t e a d o f w a i t i n g f o r d e v e l o p i n g . D i g i t a l c a m e r a s a r e a d v a n c i n g e v e r y d a y a n d n e w t e c h n o l o g y i s r e l e a s e d o n e a c h o n e . L o w e r q u a l i t y o n e s c a n b e p i c k e d u p a t a l o c a l r e t a i l s t o r e f o r a b o u t $ 1 5 n o w . T h e s e o f t e n d o n o t c o n t a i n f l a s h a n d t h e q u a l i t y i s n o t a s g r e a t . O t h e r d i g i t a l c a m e r a s c a n r a n g e a n y w h e r e f r o m $ 2 0 t o $ 1 , 0 0 0 . T h e m o s t h i g h - t e c h c a m e r a f o r n o r m a l i n d i v i d u a l u s e i s a b o u t $ 2 0 0 . T h i s m a y s e e m l i k e a l o t b u t w h e n c o m p a r e d t o t h e p r i c e o f f i l m a n d d e v e l o p i n g , y o u c a n s a v e a l o t b y g o i n g t h i s r o u t e . Y o u c a n a l s o s e n d a s m a n y c o p i e s o f y o u r p h o t o s a s y o u w i s h t h r o u g h e m a i l a n d t h e w e b s o c o p i e s a r e u n l i m i t e d . Y o u c a n e v e n p r i n t c o p i e s o f y o u r d i g i t a l p h o t o g r a p h s f r o m y o u r c o m p u t e r . < / P > < P > P h o t o g r a p h y h a s c o m e a l o n g w a y s i n c e i t s e a r l y d a y s b u t i t s p o p u l a r i t y h a s n o t w a n e d . I t w i l l l i k e l y b e w i t h u s f o r t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s t o c o m e . < / P >
Author Bio:
Colin Hartness is a noted author. Colin likes to create articles about this area.
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