Most people all over the world would agree that photography has always been a part of their lives. Aristotle once quoted that "a soul never thinks without a picture". Today, that picture refers not only to a mental image but a physical one that can be viewed either on a photographic paper or a video. These tools are the best ways in today's digital world to capture the special events on one's lifetime.
Photography is defined at brainyquote.com as the science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like. A camera is the device used today to transfer an image onto either a sheet of film or a space on a digital hard drive. Nonetheless, as was aforementioned, photography has always been a part of man's life. This is attested by the early cave paintings that manifest man's desire to record himself, his activities, and the environment around him.
The first ever known camera was invented in the 11th Century by Ibn al-Haytham, though the principles of optics and the camera were first described during the 5th and 4th Century BC by the Chinese and Greek philosophers. This device he called the Camera Obscura was originally used only for viewing and drawing purposes. It was in 1827, when Joseph Nicephore Niepce was able to successfully produce from the camera obscura an image printed on a photographic paper. From this milestone, various experiments aimed at improving the quality of images printed on paper, as the well as the device in capturing these images, were performed in the years that followed.
Today, photography comes in a multitude of types. Among the most popular of these types are black and white photography, documentary photography, macrophotography, and advertising photography. Black and white photography, also known as B&W, which is one of the oldest and most popular types of photography, involves the use of black and white colors to give the photo a timeless and regal look. Documentary photographs, on the other hand, tell stories with images and aim to serve as historical documents of a political or social era. Macrophotography, alternatively, describes the field of photography where pictures are taken at close range. Lastly is advertising photography where photographs are used to advertise various products and services of companies.
With the advancements in technology, cameras, which are the main tools used in photography to capture images on photographic paper or other digital formats, also now come in a variety of types. The two major types of camera today are point and shoot cameras and SLR cameras. Point and shoot cameras refer to those tools where the camera is pointed at something and the shutter is tripped to capture the image. These cameras are easy to carry and are often small and compact. Single Lens Reflex, which characterizes SLR cameras, on the other hand, refers to how the light enters the camera. These types of cameras produce better quality photographs than P&S image capturers.
With the number of events that may happen in one's lifetime, he/she may not be able to remember all of these said events. As such, capturing these events on photographic paper-or videos-will definitely help one always remember these special events of his/her life.
Photography is defined at brainyquote.com as the science which relates to the action of light on sensitive bodies in the production of pictures, the fixation of images, and the like. A camera is the device used today to transfer an image onto either a sheet of film or a space on a digital hard drive. Nonetheless, as was aforementioned, photography has always been a part of man's life. This is attested by the early cave paintings that manifest man's desire to record himself, his activities, and the environment around him.
The first ever known camera was invented in the 11th Century by Ibn al-Haytham, though the principles of optics and the camera were first described during the 5th and 4th Century BC by the Chinese and Greek philosophers. This device he called the Camera Obscura was originally used only for viewing and drawing purposes. It was in 1827, when Joseph Nicephore Niepce was able to successfully produce from the camera obscura an image printed on a photographic paper. From this milestone, various experiments aimed at improving the quality of images printed on paper, as the well as the device in capturing these images, were performed in the years that followed.
Today, photography comes in a multitude of types. Among the most popular of these types are black and white photography, documentary photography, macrophotography, and advertising photography. Black and white photography, also known as B&W, which is one of the oldest and most popular types of photography, involves the use of black and white colors to give the photo a timeless and regal look. Documentary photographs, on the other hand, tell stories with images and aim to serve as historical documents of a political or social era. Macrophotography, alternatively, describes the field of photography where pictures are taken at close range. Lastly is advertising photography where photographs are used to advertise various products and services of companies.
With the advancements in technology, cameras, which are the main tools used in photography to capture images on photographic paper or other digital formats, also now come in a variety of types. The two major types of camera today are point and shoot cameras and SLR cameras. Point and shoot cameras refer to those tools where the camera is pointed at something and the shutter is tripped to capture the image. These cameras are easy to carry and are often small and compact. Single Lens Reflex, which characterizes SLR cameras, on the other hand, refers to how the light enters the camera. These types of cameras produce better quality photographs than P&S image capturers.
With the number of events that may happen in one's lifetime, he/she may not be able to remember all of these said events. As such, capturing these events on photographic paper-or videos-will definitely help one always remember these special events of his/her life.
About the Author:
Conrad Albert is a freelance photographer from Germany. Albert's subjects often involve the environment. During his travels to take photographs, he always keep at hand a good amount of photo paper ("fotopapier" in German) where he can immediately print images.
