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    Portrait Photography

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    Portrait Photography the humble beginings Portrait photography was born when Frenchman Joseph Nicephore Niepce‚ father of photography and first-ever portrait photographer‚ successfully set an image onto a metal plate in 1827. Later‚ in 1844‚ photography made its way to China‚ courtesy of Jules Itier of France. The rest is portrait photography history.    In 1885‚ George Eastman created paper film. Later‚ in 1889‚ he fabricated the more recognizable celluloid film. His first camera‚ a box-shaped

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    History of Photography

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    History Of Photography The history of photography can be a broad subject due to it is used in many ways‚ such as family portraits‚ capturing moments‚ to tell a story such as crime scene‚ family background. The word “photography” in general is from the Greek words photos which meaning “light” and graphein which means “to draw”. In the cases of forensic science which involved forensic photography will be used for documenting the suspect and the convicted criminals as well as the crime

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    History of Photography

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    The History of‚ and Impact of‚ Photography on our World Photography is a process frequently used in areas of media‚ art‚ and science as well as practical everyday use. It is used to inform society of different issues‚ used to document a wide range of things and is used to capture everyday memories for the years to come. It is used everywhere in today’s society and through technology has advanced tremendously since its beginnings. The earliest cameras were simple devices that did not capture

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    Portrait photography is a type of photography where a person or a group of people express feelings‚ emotions and mood etc. In the photo‚ the main focus of the picture is to capture the persons face although background and the entire body may also be included. Portrait photography can entertain any age. □ UNITY: Unity is achieved by the use of balance and repetition‚ unity simply meaning that everything belongs together when compared by two separate things. □ BALANCE: Can be symmetrical

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    Photography History

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    History of Photography I have heard‚ more than once‚ that a picture is worth a thousand words. Although I can’t quote who said it‚ I could not agree more. A photograph is a very powerful tool‚ capable of telling a complete story with just one picture; let’s just hope the story is true. If taking out of context‚ a photograph can also be misleading. In addition with all the digital advances and different software in the market‚ it is relatively easy to manipulate a photography and therefore

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    Photography History

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    The art of Photography has been around our lives for hundreds of years now‚ and seems that every day there is someone looking to develop new ways to take a picture. But with all the artist’s and photographers in the world how many can actually say they know where the idea of taking pictures with a camera came from. Since photography is a popular career field to study‚ the history of photography was an aspect that I found quite curious so decided to do some research. Although the history of photography

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    History of Photography

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    Nicéphore Niépce History of photography camera obsucra (Leondardo Da Vinci) Photography was not invented earlier then the 1830’s. It started with two distinct scientific processes but not until they were combined together did it make photography possible. The first process was ‘camera obscura’ which is the dark room; the dark room had been in existence for at least four hundred years. There is a drawing of a ‘camera obscura’ (dark room) by Leonardo Da Vinci‚ dated 1915.The second process was

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    He called it a Heliograph (sun drawing). It took eight hours to expose. Photography‚ however‚ did not really begin until 1839 when the world heard about something startling. Louis Daguerre had invented a way to permanently reproduce a fleeting image on a metal plate. It took 30 minutes to expose‚ not eight hours. The advent of this technology resulted in a new language that everyone understood. The language was photography‚ through which we could recall a moment frozen in time and could share it

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    Research Industry description The underclass photography industry consists of both small and large photography studios aiming to provide current and attractive portraits to kids currently attending school at any grade level between Kindergarten and 11th grade. While there are many competitors in this industry‚ they can be broken up into two categories. First are the many‚ quite common photography studios that generally specialize on one or two styles of photography for their products. Then there are the

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    “Look at me…” response paper In the article “Look at me – Self Portrait Photography after Cindy Sherman” by Jennifer Dalton‚ Dalton argues that there are three young artists‚ “each grappling with his or her own face‚ identity‚ and vanity‚” (Dalton‚ 47) who are all working with self portraiture. In Dalton’s opinion‚ these artists are exceptionally talented‚ and are overcoming the shadow cast by their “distinguished precursor” (Dalton‚ 47). Nikki S‚ Lee is the first artist Dalton mentions‚ and

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