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    Photography in the Civil War Although the civil war was a very gruesome war killing 600‚000 people‚ looking back on history without  photography it could not have been a modern war  (Brooks). Throughout the civil war photography was a very big part of making the civil war a modern war. Also  photography made the civil war a modern war because of the Job photographers had to do‚ people and companies‚ and the effects  photography had on the war. Since photography was so important in the War‚ people

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    15142 Name: Student ID: History of Photography The history of photography started with advances in the field of chemistry. Some key people for photography were Joseph Niepce. In 1830‚ Joseph and help from Louis Dagurre where experiment with silver oxide. Fox Talbot was known for capturing image in paper (negatives). George Eastern introduces the Kodak Box Camera in 1980. This was a huge step for photography because it popularized photography and amateurs. The way to had permanent storage

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    2. “Analogue photographs have always had the power to manipulate and transform reality” (Biro 2012). Discuss. When analogue photography was first invented‚ its overwhelming power came from the fact that it recorded nature more realistically than any other art form had ever done before […] people trusted it and believed it portrayed ‘reality’ and ‘truth’ (Lodriguss 2000). The camera was seen as a revolutionary instrument that enabled objects‚ people and landscapes to be documented in the highest

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    camera is a device that records/stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura (Latin for "dark chamber")‚ an early mechanism for projecting images. The modern camera evolved from the camera obscura. Cameras may work with the light of the visible spectrum or with other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. A camera generally consists of an enclosed hollow with an opening (aperture) at one end for

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    Draper‚ Robert. “The Power of Photography.” National Geographic Oct. 2013: n. pag. Print. (Article) Draper goes on to explain to the people that it is essential for photographers to bring their cameras everywhere and capture everything to get better. It is like there own child that they have to look after all the time. It just like a phone where people cannot live without having it by their side. You will have to travel to get the things you want to capture. Draper explains the struggle and a photographer

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    Farhana Yasmin Digital Photography Period-4 Before I came into digital photography class‚ the most I knew about photography was that you point at whatever you want to take a picture of and then you shoot. After I took this class I have learned that there is countless more factors involved in taking a good picture. The first I thing I learned in photography were the different parts of it. I also learned the difference between a DSLR and a point and shoot camera. Then I learned that in a picture

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    Well that’s our ISO. Body First Main Point (I) According to Joe McNally (2010) “The ISO refers to the camera’s sensitivity to light” Subpoint: (A) Higher the ISO‚ the more sensitive the camera will be Subpoint: (B) Lower the ISO‚ the less sensitive the camera will be (Transition to Second Main Point) Camera problem number 2; we’ve all seen blurry photos‚ but then on the other hand there are these amazing sports photographs that seem to freeze time‚ this is the work of our shutter speed

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    “the vocabulary we have does more than communicate our knowledge; it shapes what we can know’. Evaluate this claim with reference to different areas of knowledge.” At first glance this title seems to be ridiculous. Our vocabulary can have complete control over what we can know’. It seems unlikely that there is knowledge that cannot be obtained due to the limits of our vocabulary. However when you look at this in depth it seems to be true. What is vocabulary? Vocabulary are the words we use. Vocabulary

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    Black and white photography can be misunderstood in a modern artistic perspective. This type of photographic depiction is captivating and speaks through the image into the mind where it processes the lack of color by visualizing the depth and contrast vividly. An image that used in colorless photography was seen prior to the 20th century as the normal way to take pictures‚ but now we have color photography. However‚ photographers are still finding that black and white images are important to documentation

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    Task Three According to Christian Metz‚ there are many differences between photography and film. The first difference would be the “spatio-temporal size of the lexis”. The lexis is a unit that one reads or receives a piece of art through. The lexis for photography would be the paper that the photo is printed on‚ whereas the lexis for film would be a cinematic screen. The cinematic lexis is larger than that of a photographic lexis as the film can be ‘enlarged’‚ in multiple ways‚ by sounds‚ images

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