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    Photography History

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    go to without seeing a photograph of some sort. 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

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    The Future of Photography

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    photos‚ I sometimes think about how I got into this business and how much its influenced and changed my life.... I think of what Walkers Evans said: “After awhile‚ a young man stops‚ a young women stops looking at art and goes into life”. Photography has come a long way since the first photograph. The first permanent photo was taken in 1826 by Nicéphore Niépce and entitled: “View from the window at Le Gras”. The black and white photo required an 8 hour exposure. It would be another 35

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    Photography Final

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    Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face‚ the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited‚ and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man‚” said Edward Steichen‚ a well-known American photographer. To those who discover it‚ photography is a life enhancing and fulfilling profession and hobby. It is a creative outlet with low barriers of entry and accessible to all‚ at anytime and anywhere. It provides the photographer

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    Photography is a medium of contradictions. It is both ridiculously easily and almost impossibly difficult. Being able to see things is pretty easy‚ but being able to capture a very moment is the difficult part. A good photo comprise many things‚ not only one must hit the shutter at the right moment in time‚ but the composition‚ color coordination‚ light and perspective play a significant role too. A photographer is an editor of reality in trying to make sense of reality; he tries to distill the

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    Photography In The 1800s

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    When we read magazines‚ newspapers‚ and check things on our phones we expect to see photographs accompanying everything. Photography is an amazing area of technology and art that was developed throughout the past centuries. Unknown to most people‚ photography like other types of art‚ has been around for centuries. It became well known and used by the masses since the 1800s so it is a relatively new field. It is so amazing how far photography has come; first cameras taking a whole room to take a picture

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    Photography and Context

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    Photography And Context Like all visual media and art works‚ we rely heavily on context to understand and appreciate photographs. Without context‚ we risk misinterpreting what we are looking at; we may under (or over) estimate its value - or misunderstand the intentions of the photographer that produced the image. All photographic images contain contextual information that may be immediately obvious or may require interpretation. Context may also be provided from the situation in which a photograph

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    at because they know the damaging effect these photos could have on people. In her article “Regarding the Pain of Others‚” Sontag uses ethical and logical appeals to show that disturbing photographs are highly impactful.

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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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    Basic Photography

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    Basic Photography Photography is the art‚ science‚ and practice of creating durable images by recording light by means of an image sensor. Typically‚ a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. The result in an electronic image sensor is an electrical charge at each pixel‚ which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. Photography

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    Balakrishnan 1 Haripriya Balakrishnan English 111 Johnson 30 October 2014 The Essence Of Photography Duane Michals once said‚ “Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see‚ which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go on forever just photographing more faces and more rooms and more places. Photography has to transcend description. It has to go beyond description to bring insight into the subject‚ or reveal the subject‚ not as it looks‚ but

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