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    Image and Photography

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    PHOTOGRAPHY The word photography derives from the Greek phōtos means "light" and graphos means "drawing"‚ together meaning "drawing with light". Photography is the art‚ science‚ and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation‚ either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material or electronically by means of an image sensor. Photography has many uses for business‚ science‚ manufacturing‚ art‚ recreational purposes‚ and mass communication. Modern

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    What Is Photography

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    What Is Photography? Photography is the art‚ science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation‚ either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film‚ or electronically by means of an image sensor. 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. Typically‚ a lens is used to focus

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    Military Photography

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    others. The world of photography is opened through understanding of the different kinds of photography‚ different styles‚ and salary ranges. Firstly‚ there are many different kinds of photography‚ such as; wedding‚ military‚ medical‚ and wildlife photography as Zeke from New York Film Academy explains. With wedding photography‚ the goal is to create memorable and crisp shots of the groom and bride. Military photography focuses on taking photographs

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    Photography Controversy

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    have chosen to do my research on photography. This topic falls under an analytical category. Understanding a photographer’s point of view and being able to express yourself through pictures are the main reasons why I am interested in doing this project. Furthermore‚ I want to learn even more about the camera’s concepts‚ be more well known about photoshop and proving that photography is art. Additionally‚ I have learned basic camera techniques through photography classes years prior. Therefore‚ I

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    History of Photography

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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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    Although photography wasn’t invented until the early 19th century‚ its basic concept first emerged about 2000 years ago with the advent of a device called the camera obscura (history.com). Also known as the pinhole camera‚ this device was either a darkened chamber or box with a small hole on one wall which reflected an image of what was outside the chamber onto the opposite wall. The resulting image was an obscure mirrored reflection which was projected upside down. The camera obscura was prevalent

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    Photography Analysis

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    born on the 22 August 1908 in Cantaloupe-en-Brie‚ France. Small portable cameras were available for the first time when Henri was still in his youth. This allowed him to carry a camera with him at all times‚ and create the first‚ fine art “street photography”. As Cartier-Bresson once said: “The only thing which

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    Photography Of 1960

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    Baltimore Museum of Art: Photography of the 1960’s The exhibit we went to see was a gallery walk. It was an exhibit of pictures and the artists who produced the photos‚ and the meaning of the photos. We enjoyed it because it was particularly interesting how the 1960’s was portrayed through photography. It showed not only white Americans but African-Americans making it easily relatable. It showed hard times‚ fun times and how they made the hard times fun times. The strengths in the exhibit

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    The Sky Is Not the Limit

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    ary THE AFRICAN SKY HAS NO LIMIT My concern an 18 year old student is on the future. Therefore I found it a bit unpractical to focus on only one country as this world is becoming a global village. What happens in America today will tomorrow be adapted somewhere in Africa. This essay will asses the social‚ political‚ environmental‚ or familial challenge faced by individuals in an imagined-boundary less country – Africa. Most attention will be on the

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    Atterberg Limit

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    ATTERBERG LIMIT AND MOISTURE CONTENT Introduction: This report is to establish the Atterberg limit of s oil sample after performing and analyzing the tests performed in laboratory. Atterberg limit is used to differentiate between silt & clay ‚ in various categories‚ and also to establish boundaries between each state of soil‚ i.e soild‚ semi-solid‚ plastic & liquid‚ and the change in soil behavior. The method of Cone Penetrometer was

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