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    Film Photography vs. Digital Photography My love of photography started at a very young age‚ long before I was able to buy my own camera. Whenever my step-father would get the camera‚ I knew something important was happening; he didn’t waste film on just anything. That was true with most every family in the 60’s and 70’s because film wasn’t cheap and neither was the developing. I remember sending the film off in a special envelope that required not one‚ but two postage stamps; that was a considerable

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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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    * Merits and Demerits of Digital technology in still photography. Digital Technology: A digital system is a technology that uses discrete‚ discontinuous representations of information or works in a discontinuous manner. This is contrasted with continuous‚ or analog systems which behave in a continuous manner‚ or represent information using a continuous function. Although digital representations are discrete‚ the information represented can be either discrete‚ such as numbers and letters or continuous

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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 HUMN 303: Introduction to Humanities Devry University Online December 8‚ 2012 Introduction The invention of photography allowed human beings to share their experiences with others around the world. Pictures allowed a permanent record of changing sites‚ and allowed people around the world to understand and share in changing landscapes‚ new discoveries‚ and others personal experiences to allow for better understanding. This understanding can be attributed to helping people around

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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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    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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    Forensic Photography Keith A. Milligan English Composition II Sarah Bowman April 26‚ 2010 Forensic Photography In today’s world‚ crime scene investigation has become a very intricate part of solving crimes. With all the television shows centered on crime scene investigators‚ as well as forensics‚ the whole country is infatuated with murders and crime scenes. However‚ just how many people know the details of an actual crime scene investigation? Does anyone know the tools used by the professionals

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    INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY Before the invention of photography‚ images were painted by artists or were duplicated by using printing plates. An image made by a painter was unique of its kind and copies of it could not be produced. Similarly‚ printing was done by hand and it required a lot of time and skill. The need remained for a process to be invented that could produce images of fine quality as well as to duplicate them. This was achieved in the 19th century with the invention of photography. A photographic

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    Tourism is a good representation for photography. Every year people travel away from their homes‚ breaking their daily routines to visit other locations. It is almost unnatural to go on vacation without a camera. Tourists snap pictures of everything to record and prove that they have been to some location. These pictures serve as memories later for the tourists. Photography and tourism are in a sense intertwined. Photography is the mechanism by which tourism can be documented. Photographs play

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