Photography Essay

I chose underwater photography as my topic because it is something that has always interested me, and I wanted to learn more. I started by researching photography, and I soon learned that this topic is too broad. I then started to research about different types of cameras, and came across an article talking about underwater cameras. This sparked my interest, and I was able to find many articles on underwater photography. Technology is increasing every single day all around the world, and it…

each day to take photography classes. I had always been interested in photography, but without any real knowledge on composing, taking, or editing pictures, I was unable to pursue the interest. I was nervous at first, a lot of the students there were in their second year and many of them had part time jobs in industry. It took a lot of work, but I started to understand exposure and aperture, how to get lighting to convey a message, and how use Photoshop and develop film. Photography is something…

The most refined skills of color printing, the intricate techniques of wide-angle photography, provide us pictures of trivia bigger and more real than life. We forget that we see trivia and notice only that the reproduction is so good. Man fulfils his dream and by photographic magic produces a precise image of the Grand Canyon. The result is not that he adores nature or beauty the more. Instead he adores his camera.” Daniel J. Boorstin once stated (Quoteland). What is a photographer? A…

great impact on photojournalistic practices and routines since the 1980s (Fadel, 2010). This shift has created new realms of challenges for photojournalists; photo manipulation is one such challenge. Despite its existence since the emergence of photography, it has always been a matter of fierce debate and concern, especially after the massive ‘revolution’ of the advanced digital technology which made manipulation much easier, more persuasive and mostly undetectable. According to Bardis (2004,…

Please accept the enclosed materials as my application for the position of Full-Time Faculty Photography Instructor to begin on August 10, 2015. Teaching printmaking, photography, and foundation courses has afforded me the opportunity to refine my pedagogical skills while I continue to grow as a professional artist. Based on my research, Vincennes University believes in emphasizing craft and concept to mold students into intuitive, intellectual, contemporary artists that are fully prepared to…

because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary."A quote by David Bailey. Photographs last forever. Keeping all of the memories in a piece of paper,that means so much! Photographs can be a huge education as a wedding. Although happy little things such as a pet, nature, etc. Photography wherever one's heart decides to go, and whatever one's mind leads them to. Photography does not have any limits or…

13 to work. He found a job at Rochester Savings Bank, earning the role of bookkeeper in 1877. Eastman was always careful around money, only spending it on his favourite hobby- photography. At age 24, George planned a trip to Santo Domingo, deciding to document it in pictures upon the suggestion of a friend. But the photography equipment by itself was so excessive in size and expensive, he invested in buying the equipment but never ended up going on the trip. The wet plate camera, also known as…

Although camera inventions of the 17th and 18th century established the base of photography, it took another 50 years before the camera became available for everyday consumers. With the invention of modern photographic film technology in 1901 by George Eastman and the first mass-market camera, the Brownie, in 1901, photography became a phenomenon on its own and the vast majority of the population became fascinated by it (Oliver, 2007). Shortly after its…

I chose to write this paper on photography because it’s something I’d be happy to do for the rest of my life as a career. It’s not a career where you have to do something a certain way. Everyone has their own touch when it comes to photography and there are all sorts of photography fields you can go into so you’re not tied down to taking pictures of just one thing all the time. You could become a nature photographer and capture the beauty of the world, or take pictures at weddings and feel the…

Throughout this essay, I will be looking and comparing two photographers who use street photography and the candid approach within their work. The candid approach is photographing the subject without them knowing which this came from the pioneer of street photography Henri Cartier Bresson and his decisive moment. The decisive moment is method which involved being in a particular place, at a particular time to capture a particular moment. Throughout looking at the photographers, I will be…