Photography

For Apollo’s career research Project I chose Photography. Photography is a part of my Print and Graphics Lab, I chose photography because It was something that interested me, something that I knew would suit my likes and hobbies. I wanted to know more, I wanted to be able to give my best effort in my work as I could I want to be as educated as possible in the career field I have chosen. Career information The career I am exploring is photography. My Daily responsibilities will include…

The revolution from printed word and drawings, to photography completely changed the way a story could be told. Our visual system evolved to process images quickly, whereas text, which only appeared a few thousand years ago, translates concrete information into abstract markings, which removed context , and requires our visual system to scan each individual characters, one at a time, recognize them, and piece them together into words, then sentences, and so on . Although, written word and…

What would the world be like without photography? Well to begin with it wouldn’t be anywhere near to what we have converted it into currently. We wouldn’t be able to capture memories or beautiful views, nor would we be able to pass on certain ideas for educational purposes. But, brilliant people such as Mo-ti to Eugene F. Larry, brought all their ideas together like a chain and contributed to the development of the camera. The concept of creating images besides drawing them started hundreds…

Snap! As a the sound of the camera shutter snaps an image. Taking a picture of that perfect moment, stopping all time at that moment, saving it as a little image that can be kept forever. Photography all kicked off in 1826 when Louis Daguerre made the first camera, but Joseph Niepce made the first Camera Obscura to take the first image. Building off of Louis’ invention of that camera. Throughout time it advanced, opening many new ways for photo taking. For example, in 1861 when James Clerk…

Photography Changed the World An image, in its most simple form, is produced in a dark box, with a small hole to let light in. However, the image is not permanent. In order to make the image stay, two photographers created two different processes. Louis Daguerre, who is credited with inventing photography, used a large polished sheet of copper that was sensitized by iodine vapor. Then he exposed it in a large box camera. Once the exposure was made, Daguerre developed the image in mercury fumes…

noticeable American photographer during his time, his art is considered influential during the twentieth century because he is considered a creator in the documentary style in the American photography. His photographs documented American life and culture during 30’s/70’s. I believe his journey through photography is a journey through concept, belief, and art history. At the beginning of his practice Evans admired and reflected the American history as his work documents the actual lifestyle of…

Since history can date it, photography has been around for over 100 years. People take pictures everyday. Whether it is with a group of people, or just a selfie. People use cameras for most pictures or even their smartphones. Almost everyone in the world takes pictures. There’s honestly no question that street photography can be an amazing project to work on. Some people see street photography as a form of art, and a major way to record our city’s life and the society of people. While there are…

What is fine art photography? What other areas of photography does fine art photography overlap with? Fine art photography is photography created for aesthetic reasons. It can be used to express beauty. This type of photography can overlap with commercial, fashion, nature, black and white and portrait photography. It can also overlap with photojournalism. 2. What is stock photography? How is traditional stock photography different from micro-stock photography? Stock photography is photos that…

Stephen Crowley’s photo shows President Obama on the left and Pope Francis on the right. Obama is wearing a black suit with a white collar. While Pope Francis is wearing his white robe which is also known as his house dress. In between both of them there is a wooden chair. In the background there is the Washington Monument. To the left of the monument there appears to be a tree. Both President Obama and Pope Francis appear to be looking forward at something. It can be assumed that they are…

Steve McCurry, a world-renowned photographer, the author of Sharbat Gula, has been the center of a controversy because he uses Photoshop in his photographs. Many people argued that his use of Photoshop in his photograph is not ethical. I was very curious why using a worldwide renowned software could be unethical. Thus, I did some searches on the Internet and I found that this is a common problem in the field of journalism, not just Steve McCurry and his behavior. In my opinion, using Photoshop…