Photography Is A Great Physical And Intellectual Joy

It is truly amazing to see how far photography has come. With practical cameras only being 1800s when they were extremely large to now where everyone has one in their pocket as part of their phone. To make it even more incredible photos taken now can be shared across the world in the matter of seconds with the simple push of a button. There are even social media applications dedicated to only sharing pictures as a quick glimpse into your life. However, what is truly incredible about a picture is the emotions it can evoke, and the change that it can start.

Photography for me as an art form provides a way in which to visit other people, and places without leaving my home. It allows me to witness the world and fall in love with different areas of the world. It is also one of the most concrete ways in which to prove the exists of an object, place, or person. A photograph, without alterations is a record of what is and what was.

For many years photojournalism has been considered a transformative form of media, meaning that through the use of photographs photojournalism has the ability to transform our way of thinking by reconstructing the conscious of our society. Photojournalism achieves this effect by forcing society to reconsider its actions as it relates to humanity by using photographs to both illicit emotions and cause reactions that, if done properly can result in social change. Photojournalism is an important branch of visual media when

For this essay the works of Robert Draper, author of “Why Photos Matter,” and Fred Ritchen, author of “Photography Changes the Way News is Reported,” will be analyzed. Though both deal with the topic of photography, their take on the matter is very different. While Ritchen is a photographer who writes on “what professional photographers will be doing in the future,” Draper is a writer for the National Geographic writing on how the photographers of the magazine share “a hunger for the unknown.” Both writers, however, write on the topic of photographers having a deeper understanding of their subjects, Ritchen due to research and practice, and Draper because the photographers “sit [with] their subjects, just listening to them.” In both essays the need for a deeper understanding of the

In Freeman Patterson’s Barriers to Seeing, Patterson mentions a quote from Susan Sontag about cameras and experiences. Sontag writes, “‘A way of certifying experience, taking photographs is also a way of refusing it – by limiting the experience to a search for the photogenic, by converting into an image, a souvenir’” (Paragraph 12). Essentially, Sontag is elaborating how people are distracted from their surroundings and experiences to find a photogenic picture or to record what they think to be an experience. While the objective of photography is usually to capture an experience or feeling, many are instead obsessed with finding good lighting, searching for a good background, and are focused on taking the best picture to post on social media. In many cases this is very true, and I myself can see it in people’s photos as well as my own. In Freeman Patterson’s Barriers to Seeing,” he quotes Susan Sontag’s statement that one’s camera can be a barrier to seeing and experiencing a moment. Through other’s picture taking as well

Like Sontag, I believe that taking pictures is a form of liberation that enables people to release anxiety and increase their power by constructing a better society.

No matter it’s effect, photography was and is very pivotal throughout society. Photography can be a beautiful but yet haunting form of art. It displays an image which is characterizing

Gathering photos, Sontag Argues that it is the same as gathering to the world. Photos are ancient rarities, which make and gather the environment that we see to be current. She contends that capturing something is picking up responsibility for and making a sort of information-like connection to the world. Photography makes a smaller than usual representation of parts of the unmistakable world that anybody can get as his or her own. Photos are a kind

According to KPCB’s internet trends report, in 2014 nearly 1.8 billion digital images were uploaded online everyday. That’s not even including the number of photos that were taken and not uploaded. Taking photos has been simplified to opening an app on ones cell phone and pressing one button. Now a days everyone can take photos. Although many view photography as an every day occurrence, photography can be used as a powerful tool for social justice, documenting history, citizen journalism, and marketing.

Jessica Yadegaran in “Making Sense of Selfies: Taking Selfies Feels Problematic Because We Aren’t Used To Them” explores two elements of the language of photography, namely the photographic attributes and the meaning.

Photo essays are collections of photographs used to present an argument, express ideas and evoke emotion from the viewer. The difference between this and a photoblog is that photo essays are sequenced together to tell a story over a period of time. “The genre is often used to persuade viewers to sympathize with a point of view or to take a specific action” (pg. 79). This shows that although photo essays tell stories, the genre itself has its’ own purpose. “Most photo essayists do not provide much detail in the text of their essays” (pg.80). Some essayists let the details of their photos do the talking. “The introductory images, which function like a written essay’s introduction, need to establish the subject matter and further the purpose

Before photography was very hard to create; now we can easily take a picture with the click of a button, we also don’t even need to develop photos. We can simply capture a photo and upload it to our computer.

Photographing has been enjoyed by many people for a long time. Today, it is very easy for everyone to own a camera so this hobby is becoming more and more popular. Everyone like taking photograph but their photo is not always beautiful. Having an expensive camera does not mean that you will have wonderful photographs. The beauty of a photograph

In this generation people tend to take their photographs on their phones instead of hiring a professional photographer to take them. Photography is not just about taking simple photographs. Professional photographers need to understand the concept of what makes the best photographs. Photographers must use lighting, different equipment, different types of photographs, and specific subject matter to create unique photographs as well as how to finish and edit them.

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” You have probably heard that quote just about a thousand times. None the less I believe that a picture can tell a story or convey more than just a image. Photography allows us to share and communicate with people everywhere, express ourselves, and capture any moment we wish. Taking a picture is a lot like painting on a blank canvas; except the world is your canvas and you can take a picture of whatever you want. Pictures can be anything you desire, I believe that a picture can say a lot more than a word can.