The Act Of Taking A Photograph

Early Landscape photography used the same principles as painters in order to create pieces of art. Before the 18th Century, artists used landscapes as backdrops and as a frame for the principal subject. Towards the later part of the century, however, artists such as Nicolas Poussin started to romanticize the environment, instead using it as a principle subject in paintings.

Photographs have been circling the world for years now . There are many different types of cameras, but only some have changed and revolutionized the world. The history behind them and the history it has captured throughout the years has impacted the world in numerous ways. It is very important to know how certain things like lighting and angle affect the outcome of photographs. To be able to capture a perfect photograph one will have to understand how lighting , angle , third rule affect a photograph. Not only are there different types of ways to take photographs but different types of photography.

One of the biggest aspects of my life is photography. Ever since I can remember, picking up any camera within reach was almost a natural reflex. Capturing moments, a split second in time, has always fascinated me, especially the beauty in that nobody is quite the same. Investing in a camera of my own, as well as all the incredibly expensive equipment to go along with it has arguably been one of the best decisions of my life- allowing me to freeze the time I want in the way I want.

A photograph is often known as a window to the past. Through photographs, global progression in areas such as technology, culture and politics can be analyzed. The impacts of photos can be tremendous and define future issues, events and politics. One photo that has significantly defined the twentieth century is the "Bloody Saturday" photo (see Appendix A). The photo was captured by a Chinese-American photojournalist named H.S. Wong (also referred to as Newsreel Wong) on August 28th 1937, moments after the Shanghai Bombing in the midst of the Battle of Shanghai. The bomb was dropped by Japanese pilots as a result of growing tensions between China and Japan. The animosity was so high that only a few years later the two nations entered World War Two in the Pacific. Amidst the fall of rubble and chaos, Wong was able to capture an iconic image of a young, burned child all alone crying in the debris moments after the bombs were dropped. Reactions of public outrage became apparent as well as a dramatic increase in animosity towards the Japanese after the photo 's release. Ultimately, the release of H.S Wong 's "Bloody Saturday" photo, dramatically defined twentieth century politics through its display of Japanese aggression, the alleged scandal behind the photo and its endured global impact.

Annie Dillard’s essay “Seeing” compares viewing with a camera versus without. She states “When I walk with a camera I walk from shot to shot, reading the light on a calibrated meter. When I walk without a camera, my own shutter opens, and the moment’s light prints on my own silver gut.” (Dillard 8). To Dillard the camera is a metaphor. Contrasting walking with expectations or being “calibrated” to the freedom to see for yourself (Dillard 8).

I'm trying to finish something,anything. I start an endeavor and somewhere down the line I talk myself out of completion. I want to do everything and wind up doing nothing. I just want to do what I love and that is snapping pics. I want to travel the world and become a photojournalist but it seems unrealistic. I live in a fantasy world and I'm just realizing that being an adult is hard work.

John Szarkowski says, "Photography is a challenge between a picture taker and the assumptions of inexact and constant seeing. The challenge can

This photo journal assignment was very interesting and educational. It helped me look outside the box and to really relate geography to my everyday life. My first relatable topic that I came in contact with during this assignment was the process of evaporation. At Dry Creek park in Modesto, CA, I witnessed evaporation taking place in the creek. I have been going to this park for quite some time and in the summer, water levels decrease drastically. Evaporation is one of the four phases in the hydrologic cycle (water cycle). According to our Geosystems Eighth Edition book, Christopherson say, “Water travels endlessly through the hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. [...] Currents of water, vapor, ice and energy are flowing

I agree with Ansel Adams. There is so much more to photography then clicking a button. Photography is ideas and creativity through a photo. If I have an idea in my head or a message I want to send across I have to set it up before I even take the picture. There are also many different settings on the camera that help set up a good photo. Photography is a lot of work and different formulas of how everything is set up determines how the photo is going to look. I could be plain with my photography or I can create something with meaning and have it be photographed in a cool, creative way.

Digital photography, though pretty much the industry standard at this point, is still a young technology. Many of the greatest advances in digital happened within the last ten years, and if you're a later adopter it's nothing to be ashamed of - there are millions of people out there that have never touched a digital camera.

In the world we live in today, anyone can pick up a handheld video camera and record their son’s soccer game or daughter’s school play, but to really capture the beauty of an event takes true talent. It takes the expertise of a cinematographer or director of photography as they are also known, to capture the true essence of an event and scene. Thomas Edison even once said, “By faithfully reproducing and kind or type of movement, it [cinematography] constitutes man’s most astonishing victory to date over forgetfulness. It retains and restores the things memory alone can’t recover, not to mention its auxiliary agencies: the written page, drawing photography. … Like them, cinematography prevents the things of yesterday that are useful to tomorrow’s progress from sinking into oblivion; amongst these one must count moving things, which only a few years ago were considered impossible to fix in an image” (Neale, 54). A picture, whether it be a photographed image or a filmed image is nothing when it has not been looked at with the proper eyes. When expressed through the proper lens and eye an image can really be worth a thousand words.

After the death of more than nine million soldiers and over seven million civilians, World War I came to end with the signing of The Treaty of Versailles. US President at the time Woodrow Wilson offered his vision for world peace with his Fourteen Points. Influential journalist and political commentator Walter Lippmann assisted the drafting of this blueprint for world peace through a League of Nations. Perhaps Lippmann is best known for coining the term “stereotype” in his 1922 book Public Opinion. In the first chapter, “The World Outside and the Pictures in our Heads” Lippmann supports that reality does not always correspond with the perception that the mind creates. These perceptions aids in fashioning what Lippmann calls a “pseudo-environment.” Through a medium of fictions, the mind shapes these environments. Lippmann argues that public opinion is shaped and defined by perceptions of reality and influenced by the pseudo-environment molded by fictions.

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

What is a photograph? The simplicity of taking a photograph leads many to ponder its artistic value. Yet, it is undeniable that there are some photos that cause an emotional reaction deeper than simply observing a recorded point in time. Surely, there are photographs that cause more reaction than some modern art pieces. There seems to be two types of photographs. The first classification is the ‘time capture’ photo – an image with the sole purpose of recording a particular event or point in time. The second nature of a photo carries a ‘deeper meaning,’ which has the ability to change the observer’s mood and cause a reaction. But what distinguishes these two varieties? There are a

Have you ever taken a picture or been looking through a photo album and felt a sudden rush of emotion? Do you wonder what caused that emotion? Many find themselves captivated by a photograph and overwhelmed by the emotions that the photograph arouses. Believe it or not the arousal of emotion from those photographs was not caused by the content of the picture but by certain elements within the photograph. When a photograph is viewed it is not only the subject that triggers the overwhelming emotional response, it is the length of time that the film was exposed to sunlight, the way lighting is used and played with, and the strong detail of colors or lack thereof. While many believe that the subject acts as the primary stimuli to emotions, the