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    What makes a picture exceptional is a change of perspective. Photography is the very culmination of creativity, looking at the world through a lens that is simply different and changing your way of thinking. Before I was introduced to photography, I was the type of person to hate taking pictures at an event. It was a hassle and a distraction from enjoying the present and the now. However, I was later inspired to look into photography after seeing pictures that I never thought were possible from

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    Pinhole Camera History

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    Photography “Photography is a word derived from the Greek words photos (‘light’) and graphein (‘to draw’) The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839. It is a method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material” (Bellis 1). Photography has been around for quite a few years. It has evolved from a pinhole camera, to a flexible film camera, and now to digital cameras, but it is slowly being replaced by cellphones and isn’t pursued

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    The usage of digital technologies on photography can be obstacle for people to memorize in some circumstances. The popularization of the photographic devises makes photography ubiquitous in recent years. Digital storage has broken the restriction of traditional films, so that many people take photos without making choices. There is no necessary to concern about what is worth to be taken with an easily available devise and large storage space. It seems that every valuable thing and every important

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    American artist named Ben Shahn and how photography is equal to paintings on canvas. Shahn was a painter and a photographer and he was selected to be a part of an exhibition that featured both paintings and photography. Nowadays it is common for both mediums to the featured in exhibitions. So, it weird to think about how photography was looked down upon. For over a century there was an argument over wither photography was art or not. Photography changed that art worlds, instead, of getting

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    Strategic Position and Risk Assessment Pictures for Paw’s primary objectives is to provide quality pet photography at an affordable price for pet lovers living in the San Francisco, California area. We will target the pet owning market and pride ourselves on the following qualities: • Commitment to customer service and satisfaction • Flexible Scheduling • Latest technology • Number one goal being quality photographs Pictures for Paw’s Strategic Position is determined by the evaluation of six

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    Anyone can be a photographer, as long as you zoom in on what you love. There was a girl who found a liking to photography because she enjoyed capturing the essence of nature and art. She loved being able to capture the uniqueness of objects living or not because there are so many things people should get to see as well as think about how the picture can make that person feel. Seeing a picture of a rainforest with beautiful trees and glittering water could make someone feel relaxed, they can also

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    In chapter nine of Digital snaps: the new face of photography, titled Retouch Yourself: The pleasures and politics of digital cosmetic surgery, written by Tanya Sheehan, who is an associate professor and chair of the department of art at Colby College. She discusses the effect of the Photoshop look on society, and how with technology progressing it has become easier to create and have the perfect body look you have always wanted. The questions being raised throughout the chapter is if this new founded

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    beginning of photography that “approached the camera as a tool that… could be used to make an artistic statement” ( Britannica Academic, 2016). It focused on subject beauty and usually incorporated soft focus rather than a documentation of reality. Jerry Uelsmann is a pioneering photographer that “broke ranks” (Hershberger, 2014) with the previous generation of photographers who advocated for ‘straight photography’. The previous generation had also tried to break away from ‘pictorialist’ photography while

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    with the overload of camera settings, equipment and terminology is a process that comes with experience. Photography is an art that, like many others, takes time to master. There are many factors and techniques that play into taking pictures. Things grow more technical the further you reach into photography. As a profession, photography is divided into different focuses and each style of photography has a set of characteristics. Despite the

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    When considering art, paintings easily come into mind, however conflicts arises when considering photography. It lies in a standstill between being and artform and being something else entirely. With modern advances in technology, photography has become a “talentless” profession in the sense that it can be easily be created with the click of a single button. Therefore, the aesthetics of photography really an artform when it is captured at the “right” moment rather than being staged and given an artificial

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