Photography Term Paper

Photography

Photography plays a large part in our society. New techniques are being created each day. With it's many purposes and the new technologies there are to create special effects, photography has become bigger than it has ever been before. Photographers are gaining more knowledge on it, constantly as bigger opportunities grow into their reach giving them so many more choices. There are many aspects of photography to go along with it's different purposes.

Photographers have many purposes in today's society. Photographers take pictures for many different reasons such as recording events, illustrating text, selling products, capturing scenes and many other purposes. Different types of photographers take photographs for distinct intentions. Commercial photographers photograph products, fashions, food, or machinery to put in advertisements. Photojournalists take many pictures of people, things, places, and events for magazines, internet sites, and newspapers. Aerial photographers shoot images while flying in from airplanes for certain business reasons, for newspapers, for research companies, or for the military. Portrait photographers photograph people inside studios of their own or at homes, schools, wedding, parties, and other particular events. Scientific photographers take photographs for science books and magazines, and fine art photographers take pictures for artistic expression.

The first step of being a photographer is knowing how to operate a camera. Not including the digital camera, there are two different types of cameras. An automatic camera selects the shutter speed, winds the film, and sets the aperture and the focus for the person taking the picture. The other kind of camera is a manual camera. Manual cameras have been in use longer than automatic cameras have been. They have a larger amount of creative control. A manual camera it lets the photographer set the focus and aperture. Aperture is the selection of spaces' sharpness within the field of an image. Selecting focus gives the person who is operating the camera the ability to isolate a subject and lets him or her manage the depth of field, where the camera is focused on sharply. The shutter speed affects how long it will take the camera record the image. There are things photographers can use to add a little more something to their photographs. Some things they can use are star filters, color polarizers, color filters, and rainbow attachments. Attaching a star filter to a camera will make its images appear star-like where there are points of light by making the points flare. Adding a color polarizer to a camera will enhance color to an image and lets a photographer vary it. Color filters are similar because they let them add color to an image. Rainbow attachments make points of light flare in rainbow colors somewhat alike in comparison to the star filters. There are also fixed lens and interchangeable lens. Expensive cameras will usually have a fixed lens and when they are fixed they cannot be removed or replaced. Interchangeable lens can be removed or replaced. Tripods also help the camera by holding it steadily and keeping it balanced.

Photographers who do not use digital cameras should definitely know how to develop film. The film developing process consists of about several steps. The first step is mixing the chemicals. There must be certain chemicals mixed in precise measurements. The second step is soaking the film in the chemicals. The film must be soaked in the different mixtures for the right amount of time. The next step is to put the film in film enlargers to magnify it. The lights on the film shine through the enlargers onto photographic paper. Lastly, soak the photographic paper in a series of chemical baths, rinse, and dry it. The density of the highlights on the photographic paper is determined by the length developing time. There is also a visible change when film is developed chemically.

Photographers use many techniques to capture different kinds of scenes. They're images are balanced, which means that they're not top-heavy, lopsided, or boring. Photographers also know how to create a point of interest. The point of interest should be the clearest part of the image and where it stands out the most. It is usually near the middle but at the very center. There are some other methods for nighttime photos too. Professional photographers know how to create an outlined foreground and a bold-colored sky by under exposing a scene when photographing during sunset and sunrise. Photographers know how to capture scenes with the