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Description of Photography
Photography is an art of creating moving or still pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium such as a photographic film. It has proved to be a beneficial medium for the purpose of capturing momentous moments of human life. The development in computer and technology has influenced the advancement in the field of photography. From black and white it has turned into colored picture making and then modified into the digital photography.
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The History of Photography: A Snapshot
Photography has been around for centuries and it is now one of Britain’s best loved pastimes, enabling people to capture a special moment in a single snapshot. How has photography progressed through the years? Let’s take a look at some of the key moments in photographic history…
The Defining Moments in Photography
The term ‘photography’ was first coined by Sir John Herschel who used the term way back in 1830 when the photographic process became public. However, images were being captured much earlier than this. Read the rest of this entry »