Photography

“EVERY PICTURE HAS A STORY TO TELL . . .”
Photography is the capturing of reality. It captures everyday life experiences, special moments, classical, dreamy, romantic, serious, dramatic, erotic and several other precious and exciting moments. The camera does not lie; it freezes moments, and presents the truth.

Photography is a method of constructing and creating permanent images by means of capturing light on a light -sensitive medium. Photography constitutes to an essential part of our life as a source of information, it enables the preservation of memories, it is adopted as a hobby, and used as a form contemporary entertainment. It also plays a major role at every level of business and industry, being used in advertising, surveillance, photojournalism, in documents (for example, crime scenes), as fashion photography and editorial photography.

It is amazing how photography has developed from the early years of the 20th century, and from the use of roll film and the box camera to the current use of digital cameras. Initially photography was monochrome, however with the advancement of technology color photography was made possible. A black and white photograph is not out dated it is a current trend, created to provide a classic look. The 21st century presents professional photographers with a large variety of cameras and accessories due to the technological boom of this century.

Have you ever considered what the world would be like if photography did not exist?
Certainly, photography enhances our perception of the world. If photographs did not exist, life would be dull, monotonous and boring. Photography influences our everyday life experiences and has contributed towards shaping our identity. Photography enables us to keep up with the latest trends, which occur around the world. This influences us as individuals and unknowingly we relate to a particular style and a trend that appeals to us and we begin to adopt it into our lifestyle. A typical example would be fashion photography as well as advertisements. Photography also serves as a means of communication. We are able to communicate with people in different countries via the Internet, due to the availability of new technology we are able to view a photograph of the person that we are chatting to, this makes communication easier and enables us to meet new people from around the world.

Photography also makes it possible for us to be enlightened about events, which occur all around the world, increasing our general knowledge. It is therefore evident that photography plays an extremely important role in contributing towards our identity as individuals.

Varishma Hariparsad