What is Photography? and its types

Introduction To The Article :- Through today’s article, we will learn some basic information related to photography. Through this article we will define photography? Types Of Photography? photography as hobby? photography as Profession? And what is exposure? You will know the answers to all these questions through this article.

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What is photography?

If we divide photography into two parts, then two words are formed. Photo and graphics.

Photo means light. The word photo is derived from a science photon’s which also means light. And on the other hand, grapy which means drawing.

So photography means drawing with light. The camera which we are using only reads the light. And the one who reads this goes in front of us in the form of picture photo.

Photography works on the principal of our eyes. Because our eyes also do light reading. And we can see the scene by the light that our eyes read. So we can say that our eyes also do photography.

Types Of Photography

Portrait Photography:

Portrait photography is about taking pictures of people or groups to show who they are. This is done by using good lighting, backgrounds, and poses. The pictures can be like art or more straightforward and factual.

Landscape Photography:

Landscape photos usually take pictures of nature, like trees and mountains. But they can also show things that people have made or changes people have caused in nature.

Street Photography:

Street photography is when photographers take pictures of things they see happening in public places. They do this to show interesting moments that they come across without planning. It’s like capturing everyday life as it happens.

Wildlife Photography:

Wildlife photography is when people take pictures of animals in their homes, like in the forests or oceans. It’s like capturing animals doing what they normally do.

Fashion Photography:

Fashion photography is like taking pictures of clothes and cool stuff like that. Sometimes, it’s about really fancy and special outfits too.

Macro Photography:

Macro photography is when you take super close-up pictures of really small things, like bugs or tiny objects. The pictures make them look bigger than they actually are.

Architectural Photography:

Architectural photography is about taking pictures of buildings and structures to make them look nice and show their real details accurately.

Event Photography:

Event photography is when photographers take good pictures at important events, like weddings, parties, or big gatherings. It could be for personal celebrations or big public events like fancy parties, award shows, or music festivals.

Food Photography:

Presents food in an appealing way, often used in cookbooks, menus, and advertisements.

Documentary Photography:

Tells a story or documents real-life situations, often with a journalistic approach.

Astrophotography:

Astrophotography is about taking pictures of stuff in space, like stars and planets, or things that happen in the nighttime sky.

Sports Photography:

Sports photography is about taking pictures of different sports and games.

Still Life Photography:

Still life photography is a genre of photography used for the depiction of inanimate subject matter, typically a small group of objects.

Underwater Photography:

Involves capturing images underwater, showcasing marine life and underwater environments.

Black and White Photography:

Monochrome photography means pictures that have different light shades, but they’re all in one color, not many colors.

Travel Photography:

Records the experiences, cultures, and landscapes encountered during travel.

Conceptual Photography:

Conceptual photography is about taking pictures that show ideas. People have been doing this since photography started, like in old pictures where they acted out stories, such as Hippolyte Bayard’s Self Portrait as a Drowned Man.

Fine Art Photography:

Fine-art photography is like making art with a camera. People take pictures to show their creative ideas and express themselves in a unique way.

Photography As Hobby

You can do photography for your career and also for hobby.

If you do photography only for hobby, you can do it for your family.
If you go on holidays with your family, then you can click their lovely photos.
When you go somewhere with your family, you can take a good photo of them, you can take very beautiful landscapes.
You can make a very beautiful photo wall in your home in which you can put photos of all your loved ones.

Photography As Profession

And on the other hand if you want to learn photography as a profession then you can have a very good career in photography.

By learning photography, you can earn money by shooting weddings, functions, pre-wedding shoots.
When you read any news paper, you see that the whole news paper is full of photos, you can also do your photography in this line.
You must have seen that nowadays people upload a lot of video, photo content on social media platforms like youtube, instagram, facebook, tiktok, who always need a good photographer, video editor, you can earn money in this way too. .
You can earn money by posting photography on one of your social media accounts.
You must have seen that advertising holdings are installed at various places, so a photographer is also required in them. So you can click ads. That is, you can earn money by doing photography work in an ad agency.
You can shoot songs. You can also earn money by doing photography in the shooting of films.
You can become a wildlife photographer.
So you can earn money by doing a lot of work by learning photography. And make your future bright.

What is Exposure?

When we take a photo with the camera, we must have often seen that sometimes the photo is too dark and sometimes too white. So it all happens due to exposure value. When we keep the exposure right then our photo will come with the right color and light.

So the question arises that how do we click the photo so that in every situation our photo comes out beautiful with the right light and color. You can do all this with the help of Exposure.

First of all put your camera on manual mode. (M Mode On Camera Dial)
After this you look at any subject from View Finder, you will see an Exposure meter running inside. In which you will see some numbers and a meter. In which 0 will be seen in the middle and left side of 0 will show -ve numbers and right side +ve numbers will be seen. Your effort should be that your photo gets 0 clicks.
If clicked in -ve then many photos will be underexposed means dark photo will come.
On the other hand, if you click in +ve, then many photos will be overexposed and your photos will be very over bright.
You always have to try that your photos are clicked on 0 only.

Now the question arises that how to bring the Exposure meter to 0 ?.
Just like tripod has three legs, exposure also depends on three variables. These three variables are Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO.

Through the upcoming articles, we will also understand in detail about these three.

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