if your doing a project about it, what would be a good goal? so far I got: to learn different photography techniques
what else can u get from it, and I mean art photography, not in journalism… and art is just considered visual, so there’s not much to write about and mine should be 2000 words… help me!
I think one goal of photography is to share a perspective. Some people are so busy in their own lives that they don’t take the time to see things for what they are. Sometimes only giving certain things a passing glance, or they view the subject through the periphery of their vision. A photographer can give these people a new perspective of something that they may have not thought of before. A cat hanging from a tree, showing people to hang on, cause it could be worse, a horse running over open country to signify freedom, an animal in a cage to show imprisonment. All photos are an expression of something, usually art photography is a medium by which an artist can use to explain or spot light something they feel of importance. If you ever have a chance, study a photo mosaic. See all the different pictures come together to make one larger picture. It may help you to get a better grasp and the word requirement. Just use a lot of details, and that should help you reach it.
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The goal of photography is to be able to share feelings that can’t be or are difficult to be expressed verbally or in any other form.
Art has always been about human emotions and the things you see that cause a rise in you…
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the goal of it is 2 get a camera n clik the button!! lool
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kodak.co.uk
I think one goal of photography is to share a perspective. Some people are so busy in their own lives that they don’t take the time to see things for what they are. Sometimes only giving certain things a passing glance, or they view the subject through the periphery of their vision. A photographer can give these people a new perspective of something that they may have not thought of before. A cat hanging from a tree, showing people to hang on, cause it could be worse, a horse running over open country to signify freedom, an animal in a cage to show imprisonment. All photos are an expression of something, usually art photography is a medium by which an artist can use to explain or spot light something they feel of importance. If you ever have a chance, study a photo mosaic. See all the different pictures come together to make one larger picture. It may help you to get a better grasp and the word requirement. Just use a lot of details, and that should help you reach it.
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Just my opinion, no sources.
These are some of the goals and uses of photography:
Uses and goals of photography
Photography gained the interest of many scientists and artists from its inception. Scientists have used photography to record and study movements, such as Eadweard Muybridge’s study of human and animal locomotion in 1887. Artists are equally interested by these aspects but also try to explore avenues other than the photo-mechanical representation of reality, such as the pictorialist movement. Military, police, and security forces use photography for surveillance, recognition and data storage. Photography is used by amateurs to preserve memories of favorite times, to capture special moments, to tell stories, to send messages, and as a source of entertainment. Many mobile phones now contain cameras to facilitate such use.
Commercial advertising relies heavily on photography and has contributed greatly to its development.
Photographic modes of production
[edit] Amateur photography
An amateur photographer is one who practices photography as a hobby and not for profit. The quality of some amateur work is comparable to that of many professionals but may be highly specialised or eclectic in its choice of subjects. Amateur photography is often pre-eminent in photographic subjects which have little prospect of commercial use or reward.
Commercial photography
Manual shutter control and exposure settings can achieve unusual results.Commercial photography is probably best defined as any photography for which the photographer is paid for images rather than works of art. In this light money could be paid for the subject of the photograph or the photograph itself. Wholesale, retail, and professional uses of photography would fall under this definition. The commercial photographic world could include:
Advertising photography: photographs made to illustrate and usually sell a service or product. These images are generally done with an advertising agency, design firm or with an in-house corporate design team.
Fashion and glamour photography: This type of photography usually incorporates models. Fashion photography emphasizes the clothes or product, glamour emphasizes the model. Glamour photography is popular in advertising and in men’s magazines. Models in glamour photography may be nude, but this is not always the case.
Crime Scene Photography: This type of photography consists of photographing scenes of crime such as robberies and murders. A black and white camera or an infrared camera may be used to capture specific details.
Still life photography usually depicts inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural or man-made.
Food photography can be used for editorial, packaging or advertising use. Food photography is similar to still life photography, but requires some special skills.
Editorial photography: photographs made to illustrate a story or idea within the context of a magazine. These are usually assigned by the magazine.
Photojournalism: this can be considered a subset of editorial photography. Photographs made in this context are accepted as a documentation of a news story.
Portrait and wedding photography: photographs made and sold directly to the end user of the images.
Landscape photography: photographs of different locations.
Wildlife photography that demonstrates life of the animals.
Photo sharing: publishing or transfer of a user’s digital photos online.
The market for photographic services demonstrates the aphorism "one picture is worth a thousand words," which has an interesting basis in the history of photography. Magazines and newspapers, companies putting up Web sites, advertising agencies and other groups pay for photography.
Many people take photographs for self-fulfillment or for commercial purposes. Organizations with a budget and a need for photography have several options: they can employ a photographer directly, organize a public competition, or obtain rights to stock photographs. Photo stock can be procured through traditional stock giants, such as Getty Images or Corbis; smaller microstock agencies, such as Fotolia; or web marketplaces, such as Cutcaster.
Good luck to you.
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About.Com.Photography, Wikipedia