Science of Photography

Photography is both an "art" and a "science."  The "art" concerns itself with images that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye, a photograph's composition.  Understanding the "art" is essential to good photography, but cannot be performed by itself.  The "art" employs and applies principles from the "science" to accomplish what the photographer desires.  One cannot learn and master it first and then take photographs.  It requires practice, experimentation and study to determine how use of principles from the "science" affect the appearance of the photograph.  Intertwined in this are some references to elements of the "art" as the "science" is studied and used as tools for the "art."  This is not intended to be in depth on any particular aspect of the "science" but an overview of its most important elements.

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Why Does Photography Exist?

"Still, it’s true that humans have long been obsessed with capturing the image of a particular moment. Humans are uniquely visual like that — no one ever talks about capturing the smells of a moment or the taste and feel of a moment except in the most metaphorical of manners. But, everyone nowadays has a camera with them just about all of the time."

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The History of Photography

is a word derived from the Greek words photos ("light") and graphein ("to draw") The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F.W. Herschel in 1839. It is a method of recording images by the action of light, or related radiation, on a sensitive material.

The First Photograph

On a summer day in 1827, Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first photographic image with a camera obscure. Prior to Niepce people just used the camera obscura for viewing or drawing purposes not for making photographs. Joseph Nicephore Niepce's heliograph or sun prints as they were called were the prototype for the modern photograph, by letting light draw the picture.

Niepce placed an engraving onto a metal plate coated in bitumen, and then exposed it to light. The shadowy areas of the engraving blocked light, but the whiter areas permitted light to react with the chemicals on the plate. When Niepce placed the metal plate in a solvent, gradually an image, until then invisible, appeared. However, Niepce's photograph required eight hours of light exposure to create and after appearing would soon fade away.

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Tips for Starting Your Successful Photography

Photography (derived from the Greek photos- for "light" and -graphos for "drawing") is the art, science, and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such asphotographic film, or electronically by means of an image sensor.
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Don't Give Up

“ Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

Do you know how many photos you have taken up until now? You will have to take thousands of pictures to reach a point where you can begin to evaluate them objectively. Looking upon your photos as if you were looking at them through someone else’s eyes is a good way to give yourself constructive criticism. Comparing your first photos with your most recent, do you see improvement? Do you remember how you loved some of your first photos – do you still love them or are they now not so good anymore?

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Menjelajahi Karya Darwis Triadi

Apa yang terlintas di benak Anda saat mendengar nama Darwis Triadi? Fotografi? Barangkali itu bukan hanya akan menjadi jawaban Anda saja, melainkan juga sebagian besar yang lain. Ya, di Indonesia, pemilik nama lengkap Andreas Darwis Triadi tersebut memang begitu identik dengan urusan “memotret”. Bahkan rasanya tidak berlebihan jika dikatakan Darwis

—akrab ia disapa—adalah salah satu ikon fotografi Indonesia. Namun, tahukah Anda bahwa sebenarnya Darwis tak sekalipun pernah mengenyam pendidikan formal di bidang yang digelutinya selama puluhan tahun? Berikut petikan kisah hidup pria kelahiran Solo, 15 Oktober 1954 tersebut di bidang fotografi.

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 ""Mungkin Anda pernah merasa kesal karena orang lain tidak menghargai Anda. Atau, barangkali Anda juga sering marah karena orang lain tidak memerhatikan Anda. Sepertinya, saling menghormati, menghargai dan tidak mencibirkan karya orang lain, seolah menjadi sesuatu yang terlalu mewah untuk dimiliki dan temui saat ini. Padahal, suka atau tidak, kita hidup saling berinteraksi dengan orang lain."