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."

source : beach camera

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.

Introducing Lomo

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?

source :goodreads

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.

sumber :ssicommunity.com

 ""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."

Street photography : Get closer to people

Street photography is an art photography that features the human condition within pulic places and does not necessitate the presence of a street or even the urban environment. The subject of the photograph might be absent of people and can be object or environment where the image projects a decidedly human character in facsimile or aesthetic.

The origin of the term 'Street' refers to a time rather than a place, a time when women achieved greater freedom, when workers were rewarded with leisure time and when society left the privacy of their sitting rooms, people engaged with each other and their surroundings more publicly and therein the opportunity for the photographer.
Resource :Wikipedia

 “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough” – Robert Capa

Starting your project :

1. Preparation – Never be caught off guard because that’s a sure fire way to miss a shot. Always be on the lookout and frame the image in your head beforehand.

2. Focusing – shallow depth of field and bokeh shots have a time and a place. Most of the time, street photography isn’t the best place to use your lens wide open. You want as much detail in focus as you can so try to go f/8 onwards.

3. Subjects – Respect is the name of the game. If they aren’t keen on being photographed, say your apologies and move on.

4. Mono or Color – Street shots are great on black & white but having color to show stark contrast in color leads to very interesting images.

5. Equipment – The best thing about Lomo cameras in shooting street is that they are small and unobtrusive. There’s nothing that sours the mood of a shot more than a gigantic lens.

 Resource : www.lomography.com

“I love the people I photograph. I mean, they’re my friends. I’ve never met most of them or I don’t know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.” – Bruce Gilden