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World Photography Day : Exploring The World Of Photography

By Sathish Mon -
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  • 19th August 2020,
  • 8:21 PM

An eye catching image can tell a tale of a lifetime. Here's the world of the amazing art that captivates those moments that you never want to miss in your life.

Picture Credits: Sathish Mon

Ever wondered how the photograph of a leaping panther catching the hind leg of a musk deer in the air nicely captured or those pictures of your favourite actors or actresses looking unbelievably stunning or those mind-blowing sceneries hanging as wallpapers in your room – it’s the amazing work of the artist who knows how to play with light – The Photographer.

The word ‘photography’ has its roots from two Greek words created from the Greek roots φωτός (phōtos), genitive of φῶς (phōs), anglicized ‘photo’ meaning ‘light’ and γραφή (graphé) ” or simply to translate as ‘graph’ meaning drawing representation with lines together meaning ‘drawing with light’”.

Picture Credits: Sathish Mon

So, a photograph is captured through an optical sensor which reproduce a digital representation of what the sensor is exposed to in a digital camera whereas earlier the same process was captured a digital film ( such as in a film camera)and later it was developed chemically in a dark room.

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Photography has evolved over the years ever since it was discovered. For most, one can remember going to a nearby studio and then there was a guy who fixed his camera on a three fold stand (tripod) and ducking into a dark cloth and before that he would ask you to pose perfectly and then you find an intense light flash like a lightning which makes you close your eyes and even for some, you would be awestruck and never want to come for the next time making you camera shy.

Fast-forward to this millennial times of 2020, you got a smartphone in your hand and capturing your own photograph is just an arm’s length. Thus, photography has come a long way from a commercially esteemed rare possession embedded on a photo card to a self captured digital images floating on social media flooded with likes and comments.

Picture Credits: Sathish Mon

Gone are the days when you called a photographer for your family function or a social event, photography has peeked into that home in the street corner, where a smart guy fiddling with the camera is called to click a birthday event at your home on his camera and if you are curious to capture on your own, there’s the shortcut – clicking everything on your high end smartphone.

Yet, you still hire a professional photographer to captivate the precious moments of your life like weddings or influential moments in a corporate event or even those stunning photographs of yours as a portfolio for the modeling industry.

So, the next time, you got to click a stunning photo and amaze people around you with a ‘wow factor’, there are lot of photography hacks available online to master. Whether you own a digital camera or a smartphone, you can not only create those impressive aura with those breathtaking clicks but even you can pursue a newfound passion for life.

Aim the shot, freeze the moment and never miss that golden time that tells your story to the whole world – Keep Clicking.

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