Photography (pronounced /fәˈtɒɡrәfi/) is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an electronic sensor. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects activate a sensitive chemical or electronic sensor during a timed exposure, usually through a photographic lens in a device known as a camera that also stores the resulting information chemically or electronically. Photography has many uses for business, science, art and pleasure.

Lens and mounting of a large-format camera. A historic camera: the Contax S of 1949 — the first pentaprism SLR. Nikon F of 1959 — the first 35mm film system camera. Late Production Minox B camera with later style "honeycomb" selenium light meter A portable folding reflector positioned to "bounce" sunlight onto a model

The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς (phos) "light" and γραφή (graphê) "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light". Traditionally, the products of photography have been called negatives and photographs, commonly shortened to photos.

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A. 1. Get a DSLR. There are many brands out there, but I like Nikon & Canon. As for color or black & white images, those will all be done in your computer afterwards. Film cameras are few and far between and losing support except among the serious professionals who require it. A DSLR will allow you the flexibility to match lens to your needs. 2. You get better the same way you get better at driving. Sure, classes and online guides are helpful. BUT, you've just got to go out and shoot! Take 3 or 4 times as many pictures as you plan to, experimenting with camera settings. You will get better with practice and soon find many techniques to be second-nature. Don't throw away the 'bad' images, but learn from them. Join an online photo… [cont.]
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Photography is...

  • "the art of frozen time... the ability to store emotion and feelings within a frame" -- Meshack Otieno
  • "an austere and blazing poetry of the real" -- Ansel Adams
  • "the recording of strangeness and beauty with beguiling precision" -- Sebastian Smee
  • "a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality" -- Alfred Stieglitz
  • "the dominant and fascinating and only folk art of the twentieth century" -- Sir John Rotherstein
  • "(a means by which we)...learn to see the ordinary" -- David Bailey
  • "a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere ..." -- John Szarkowski
  • "my meditation" -- Czar Anthony Lopez
  • "a strong tool, a propaganda device, and a weapon for the defense of the environment...and therefore for the fostering of a healthy human race and even very likely for its survival." -- Eliot Porter
  • "the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson

A camera...

  • "is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera" -- Dorothea Lange
  • "has interesting ideas of its own" -- John Szarkowski.

A photograph is...

  • "The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on canvas. You're not supposed to look at the thing, you’re supposed to look through it. It's a window." -- John Szarkowski.

On creativity

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  • “My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, or the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.” -- Edward Weston