Photography: Featured Article

Photography Is a Wonderful Invention

Photography captures images on film that can be saved for hundreds of years.  Ancestors from years past have their images captured on film so their descendants can have knowledge about the people that came before them.  These photographs from the past can offer incredible insight into the history of a family.  The resemblances to living family members that appear in pictures of ancestors from many years ago are astounding.  Looking at these images can be great fun for all members of a family.  Without photography the information about the past might be lost forever.

The joy of photography comes from the images that capture the progress of current family members.  The wonderful photos of the first birthday of a beautiful child surrounded by parents, siblings and grandparents capture a memorable moment of family history.  The first day of kindergarten can be captured with the tools of photography and saved for many years until that child can show his or her own children.  These images will provide great conversation pieces for many years to come.  The images of ceremonies of graduation from school and friends present on a graduation day can also be captured with a camera and film.  Today these images can also be captured as digital images.

Photography Provides Pictures of the Past

Images of family members are great pieces of family history, but other pieces of history are also captured through the tools provided by photography.  Each city grows every year and the changes go unnoticed at times because the changes are gradual.  The photography that captured the images of a city fifty or a hundred years ago provides a visual history of a city.  The changes help to understand how the city has evolved.  Some cities have added modern buildings that replace ranches or farms.  The information captured in pictures of these areas can be fascinating to the current residents.

Photography captures the history of a country so that all of the citizens will have vivid images of the leaders and people of the country.  The images of the heroes of military battles and historic moments are valuable for all the people in the country.  The photography that captured a new President delivering a speech on inauguration day provides a glimpse into the past that is available for hundreds of years.  The photograph of brave men raising the flag at different historic occasions inspires citizens around the country for many decades.  Brilliant inventors developed tools to capture images to save forever.  

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September 5, 2008

Digital Photography - Don’t Let Software Replace Talent.

Digital photography has seen some amazing advances in technology in just a few short years. But the camera, not the computer, is still the essential tool of a good photographer.In recent times I have spoken to a few very disgruntled beginners, who had signed up and paid good money to attend a course in ‘digital photography.’ On arrival at the first class, they were told to put their cameras away - they would not be needing them. This was not actually a course in photography; it was a course in photo editing. So instead of being taught how to take better photos, they were being taught how to fix up their mistakes.I would have asked for my money back, for this course was not delivering what it promised.Was this a case of blatant false advertising? From the customer’s point of view, it certainly was. But believe it or not, the teacher may not have seen it that way. It is an alarming truth that some people see software, not the camera, as the cornerstone of photography.When the digital photography revolution began, it excited two groups of people. First there were the traditional photographers, who embraced the cost savings and convenience […]

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September 1, 2008

New York Wedding Photographer

Finding a New York Wedding Photographer should be easy as there are literally thousands of choices at your fingertips. However, sifting through the seemingly endless number of New York Photographers from major corporate giants to small mom and pops, to single artist options can be a daunting experience to say the least. Finding the perfect wedding photographer in a city the size of New York is quite a task at hand, so here are some things to consider before your put the feelers out on your quest for the perfect photographer.
Longevity…
You ever wonder why one restaurant can survive for decades while others come and go? Do you think it might have to do with there service, quality of food, prices, or maybe all of the above? The fact is that the studios that have been around for years have managed to stay because they provide great service and a quality product. That isn’t to say they are perfect, but in a city this demanding, you don’t last long if you aren’t earning referrals. New York City is the city that makes or breaks artists. Statistics show that 4 out of 5 photographers are out of business within the first 5 […]

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