Response to Photography Essay:

Photography is one of the many beautiful things in life. It allows anyone to capture a moment, any moment in time and to document it forever. With this project we are supposed to document our finding of how to convey our word’s meaning. By reading Photo Ops, I was able to understand a little bit of the knowledge that goes into photography. I had always thought that in order to get an unbelievably good picture you had to be an expert on photography, but the truth is you only need a camera and something to shoot. Experimenting with the light, shadows, and angles can get you a good picture. There’s also ways of movement, continuity, close-ups, symmetrical and asymmetrical images, and framing that will help give a photographer experience and make them get a better shot that they might’ve not been able to do before. It gives you a variety to choose from. The only way to get better as a photographer is to practice. I once took a job shadowing class about photography. We went to this lady’s studio and she taught us about angles, lighting, and how to morph a picture into something amazing. Reading this reminded me of that time. I hope to further my experience in photography while I’m here at school and during this new project.

            By using photos to document it is the neutral, style less, and objective way of documenting. By using pictures as documents, the viewers receive a great deal about our worlds from the images; it allows people to see certain things that they were not present at. This is why documentation through images started way back when artists painted and sketched. Those were the first forms of image documentation. It was said by Talbot that the “image emerges without and conscious involvement from the photographer.” Documentary also provides the viewers with direct access to truth. In the reading it was really cool to see how documentary had transformed through generations. Also to see how it was being used was really cool. Documentary can help reconnect us to the past, the images tell a story within themselves. This is how we are supposed to use our own images in this project, to show how our words relate to everyday life.