What is photography?

Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment. Generally, we take photos with mechanical cameras or digital cameras. Sometimes photography is also called photography, that is, the process of exposing the photosensitive medium by using the light reflected by the object. Someone once said an incisive language: the photographer's ability is to transform the fleeting ordinary things in daily life into immortal visual images.

The definition of photography is actually the process of recording light and shadow, observing and recording things from multiple angles and dimensions from the perspective of documentary or aesthetics, and forming a picture. Usually, lovers like us regard photography as a record and pour their emotions into the shooting process. Usually a good work is to feel this process more intuitively.

Characteristics of photography

Portrait photography takes the description and expression of the specific appearance and manner of the subject as its main creative task. Although some portrait photography works also contain certain plots, they still focus on the appearance of the subject, and a considerable number of portrait photography works only illustrate the image of the subject without specific plots. And figure photography is mainly about shooting events and activities that the subject participates in.

The main task is to show the specific plot, not to show the appearance and expression of the subject with vivid images. Whether it's a single person or a group of people, whether it's a snapshot in a scene or a pose in a photo studio, whether it's a plot or not, as long as it's a photo that mainly shows the specific appearance and mental state of the subject, it belongs to the category of portrait photography.