Is there a difference between photography and painting?

1, conceptual differences

The word photography comes from the Greek word φ? Phos (light) and γ ρ α φ ι graphics (painting, painting) or γ ρ α φ? Graphê together means "painting with light". Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment.

Drawing or painting, on the technical level, is a practice of adding color to the surface as a supporting surface. These surfaces can be paper or cloth, and the tools for adding color can be brushes, brushes, sponges or cloth strips.

2. Tool differences

Photography includes still life photography, portrait photography, documentary photography and artistic photography.

Painting is divided into ink painting, oil painting, printmaking, gouache painting, mural painting, meticulous painting, cartoon and other types.

3. Equipment differences:

Photography: camera, photosensitive medium, imaging lens, exposure time control mechanism, film cassette, storage medium, electronic photoreceptor, electronic storage medium. Wait a minute.

Painting category: pencil, signature pen, colored pencil, eraser, paper, easel, etc.

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