What are the classifications of photography?

Photography can be divided into portrait photography, landscape photography, commercial photography, documentary (news) photography and architectural photography.

1, portrait photography:

Portrait photography is a special type of photography, which mainly expresses personal characteristics and emotions by depicting and expressing the specific appearance and manner of the subject. Portrait photography mainly shows the appearance of the subject, emphasizes the characteristics and personality of the subject, and makes the photos artistic and ornamental through artistic shooting techniques.

2. Landscape photography:

Landscape photography is a form of photography with the theme of natural scenery, which shows the charm of nature by shooting beautiful scenery, urban buildings and night scenes. Landscape photography is a diversified photography category. In addition to natural scenery, you can also record the urban landscape through architectural photography. In landscape photography, photographers need to master the change and expression skills of light to highlight the essence of natural beauty.

3. Commercial photography:

Commercial photography is a classification of photography, mainly for commercial purposes. Commercial photography needs to take photos for commercial purposes and can promote or sell products or services. Photographers usually entrust or pay in advance, such as photos of corporate brochure, menus and flyers. Commercial photography exists for the benefit of enterprises and needs to be filmed according to the requirements of enterprises.

4, documentary (news) photography:

Documentary photography is a type of photography, which mainly records real events or phenomena. It emphasizes revealing the facts and expressing the real situation by photography. Documentary photography usually records the details of daily life, work and study, so as to restore the real society and people. It is a kind of photography that pays attention to the authenticity and objectivity of facts, and pays more attention to news and news value.

5, architectural photography:

Architectural photography mainly restores the macro scenes such as the main body, design concept and environment of the building through photos, and can also enlarge the details and parts according to the photographer's wishes. Cameras can capture interesting shapes and interior design elements in buildings. However, the challenge faced by cameras when shooting buildings is the distortion of light and images.