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What is photography?

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, what we call a good work is to be able to feel this process more intuitively and what the photographer thinks.

For most photographers, photography is a pleasure. The sense of accomplishment when recording what you like, the love of recording and the love of pictures are all things you get. But it does not rule out that some people become photographers for fame and fortune, and photography can really get these things.

Photography can bring us

1, enjoy the beauty.

Whether we record the wonderful scenery of nature with a camera or the most wonderful situation at the moment, and record the changes and wonderful moments of people and things around us, we will be full of yearning and passion for a better life. By observing and recording beautiful things, it is actually a kind of enjoyment of beautiful things.

2. Record your life.

Record the joys and sorrows of family, relatives and friends from childhood, marriage and children, marriage and career, to middle age and old age. There is a photographer in Japan named Hideaki Hamada, who likes to record the growth process of children very much, and likes to show the growth of children in a small and fresh Japanese style, which is also the best gift for children.

3. Show a different world.

It is hard for you to imagine that at different times, different places and different climates, the pictures presented are completely different. The shock brought by underwater photography, the surprise brought by macro photography, the exploration of the unknown world brought by space photography and so on. Let you enlarge what you can't see or see, show us the incredible beauty and wonderful moments of nature, and show the unique charm of photography.

4. Besides beauty, it is more cruel.

Photography can not only record the beauty of this world, but also show us the cruel reality of this world. For example, the cruelty of war, the cold-blooded invaders and the cruel survival rules of natural animals are all recorded, so that our future generations can be educated and fully understand the cruelty of war, thus avoiding war.