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What is photography?

Photography means taking pictures.

Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment, also known as photography, that is, the process of exposing photosensitive media through the light emitted or reflected by objects. Photography is not simply photography. Photography is an art of observation and thinking, and it is also an art of choice. At the moment of pressing the shutter, the photographer's infinite emotions and thoughts are condensed.

Photography is a universal language, and photography has no national boundaries. Photography is a unique plastic art, and it is a synthesis of optics, physics, chemistry, electronics and digital technology. Photography makes objective reality instantly recorded on photosensitive media through scientific principles such as optical imaging.

Introduce the difference between photography and video.

1, with different properties.

The process of exposing a photosensitive medium with light reflected from an object. The camera is used to convert optical image signals into electrical signals for storage or transmission.

2. Different states

Photography is a still image. Photography is a continuous and dynamic image recording process.

3. Different requirements for equipment

Photography requires more pixels, so the pixels of the camera are higher than those of the camera. Photography has higher requirements for dynamic picture processing, so cameras have higher requirements for focal length conversion than cameras.

4. Different recording methods

Photography is usually recorded on memory cards, while photography used to be recorded on video tapes. Now it is recorded by memory card, hard disk, CD, tape, etc.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Photography