What is the purpose of photography?

Photography is basically a mixture of applied science, imagination and design, professional skills and organizational ability. Therefore, the correct way to learn photography technology should start with a comprehensive understanding of the whole process of photo formation, rather than focusing on technical details prematurely. This includes two aspects, on the one hand, the understanding of the photographic equipment and the photographic process itself, on the other hand, the understanding of the diversified visual ways that objectively, truly and accurately constitute the image picture, and the understanding of the self-expression and public interpretation of the work. Why take pictures? What does photography actually include? Compared with other picture composition methods or information and thought expression methods, what role can photos play? What method can be used to judge the quality of photographic works? This is exactly what this chapter will elaborate.

Every aspect of photography

For many people, one of the most attractive things about photography is the mystery of the photographic equipment itself. All the high-tech modern technology condensed in photographic equipment is to press the camera button one by one in order to adapt to people's hands and eyes, the "click" sound when precision parts are in place, and the photographic equipment is "armed to the teeth", which has great attraction. Although the equipment is critical and the detailed knowledge about the equipment is interesting and important, taking pictures is not just as simple as playing with the camera a few times. Another attraction of photography is its actual process, which skillfully deals with the stimulation brought by various complicated photography problems, as well as the rewards obtained by exerting technical expertise and making final images. People can recognize and appreciate the photographic effects from its inherent "quality", such as excellent details, rich colors and colorful colors. This process provides a way for photographers to "capture what they see" and form pictures of things around them without strenuous painting. A camera is a time machine, which can condense any selected person, scene or environment, and seems to give users a kind of strength and will.