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What does photography mean?

Photography refers to the process of recording images with some special equipment. Generally, we take photos with mechanical cameras or digital cameras. Sometimes photography is also called photography, that is, the process of exposing the photosensitive medium by using the light reflected by the object.

Photography is to use a video camera (video shooting equipment) to convert optical image signals into electrical signals for storage or transmission.

A popular explanation is that photography is a static image recording process and photography is a continuous dynamic image recording process.

similarities and differences

The similarities between photography and photography are obvious to all: both use equipment to record images; All need to master certain shooting skills; Everyone needs to be familiar with equipment, auxiliary tools, light and photosensitive materials; But the difference between photography and camera shooting is also obvious. Photography is to capture the moment and solidify it into eternity, which is commonly called taking pictures. A camera is a continuous image, recording every moment in a period of time. Photography can use flash; Continuous light is used for camera shooting. Photographic camera; Take pictures with a video camera or video recorder.

differentiate

1. Photography has the same visibility.

Novels depend on reading, music depends on listening, and camera art depends on watching. Novels and music can't provide concrete images for people to see. They are time art, not space art ... Photography art is both space art (or visual art) and time art, showing the process of time. The novel uses written description to clarify the theme, narrate the plot, portray the characters and describe the environment. Readers imagine and feel artistic images according to descriptions and their own life experiences.

2. Photography is moving and photography is still.

Painting, photography and sculpture are all space arts (plastic arts), and they all have visibility, so what is the difference between TV cameras and them? Painting and photography can only express dynamics, so they are called instantaneous art, and neither can express the movement process of objects. Photography is not only a space art, but also a time art, which is called time-space art. Photography and photography (photography) both express their contents through the form of pictures. But their two pictures are different.

3. Photography has the same recording characteristics.

Painters don't have to face the scene when painting. They can screen and conceive the accumulation in life through their own technical and artistic means, and finally draw on canvas or paper. Apart from sketching, they generally don't have to face the real thing. Photography must face physical objects-scenery or physical objects, and the objects of photography-scenery and people must be directly visible. On-site shooting can only become an image after lens imaging. Photography and video recording are based on this principle. Without scenes and objects, it is impossible to shoot with a camera. Although camera shooting is an objective record, the subjective artistic ideas of directors and photographers are fused from this objective record, so this kind of image comes from reality and is higher than reality.

4. Photography is audio-visual art and photography is visual art..

Photography is an art of "dumb beep", which allows people to watch calmly. In silent telling, you can feel different charms. Photography is an audio-visual art, when the picture appears, it needs someone's dialogue, sound effects of the scene and later music. Pay equal attention to sound and painting, and tell your feelings from both audio and video. The documentary nature of film and television painting and the appearance of sound make the film and television picture more realistic. However, whether it is visual art or audio-visual art, photos with superb attainments and profound themes can sometimes touch a person's heart more than a movie, and the artistic value of silence over sound sometimes occurs in photography and video.

Photography is a comprehensive art, and photography is an independent skill.

After the camera can't shoot independently, it needs post-production such as editing and recording to complete the expression of the theme. Photography can be done by an independent person. A picture can represent a complete theme. According to the post-film technology, a one-second moving picture is composed of 24 still pictures, which changes from static to dynamic under the application of optical principles. A complete camera shooting needs multiple processes to be completed collectively, which is why many people are keen on taking pictures and video shooting is less.