Why do you say "photography is the art of capturing light"

The word "photography" evolved from the combination of "light" and "painting" in Greek, meaning "painting with light". There are many ways to "paint with light" (that is, take pictures). Brush is camera and lens, canvas is film or digital photosensitive element. In essence, it is a combination of technology and visual observation, and it is a combination of technology and art. Photography is not simply taking pictures. Only conscious, thoughtful, thoughtful and refined pictures can be called photography.

Photography is not only a specialized subject, but also its specialty is reflected in several fields that we call "specialty", such as strict commercial photography, news photography, scientific photography and so on. , with professional social service as its purpose. Photography in a broad sense is the basic quality that modern people should have. Its fundamental function is to confirm their existence, record the past, transmit information and express opinions. Therefore, when photography is mainly used for recording, it is a record (including news records); When photography is mainly used for aesthetic expression, it is art; When photography is mainly used to make money (including advertising photography and business portraits), it is business.

Due to the emergence of new technologies-automatic focusing (AF), automatic exposure (AE), automatic film feeding, automatic film sensitivity identification, automatic flash control, digital image processing, etc. -A series of jobs originally completed by photographers were replaced by cameras, thus realizing complete automation. All these changes have greatly reduced the burden on photographers and made the means of taking pictures simpler and faster than before. Let photography, which is regarded as a noble art by many people, be popularized, and let more people who love life join the ranks of photography. They don't have to spend a lot of time learning advanced optical and chemical theories, nor do they have to learn complicated camera operation methods. As long as they read the instruction manual prepared by the camera manufacturer and then pick up the camera, they can always get clear and well-exposed photos, which can accurately record the richness of mountains and rivers, the laughter of family reunion, the joy of reunion after a long separation and so on.