Essay On Photography

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“Photography is a word derived from the Greek words photo’s as in light and graphein as in to draw”(Bellis). Camera’s use light to draw a picture of what our eyes see. The ability to do such a thing has made the camera one of the greatest inventions. Capturing a passing moment in life that will never happen again is just unbelievable. This moment will now stay with us forever every time we look at that photo. In this essay I will analyze the significance of camera’s and discus the nature of photos, as well as reflect upon the process of building a pinhole camera. The first camera invented was in 1021 AD by Arab physicist Ibn Al-Haytham. The camera was a pinhole camera. It worked by letting light pass though a small hole, it would strike…show more content…
Before we started building it I honestly thought it would be much harder. Looking at the steps and how perfectly they fit together made me change my opinion. Building the camera was fun it was just like a puzzle. The hard part about the process was understanding how it worked. I was so used to using complex technology that I didn’t realize taking a picture could be this simple. After my group and I finished the building processes we decided to photograph people at work. I suggested doing this cause I really wanted to see the reactions of people when they’d know this was a camera. We started going around the campus and approaching students and faculty members. When we would ask to take their pictures and show them the camera they would not believe us. Honestly no one thought that this black plastic box was a camera. After we explained what it was and how it worked they were more convinced. The people’s reactions were priceless. Knowing my generation I expected these reactions. After finishing the pictures they were ready to be printed. I was very disappointed to know that the Kodak Company does not print these types of films anymore. It’s sad that such a beautiful processes will eventually go extinct cause of advanced technology. Taking pictures with our cameras and camera phones nowadays is completely different then with a pinhole camera. The experience of the pinhole camera is much more fun. Even though the

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