Photography as Genre

Photography is a unique art because there are so many forms of it, and different photographers all take different types of images and all create different meanings and composition pieces. Photography has several layers in it especially for portrait photography. Photo editing software also makes photos wildly more interesting and exciting because you can merge photos, add new layers, etc. As well as the photos can capture the exact moments of things happening (the first steps of your child can be captured for life, or someone’s wedding can be captured the exact moment the couple kiss).

Photographs are always in the present- they are captured not synthesised (to make it or develop it over time).

What is a Photographic Image? A product or confluence of
three components as captured within a frame. The three components are subject, content and form.

Subject: what the image is about (theme)

Content: what can be identified/is in the mage (people, items, places, etc.)

When the subject and content are understood the photographer can start to form meanings in their pieces.

Form: The organisational structure of the image, how the photo was taken and composed to convey the subject and show the content.

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These three components are crucial to creating a perfect complete photo piece.

Photographs don’t have to have hard copies in order for people to see them or appreciate them, they can just be seen on a camera or printed onto any electronic device. Depending on the electronic device you are looking at the image through the quality has to be lessened so it is able to be seen on it if it’s a low quality device.

Personally I always try to look at images and figure out the how they were taken, and where, I love photography and always try to think about how many images were taken, whether they were staged or real etc.