The Genious of Photography

The Genius of Photography DVD:  Episode 1 'Fixing the Shadows' and Episode 5 'We are Family'

What is Photography for?
To put it simply, photography is used to capture an image or a moment in time. Photography is a tool for many things, like documentation, newspapers, magazines, advertisements, science, forensics etc etc. Photography can be a tool of one’s trade but anyone can capture an image. It is in the way one does this that makes it special.
As said in the dvd, photography turns something that was once random and unimportant before, now into the main focus.  Photography frames a subject and intends the viewer to look at that certain spot saying, 'Look at this'. 'This is special or important'.

Is it art or is it science?
This is a very good question. When i think about it, i think of the scientific elements of photography that would make it impossible to take an image without. Because of the technology that has been developed, it has made capturing an image achievable by anyone, but it is with how they do this that makes it an art.
Some people ask me ‘what so you just take photos?’, when I tell them that I’m studying a photography course. But it’s not as simple as that. To take a great photograph, you need to be able to see creatively, it’s not as simple as just clicking a button.
In the dvd, the question ‘Is it the camera or the Photographer that does all the work?’ arose.  I believe that the answer is both. The photographer works with their equipment to achieve an image of artistic quality.