Photography has evolved throughout history, whether it be capturing moments and memories, creating visual art, helping scientific research or promoting various products.

Photography has adapted to the modern age- scientific photography (including forensic) has never been such high quality, mass consumerism means advertising and promotion is consumed on a global basis and photography as an accessible art form is blooming with the introduction of smart phones and new hyper-quality cameras available to everyone.

Photography being used as an art form grew from technological developments where images are now able to be manipulated by photographers into ways that fit their artistic expressions. Modern photography is also influenced by photoshop, deception is easier to create which can be used for both benefits and disadvantages. Distrust in news sources, false advertising and the creation of photos where the viewer is deceived is a risk of photoshop as some people use photoshop in a harming way.

Studying photography is gaining knowledge about photographic elements and techniques. It is where you will learn how to take a “good” photo in a literal sense, with balanced light, a good composition, etc.

To practice photography means is creating art through application and creating good, interesting images. Practicing photography helps us to capture memories throughout life, recreating events, changing how people see things and becoming part of the crucial documentation of history.