Photography is the art of taking and processing photographs. The word photography literally means ‘drawing with light’ which I think is quite poetic and portrays the creativity of photography and how you can manipulate factors to make your photographs look even better.

There are 3 main elements of photography; aperture, shutter, and ISO. The aperture is what controls the amount of light being allowed into the camera. The shutter is the device that which the lens aperture is opened admit light, which exposes the film. The ISO is the camera’s sensitivity to light. The lower the ISO, the less sensitive the film/sensor is to light.

David Campany talks about how much of an impact photography has. They allow people to look at fixed appearances. Photographs can capture special moments people want to keep forever, or they could simply be to document something. Photography allows us to see things we may have never noticed otherwise. There are no limits to photography. As photographs are highly mobile, it’s easy to share art with other people who may even be across the world. This means more people can appreciate the art being created and interpret its meanings. Even if a photographer takes a photo trying to express a certain meaning, it can lose that meaning or perhaps other people can interpret their own meanings from it. Everyone has different perspectives.

“photographs confuse as much as fascinate, conceal as much as reveal, distract as much as compel. They are unpredictable communicators.”

David Campany

I agree with this statement as it expresses how photography is limitless and is open for interpretation. It tells how photography can affect people in many different ways and how photographs can serve different purposes. ‘distract as much as compel’ this shows that people can be drawn to photographs for different reasons and have different to reactions to them.