| After the popularity and growth of photography | | | | comes to photography. Photography has evolved |
| and the invention of the camera, it was no | | | | to such an extent that it has become an |
| surprise that dissemination and mass production | | | | instrument of expression in fields such as |
| of photo prints followed. Due to the art of | | | | medicine, military activities, education and |
| photography, public as well as personal history, | | | | commerce. The greatest benefit of photography |
| time and perception has immortalized mankind. | | | | has been felt by science. Other fields that depend |
| The concept of privacy altered as the number of | | | | on photography are geology, aerial mapping, |
| public figures increased and the action of man | | | | surveying, meteorology, archeology, and |
| began being recorded. Photographs became proof | | | | anthropology to list a few. |
| of any event, experience or state of being. | | | | Digital photography |
| The art of photography | | | | After the 21'st century, images could now be |
| During the early stages of photography, many | | | | altered and manipulated in a number of ways with |
| hardships had to be faced before it could be | | | | the aid of computer techniques and imaging. |
| certified as an art form. Artists and critics alike | | | | Photographic nature and technique was forever |
| challenged this art form on both its mechanical | | | | changed through digital photography. |
| and chemical front. Photography, for a long time, | | | | Conventionally photography involved a lens |
| was only considered a craft. | | | | through which light had to be passed and lead to |
| Removing restrictions | | | | an emulsifying agent. In digital photography color |
| When art schools and museums finally accepted | | | | filters and sensors are utilized for creating the |
| photography as a recognizable art form, the trend | | | | image. Digital photography adopts two kinds of |
| continued till present. Many photographers moved | | | | techniques. One involves using three layers of |
| away from the traditional and conventional norms | | | | filters where each filter will allow only one color to |
| that dictated documentary and straight aesthetic | | | | pass through, green, blue or red. |
| modes as an expression of individuality. | | | | These are just a few facts about modern |
| Photography became the major form of visual | | | | photography. The art of photography has been |
| art by the 1960's. Today, photography has been | | | | around for almost hundred years and the |
| combined with a number of other forms of | | | | innovations do not stop happening. There are still |
| expression like mixed media and computer | | | | many more creative innovations yet to be |
| imaging. | | | | invented, as the advancement of photography |
| Practical applications | | | | can never stop and it will never cease to amaze |
| There are many practical applications when it | | | | us. |