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Photography is defined as "the art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and especially light on a sensitive surface (as film or a CCD chip)." The most common media are film and electronic sensor. During a timed exposure, a controlled amount of light is captured by a camera, which stores the information on the media for further processing.

Once the image is recorded, it can then be processed. For film this is a chemical process; for digital media, one can use an image-processing application like Adobe Lightroom. From there, the image can then be printed, or uploaded to the Internet onto photo-sharing sites, or displayed in other ways.

Photography can be a hobby, or practiced at the professional level. It is used for portraiture, advertising, illustration, journalistic efforts, fine art, and even in the science and technology fields. The transition in prominence from film to digital photography has been rapid. Taking place roughly from 1995 and 2005, the digital revolution happened much faster than anyone imagined.

While many of the techniques that were used in the days of Ansel Adams are still valid, with modern tools like Adobe Photoshop photographers have many more methods for working with images, as well as many more opportunities for manipulation, and even dishonesty. What photography will be like in another hundred years is anyone's guess.

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  • A Wonderful Night for a Picnic


    Visual Thoughts Photography — Authority Authority: 139
    The last full moon would have been a wonderful night for a picnic… © 2010 D L Ennis, All rights reserved New Prices on prints…or save even more by purchasing the electronic file for the image you want and having it emailed to you to have printed at your convenience! Get another discount by paying via PayPal. ...
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  • A Blast from the Past


    the havens — Authority Authority: 127
    I was moved to searcha certain name on Google this afternoon as I was trying to cool down after my morning’s forays into the brassica patch.  I mean “forays” in the most military of its usage. It has come to my attention that since I removed the floating row cover from the broccoli, which was [...]
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  • Left Bank Books


    kingdom praxis | a.k.a. eliacn's blog — Authority Authority: 105
    Left Bank Bookstore – Seattle WA, Eliacín Rosario-Cruz 2009©
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  • Do You Know This Kid XX?


    The Frustrated Teacher — Authority Authority: 137
    This adorable feller was born in 1972, when I was 9. His kid went to the same preschool as my kid! He is a musician. He is in a band. He rocks.
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  • Return to Tegherivank


    Notes From Hairenik — Authority Authority: 113
    Last weekend while bored out of my skull I called some people to take a ride with me to Tegherivank. Although I had already gone there back in April , the monastery is close enough to Yerevan for a two-hour excursion. Not only was I able to break free from the insanity of the city, I could savor the mind-numbing ...
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  • Shuttersnitch and Eye-Fi


    Palm Sounds — Authority Authority: 536
    Gadgetlab writes about this great solution for getting pictures from your camera straight into you iDevice without using a desktop. Very clever stuff. Using the Eye-Fi in the camera and the Shuttersnitch app on your device it all works fine except that you need a wifi network for it to happen.
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  • Richard Mosse


    BOOOOOOOM! — Authority Authority: 684
    “Quick”, a series of photos from Eastern Congo, by Richard Mosse . No photoshop here, Mosse shot these with Kodak Aerochrome infrared film!
    5 hours ago

  • Terrorist Alert


    Mission Mission — Authority Authority: 546
    I saw this terrorist wanted poster in front of La Rondalla last night. The problem is I can’t tell if it’s: a.) Viral marketing for a new action-thriller b.) Street art c.) Ex-boyfriend revenge d.) Legitimate Can anyone shed some light on the subject? Or if you see this cartoon lady, rat her out at (857) ...
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  • Tumblr Alert: Celebrity Pu$$y, Just the Cats You were Looking For


    Groonk.Net:ScaredYet? — Authority Authority: 140
    Our new favorite Tumblr: Celebrity Pussy More male celebrities have cats than we ever would have guessed. Share the love:
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  • How To Photograph In Low Light – Video


    Digital Camera Reviews — Authority Authority: 454
    Taking pictures in low light can be a bit confusing. In this instructional video photographer Heidi Porter shows what steps are needed to make sure your low light pictures turn out great every time.
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  • Looking back at our younger years


    Attuworld.com — Authority Authority: 566
    We all will have one point in our lives where we are looking back at our younger years . Here we have put together some of those views that are done in a great way.
    6 hours ago

  • Afghanistan, Women and the War


    Conscientious — Authority Authority: 530
    If you havent seen the cover of TIME magazine or if you havent read the editors thinking about it, head over here . Also, there is a moving short film in which Jodi Bieber, the photographer, talks about taking the photograph . Ive spent all day now thinking about the various aspects. A post over at Jezebel does a ...
    6 hours ago

  • vintage honeymoon studio shot


    Just a Car Guy — Authority Authority: 495
    from: http://www.retroatelier.com/en/news/?id_gallery=59
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  • Jax \ 5 weeks \ at home


    Orange County photographer | Tara Whitney - Orange County's Leading Photographer. Family, Pregnancy, Maternity, infant, Newborn, Baby, engagement photography in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego — Authority Authority: 421
    Before and After, in the bathroom: Jax is the son of my best friends, Jalayne and Justin. You can see the progression of their life together here and here and here . I spent a weekend with them in May, documenting what their days were like with newborn Jax. I set out to photograph the things that ...
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  • A Wedding Story ~ Into the Night


    Mt. Hope Chronicles — Authority Authority: 131
    [IMG: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/4840801243_8ddb8b539f_b.jpg][IMG: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/4841458870_e7994710e8_b.jpg][IMG: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/4841543542_0db299613a_b.jpg][IMG: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/4841538042_7eb9058d8c_b.jpg][IMG: ...
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  • My New Portrait Photos from Kenward Ng


    Beyond the Rhetoric — Authority Authority: 128
    With each progressive step in my freelance writing and professional blogging career comes another milestone. Although I am certainly no actor or fashion model, I thought it would be useful to get some professional portraits that could then be used for biography pages and other places where my picture is needed. For ...
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  • $200 million price tag on "Ansel Adams" negatives highly questionable


    WalletPop Blog — Authority Authority: 715
    Filed under: Bargains , Extracurriculars , Investing During the 1920s, photographer Ansel Adams was the custodian of a lodge in Yosemite National Park, so it is no surprise that many of his most iconic landscapes were of features such as Half Dome and El Capitan. Now a California man, Rick Norsigian, believes ...
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  • Third trip to the repair shop.


    Pragmatik — Authority Authority: 125
    So.  Got my camera back yesterday.  I think $400 for a point-and-shoot that’s not waterproof ought not to have to be repaired after two months.  Certainly not again a few weeks later.  And definitely that they should actually fix it this time.  And then, after the third trip it, one’s camera really, oh, ...
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  • Covering the aftermath of the Love Parade stampede


    Photographers — Authority Authority: 426
    When I arrived at the scene there was no crowd, no screams, just this dark tunnel. A grimy concrete tube about the length of two soccer pitches and the width of a two-lane country road. It felt cramped and haunting even when it stood empty. But it was not empty. Broken bottles, ripped off rucksacks, torn-off shoes, ...
    6 hours ago

  • folsom’s little cousin


    my life, as far as i know. — Authority Authority: 101
    last weekend was up your alley , otherwise known as the dore alley fair . like folsom street fair, it’s a leather and fetish event in san francisco. it’s much smaller, the crowd is more local, and the weather isn’t as nice (unless, of course, you’re shooting film). like folsom, my friend emery was gracious ...
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