Capturing Moments - Photography lecture 5

Truly said by Dorothea Lange (American documentary photographer, 1895-1965)

“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.”

I never thought there was so much to learn. Photography for me was just clicking photos. After I started studying visual communication, I felt there was so much to learn and understand.

A good image always expresses, what it wants to convey. Besides writing, photography is a key feature which is quite essential, in a journalist’s career. Newspapers, magazines, advertisements, everything would be so dull, if there would be no pictures, but only writing. Why are magazines so beautiful, colorful and eye catchy, it’s because of the photography that makes it so look attractive and gives it a "buy-me look".

Sudan famine 1994 by Kevin Carter

The above photo was rated among the top twenty photos in the world. It was taken in the year 1994 during the sudan famine. it was a  "Pulitzer prize" winning photo.

I also loved the photo, which was shown in our lecture. The photo was of an Afghan girl, with was taken in the year 1994 and was chosen the best photo by National geographic.

Afghan girl (1994)

Photography is a captivated refined art, which I would like to learn. Capturing photos with natural lightening and texture is something, which I love about photography. Now a days there are different types of apps for photography, Instagram is one of the most famous examples of such apps. Now days, images can also be edited and changed into different forms with different lighting, textures and background. Therefore, enhancing the quality and form of images.

original image with branch

New version 

One of the main examples are, the above two images. The first image is the original one with branch and the second image, is the new - edited version of it without the branch.

I would like to share a symmetrical photo, which i really liked and came across through National geographic website. It's a photo from the deserts of Rajasthan, India. This photo was rated as the photo of the day by national geographic, it gives a beautiful sense of harmony.

Deserts of Rajasthan, India

In the end, I would like to say that photography is a beautiful and captivating art, which creates the best memory. It makes the simple walls of our houses, attractive and lively, makes magazines, news, and articles interesting. Even the Facebook without a profile photo looks quite dull and boring.

Thank you.