| In photography you will come across different ways | | | | providing a broad spectrum of a film or camera |
| to depict your subject matter. These ways are more | | | | sensor bandwidth. It can be used to capture visible |
| commonly known as processes and include black and | | | | and near infrared and ultraviolet radiation, hence its |
| white or monochrome, color photography, | | | | use in the aforementioned sciences. |
| full-spectrum and the latest to date - digital | | | | In contrast to the above methods, digital |
| photography. The process which you use will create | | | | photography doesn't require any chemical processing. |
| differing effects on the end result. | | | | These photographs are often manipulated using digital |
| Lets take black and white photography, or | | | | and computer techniques. The convenience of this |
| monochrome photography. This process will only | | | | process makes it popular amongst commercial |
| record the image in a single color or wavelength of | | | | photographers and anyone who wants to publish |
| light. Whenever you come across a black or white | | | | their works over the world wide web. There is no |
| photograph, this is done through the monochrome | | | | doubt that the cost of digital photography as |
| process. Before the emergence of color in | | | | opposed to other methods, drops considerably if you |
| photography, this process was always used. These | | | | can store your images on the computer and not |
| days, despite the option of color and other means, | | | | have to print each one. A smaller sensor format |
| black and white imaging appeals to both beginners in | | | | allows for smaller lenses and wider zoom ranges. |
| the world of photography, due to its simplicity, and | | | | Once you understand the different processes of |
| those who want to capture beauty and stop the | | | | photography, you can apply your knowledge to |
| aging process (its a well known fact black and white | | | | experiment with different genres such as portraiture, |
| has more staying power than color). Furthermore, its | | | | landscape and wildlife photography. |
| the detailing in its composition, lighting, perspective | | | | Portrait photography captures the similitude in a |
| and the context that attracts the viewer as opposed | | | | person or small group of people. Good examples of |
| to the playfulness of color. To create photographs in | | | | portrait photography are wedding photos. The idea is |
| black and white you will require a black and white film | | | | to capture the mood and expression on the subjects |
| or you can manipulate color images by using | | | | face and more often than not, that person will be |
| computer software. | | | | looking towards the lens in a still position. |
| Then we come to color photography. This was all | | | | Nature, landscape and wildlife photography are very |
| made possible due to the discovery of James Clerk | | | | vast, but what they all have in common is the means |
| Maxwell in the mid 19th century. What he discovered | | | | to capture elements within nature, whether it be |
| was that color photographs could be made using red, | | | | photographs of lions basking in the sun, scenic views |
| green and blue filters, a discovery which he | | | | of a mountain range or a close-up of a bunch of |
| showcased to the world in 1861. The process has | | | | flowers. Many landscape photos exclude any human |
| developed greatly over time and can include the use | | | | subjects and focus purely on the beauty of natural |
| of prints, roll and sheet films, transparencies with | | | | spaces. Landscapes are often created with such tools |
| slides and color negatives. | | | | as a pinhole camera, or a large format camera and |
| Full- spectrum photography is necessary in many | | | | tripod, usually with a wide angle lenses (24 mm and |
| professional careers, like forensics and geology, | | | | 35 mm are especially popular). |