Photography: Preserving Memories at its Finest

Photographs are one of the most ravishing work of art. Through these exquisite photos, our visions have achieved extension to the real happenings in the world. We get to capture things that are far from our reach, invisible in our own naked eye, too distant for our eyes to see and too rapid for us to observe and gaze at its beauty. Photography makes this possible in our lives. It has played a very essential role in our lives and in our society. It has many uses in science, business, media and even preserving history. But above all, photography has given us memories to cherish, just like an image of a beautiful smile of a person, an unforgettable happening in our lives and a photo together with our loved ones that we may or may never see and experience again for a lifetime. Photography is the art and practice of creating images with the use of radiant energy and by means of light on a sensitive surface of a material such as film and image sensor (http://www.merriam-webster.com). The word photography was derived from the Greek words photos which means “light” and “graphé” which means “drawing” (http://scphoto.com). Using the two definitions from Greek roots, photography is then described as “drawing with light” (http://scphoto.com). There were several people that have coined these terms but Sir John Herschel was the person rewarded and received the credits as the originator of the terms and as the one who introduced it to the society (http://en.wikipedia.org). 20,000 years ago, humans have already been making images in their caves and now with the aid of photography, artistic creations like those that are made by extraordinary artists can already be recorded (www.scphoto.com) The art of photography flourished in the 19th century with the contribution of the two