CHOSEN TOPIC

After the research i done on all 5 topics, i've decided to pick 'Photography in the Digital age' as my topic. As i have chosen Photography as a new module, i have gained more knowledge on the topic and feel as if i am more capable to talk about this topic rather than the other 4.

Photography has now become a career where people are hired to take pictures at events such as Birthdays, Weddings, Graduations and many more. Photographs are a part of many households as they are framed and hung up all around. As well as this, photographs can be used to tell a story, for example Celebrities lives are only seen by fans in photographs and telivision. Photo's can be collaged and made into timelines of some ones life for example a baby album to show some one when they have grown up.

During research i found a youtube video of a man who took a picture of him self for 6 years which is a type of personal collage and shows a story throughout..

Photographs are used to re-live moments such as holidays, first dates, school day's and all other memories that dont ever want to be forgotten. These images are usually printed and stuck some where or even used as a wallpaper as a mobile phone background or desktop wallpaper.

Celebrities are seen though photographs taken by the paparazzi to show us things that they have been doing or images taken by professional fashion photographers to capture different images and show a different side to them. A photograph can capture different moments depending on the way it is taken, which is what the Digital Age has created. These images tell a story about these lives because the audience does not ever get to see these people in real life, so they are fed information from images to feel a certain way.

Through researching about my chosen topic, i found another website http://www.photography.com/articles/history/ansel-adams/ where i found many articles based on photography. One of which i found very interesting about Ansel Adams. 'Ansel Adams (1902-1984) was a groundbreaking photographer credited with devising the ‘zone system’ technique (a method of concentrating light on negatives to control the look of finished pictures) and the ‘theory of visualization’ (the act of measuring a scene’s light to imagine a finished photo). He is most famously known for his black and white photo series of the Yosemite Valley in California'
http://www.photography.com/articles/history/ansel-adams/

As well as this, photographs are used in magazine covers, posters, films, leaflets and all over the internet. PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE DIGITAL AGE IS GROWING! (and taking over everything). For this reason, i think i will be able to create my essay based on everything i have researched.