Part 1
A camera forms an integral part of my life since, through it, I can capture moments in nature that otherwise would not be possible to capture and appreciate without one. I have two cameras, one on my phone and the other, a Canon digital camera. Both serve me well, but I find myself using the phone camera much more often since I rarely leave the phone behind. However, the Canon camera gives me more flexibility in terms of settings and picture modes due to its many features and zoom capability.
On average, I use the cameras three to four times a week. This is because so many things fascinate me both indoors and outdoors. While indoors, I take selfies and photos with family members, especially during meal times or when we relax in the house and talk. I never hesitate to capture happy and funny moments as well. I love my dog, and most of the pictures include her as well. It is fascinating to see her get excited about a photo shoot. While outdoors, I love taking snaps of nature, especially flowers and birds. Sometimes I take pictures of the sky with exciting cloud formations as well as the sunset when it gets too tempting for my photographic eye.
In a nutshell, photography is a vital part of my life as the photos I take are snippets of real phenomena and events that happen every day that I can appreciate and cherish forever. Photography helps me to keep memories fresh and occasionally helps us to have something to laugh about when we revisit the exciting times we’ve shared as a family.
Part 2
The best way to document some of the images that usually take with my cameras is by painting them. According to Bob Duggan, paintings can capture feelings and emotions just as effectively as photography. Before the invention of photography, such images were created through impressionism, which employed the painter’s “tricks” to escape the limitations of photography that was still a young art form. Most photographic techniques were borrowed from the earlier art of painting. Some artists preferred to have a blend of paintings and photography, while others denied using photography altogether. Timothy O’Sullivan’s artworks are attributed to aiding in the spread of the American West and England. Jean-Leon Gerome was also a prominent Orientalist who used photography as a way of improving credibility for documentaries.
The invention of photography changed the artists’ careers in that some artists such as de Font-Reaulx focused on aspects not before considered necessary. Some of them included how photography enabled a paradigm or representations that was original yet relatable. Some paintings were done through materials and techniques that the artist felt were convenient to use. Some of these included marble, bronze, oil on canvas, and charcoal. The use of other unconventional materials such as chocolate, human hair, and body fluids was permissible. Some of such arts include Jannine Antoni, Gnaw as well as Pierre Augustine Renoir, Tamaris, France Photography also led to the rise of exhibitions such as the two world fairs of 1851 in London and 1855 in Paris. Such events led to smears or photorealistic artists such as Gustavo Courbet as photography slowly out phased painting. Most of the artists who embraced photography became successful as they used their artistic capability and photography to invent other artistic techniques such as orientalism and impressionism.
Furthermore, some artists such as Thomas Eakins could venture into other nations such as the USA, where they could interact with other artists’ works that shaped the artistic capabilities.