They say a picture conveys a thousand words. That is why photography is considered a necessary science and practice across all industries. It would be hard to imagine life nowadays without the use of photography. Although photographs are not really necessary in daily life processes and activities, many people find it important to look at photographs for entertainment, education, information and many other purposes. Photography is the practice of catching images into films, and now into computer or gadget memories. Thus, if there is a memorable moment, you could record the image using your photographic camera. That way, you could preserve the image, the excitement and the sentimental value of the moment.

The advancement in efforts to establish photography was attained in the 1820s. In 1826, France-based inventor Nicephore Niepce was able to take the first permanent photograph. However, that photography process was not very attractive because it usually took more than eight hours to be able to expose the image and print it in a paper. Thus, many inventors also took their time to develop processes and new equipment that would facilitate for better cameras or for a process to make the development and printing of image significantly faster. In 1840, inventor William Fox Talbot invented the photography process called calotype that started the use of negative images. Another inventor, John Herschel, contributed greatly to modify and improve Mr. Talbot's invention and discovery. Finally, in 1884, inventor George Eastman was able to develop the film technology that replaces photographic plates with film. The uses and functions of modern cameras of today are based on the technology developed by Mr. Eastman.

Originally, photographs did not feature many colors, other than black and white. It was called monochrome photography. Colored photography started in 1861. The first ever permanent photograph in many colors other than the basic black and white was taken in 1861 by a physicist named James Clerk Maxwell. In 1907, France's Lumiere brothers were able to develop and market their own color photography techniques and gadgets. In 1932, Germany's Agfa introduced the Agfacolor, which was a better version of the Lumiere color photography. The United States' Kodak launched its operations in 1935, and since then, the rest of what transpired and happened to photography has been history.

Now, modern photography trends lead to the emergence of digital photography. When you say digital, it means that photographs are now processed using more accurate and more sophisticated equipment. The conciseness and accuracy of every image can now be recorded in camera and in photographs. Modern photographs are also more different. Now, pictures are not only printed in photograph papers. Photograph images can now be stored in disks and in online sites. Search engines Google and Yahoo are also rolling out services that enable storage of photographs using the virtual space. Thus, you just need to log on to Internet services for you to retrieve and view your stored photographs. Isn't that wonderful? Indeed, photography has really evolved and come to age through the years.

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