Photography

• Technology-Based Art

  1. Mobile Phones (Photos & Videos)
  2. Computer generated Images (CGI)
  3. Digital Photography (DSLR & Point and Shoot Cameras)
  4. Video Games
  5. Digital Painting and Imaging
  6. Videos (TV & Film)
• Camera Phones - are one of the most sought-after gadgets of the digital camera market.
• Phones have built-in digital screens that offer instant playback, adjustment, and review of captured images and videos
• Self-Portrait Photography - also known as "selfie."
• Photos taken on a camera phone or any handheld mobile device serve to prove the physical presence of the photographer where one can easily share and post the pictures to his/her social media.
• Computer generated technologies - facilitate the creation and sharing information, ideas, career interest, and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks
• Computer Generated Images (CGI) - Can be defined as any image that is created with the use of a computer-based processor or program
• Hardware - Physical components/parts of a computer system
• Software - Computer instructions or data
• Software is data categorized as:

  • System Software (OS)
  • Application Software
• The main characteristic of modern art is its fascination with modern technology
• Camera and computer technology - are essential to advertising, mass media, and entertainment
• Digital Art - Art that makes use of a computer
• Photography - is a universal means of communication and a valuable tool in many fields.
• Photographs - record the people and things we see, as well as subjects beyond our range of vision. It reminds us of important events in our lives.
• Nam June Paik  - one of the first artists to devote time and work with new technology
• Morphing - can show the interspaced steps between two images, a person’s head changed into the head of a tikbalang or an alien.
• Pixel size - can be manipulated as well as creating effects similar to weaving and mosaics.
• Point and Shoot Camera

  • Controls are all automatic and auto focus
  • Single, permanent lens
  • Lower resolution
  • Compact
  • Affordable
• Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR)

  • Manual or automatic options
  • Removable, interchangeable lenses
  • Higher resolution
  • Bulkier
  • Expensive
• ISO Settings - Refer to the camera’s sensitivity to light
• Shutter - is a part of the camera that regulates the length of time or exposure that light is allowed to fall on a digital camera sensor. The faster the subject is moving, the shutter speed should be.
• Photography

  • The art or process of producing images by the action of radiant energy and especially light on a sensitive surface
  • The art, process, or job of taking pictures with a camera
• What does DSLR stand for?


  Digital Single Lens Reflex
• What does CGI stand for?


  Computer Generated Images
• Aperture - Also referred as f/stop, is the setting that controls of the size opening of the lens that allows light into the camera