Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects are recorded onto a sensitive medium or storage chip through a timed exposure. The process is done through mechanical, chemical or digital devices known as cameras.

The word comes from the Greek words φως phos ("light"), and γραφις graphis ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφη graphê, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines" or "drawing." Traditionally the product of photography has been called a photograph. The term photo is an abbreviation; many people also call them pictures. In digital photography, the term image has begun to replace photograph. (The term image is traditional in geometric optics.)

Photographic image-forming devices

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Most commonly a camera or camera obscura is the image forming device and photographic film or a digital storage card is the recording medium, although other methods are available. For instance, the photocopy or xerography machine forms permanent images but uses the transfer of static electrical charges rather than photographic film, hence the term electrophotography. The rayographs published by Man Ray in 1922 are images produced by the shadows of objects cast on the photographic paper, without the use of a camera. Objects can be placed directly on the glass of a scanner to produce pictures digitally.

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@SheikYurbouti Yesterday I made them. They're... a little bit epic, even though my photography skills are not.
kapnkaty (kapnkaty) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:54:29 -0000
@SheikYurbouti Yesterday I made them. They're... a little bit epic, even though my photography skills are not.
RT @mken_: There is only you and your camera. The limitation in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are -Ernst Haas
pqrshanth (Prashanth M) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:54:07 -0000
RT @mken_: There is only you and your camera. The limitation in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are -Ernst Haas
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http://is.gd/5LmFr some one into photography lets go to 1881 heritage.
Icecubed17 (Clement Cheung) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:53:59 -0000
http://is.gd/5LmFr some one into photography lets go to 1881 heritage.
working on todays post for the ModernHeartist Daily Photography Blog. im almost done editing. gonna upload soon. post should be up by 8:30.
designbyraul (Raul Esquivel) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:53:40 -0000
working on todays post for the ModernHeartist Daily Photography Blog. im almost done editing. gonna upload soon. post should be up by 8:30.
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tsevis (Charis Tsevis) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:53:36 -0000
RT @seeminglee: Yosemite 17 Gigapixels by Kolor 2046 photo stitch! #photography #crazyisgood http://ff.im/-dKt0S

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