1. Still life photography
Still life photography, as opposed to figure photography and scenery photography, takes inanimate objects (such as fish and shrimps caught from the sea, picked melons and fruits, etc.) and objects that can be freely moved or combined by human beings as the performance objects. Mostly take industrial or handmade products, natural inanimate objects and so on as the shooting theme.
2. Portrait photography
Portrait photography takes the description and expression of the subject as its own performance task, and the characters should have distinct looks. It can be divided into three categories: portrait in photography room, portrait in indoor specific environment and outdoor portrait. Portrait photography requires both form and spirit.
Third, recording photography
The purpose of recording photography (perhaps not the only, but the primary purpose) lies in recording; The premise is to respect the objective truth; Object is the representation of objective things; The recording method is to reproduce the image by photography. According to the different ways of recording images and the different values pursued, recording photography can be divided into news photography and documentary photography.
iv. pictorial photography
pictorial photography has always been an important expression of portrait photography with his beautiful picture language and beautiful design connotation. In the second half of the 19th century, British photographer Randa took a picture of Two Roads of Life, which had been predicted as "a new era of photography is coming". At that time, when photography was still despised, this work was highly praised by Queen Victoria for its encouraging theme and oil painting composition.
v. commercial photography
commercial photography, as its name implies, refers to photography activities carried out for commercial purposes. In a narrow sense, it is commercial photography, and in a broad sense, it is a type of photography for publishing goods or writing stories, which is an extremely important type in current photography activities. This kind of photography exists for commercial interests, and it is relatively restrictive to shoot according to the requirements of enterprises.
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