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15 Fields of Photography

The document outlines 15 distinct fields of photography, including landscape, nature, portrait, street, architectural, sports, abstract, astrophotography, composite, event, editorial, wedding, product, travel, and food photography. Each genre has its unique focus and techniques, catering to different subjects and purposes, from capturing natural landscapes to documenting events and creating appealing product images. The information serves as a guide for understanding the diversity and specialization within the field of photography.

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15 Fields of Photography

The document outlines 15 distinct fields of photography, including landscape, nature, portrait, street, architectural, sports, abstract, astrophotography, composite, event, editorial, wedding, product, travel, and food photography. Each genre has its unique focus and techniques, catering to different subjects and purposes, from capturing natural landscapes to documenting events and creating appealing product images. The information serves as a guide for understanding the diversity and specialization within the field of photography.

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15 Fields Of Photography

1. Landscape Photography - involves capturing the natural world around us in a way


that makes the viewer feel as if they are there. Examples of landscape photography
include horizons, oceans, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, deserts, and beaches.
Although similar in many ways, landscapes differ from nature photos in that they
are usually wider vistas capturing a much larger scene, whereas nature photography
focuses more on the objects within that scene on a smaller scale, such as trees,
flowers, birds, or other wildlife.

2. Nature Photography - involves capturing objects in the natural world around us,
primarily flora and fauna. Subjects could include flowers, animals, plants, trees, and
other living objects. While landscape photos can be considered nature, they are
usually separated into their own genre, and nature photography generally focuses
on the inhabitants within a larger ecosystem.

3. Portrait Photography - focuses on capturing people in various environments.


Emphasis is placed on conveying the personality, character, and intentions of the
subject. Many subgenres exist including environmental, boudoir, pet photography,
glamour, and group/family photography.

4. Street Photography - involves the capture of people involved in their daily lives, or
inanimate objects or buildings, sometimes (but not always) in a city or street
setting. These captures are almost always candid in nature and are usually
accidental or chance encounters. Street photography can be dynamic, voyeuristic,
and sometimes intimidating for the photographer. There is sometimes interaction
between the photographer and the subject, two people who have presumably never
met or spoken before.

5. Architectural Photography - usually falls into one of two categories: shooting


exteriors or interiors of buildings and other landmarks, or photographing
commercial real estate properties for the purpose of advertising their rental or sale.
Primarily, real estate photography is the form we see the most, as thousands of
properties are put up for sale each day, and photographers who can take good
photos of these properties and make them look great are in high demand.

6. Sports Photography - is an exciting and fast-paced subgenre that involves the


capture of competitive sports, games, and other activities, usually in a journalistic
capacity. Sports photographers are usually employed and paid by various media
outlets that use the images in stories or articles, sometimes on a freelance basis.
Although it depends on the sport being covered, sports photography generally
involves shooting several frames in quick succession to capture a specific moment.
This means that a full-frame camera featuring a fast burst rate and a fast zoom lens
is usually preferred. Zoom lenses will allow the photographer to get in close to the
action while still maintaining distance, and bigger apertures will make it easier to
separate the subject from the background.

7. Abstract Photography - is probably one of the harder genres to describe accurately,


primarily due to the wide range of content. By its nature, abstract work is subjective
and usually is a different perspective of an object or scene. Sometimes it is reduced
to nothing more than variations of color, shapes, patterns, or other forms. Hiding
the entire object from view this way is usually a defining characteristic of this
genre.

8. Astrophotography - involves the capture of the night sky and objects within it,
including planets, stars, and galaxies. These photos can range from landscapes
involving the night sky and stars to shots captured through a telescope that
concentrate on a planet, moon, or even a galaxy or other distant object in space
(commonly referred to as deep sky astrophotography).

9. Composite Photography - has been gaining more attention in recent years, partially
due to some negative sentiment surrounding it, usually when associated with
journalistic or editorial images. But as long as the imagery is being presented for
what it is, artwork composed of different exposures and modified digitally,
composite photography is a valid genre with potential for imagination and beauty
in its imagery. A simplest and most basic version of a composite would be replacing
a sky in a scene by digitally removing the sky in an exposure and replacing it with
another sky, referred to as a technical composite
10. Event Photography - involves capturing candid as well as prearranged shots of
people, places, and objects involved in the event. The role of the event
photographer is to document the event, but also to apply an amount of artistic
composition so that the event is presented in a pleasant, positive way.

11. Editorial Photography - refer to photographs that are captured to be used in printed
or digital publications, such as newspapers, magazines, news websites, or blogs.
The purpose of these images is to serve as a storytelling aid, accompanying the
article copy and giving the reader a visual representation of the subject matter.

12. Wedding Photography - has a reputation for being tough, and for good reason.
Instead of being a completely separate genre, it is a combination of portraiture,
event, macro, and food photography. Wedding photographers are expected to
provide memorable and technically sound images in a fast-paced and ever-changing
environment, with many people and other subjects involved. Because of this, most
photographers shooting weddings employ the services of a second shooter, to
ensure all of the desired photos will be captured.

13. Product Photography - Another sector of commercial photography is capturing


images of products for advertising. With the continued takeover of online
commerce, the opportunities for photographers to provide merchants with clean,
attractive images of their products are increasing each year. The goal is to present
the products in as attractive and professional a manner as possible.

14. Travel Photography - could be traveling and capturing images yourself for sale later
as fine art pieces, or commissioned jobs for brands or companies that need the
images for journalism or advertising. Travel photography can involve shooting
landscapes, nature, or capturing images of people and the places they live and
work.

15. Food Photography - has exploded as a genre in recent years, due to many factors,
including the expansion of social media as a form of advertising and the rise of
mobile photography. But for advertising purposes, high-quality photographs of food
items are an absolute requirement for many restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and
markets. While mobile food photography is definitely a big deal today, for this
article we’re focusing on using DSLR or mirrorless setups to capture food photos for
advertising. The golden rule of food photography is that the image is worthless if it
doesn’t make the food look appetizing. Unlike product photography, photographs of
food will be taken in the context of their background, which will usually be other
food items, drinks, tables, bar tops, and other surfaces. These should provide a
canvas on which the food item can be highlighted.

Reference: Gilbreath, T. (2023, August 8). 15 Types of photography: Photo Genres You should
know. PetaPixel.
https://petapixel.com/types-of-photography-photo-genres-you-should-know/

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