What is a new name of photography?

Answer 1

Photography's name as a medium of 2D images hasn't changed. Many of the processes have changed with technology. In some cases there are overlaps with other mediums in part due to the digital convergence.

Traditionally photography uses chemical processes to fix an image from a projection of light. This was most commonly the film within a camera with the camera being a means to mount a lens to focus the light and through mechanical processes to make an exposure - the amount of light as a ratio of the aperture of the lens and the shutter determining the length of exposure to the light sensitive material (film). The third factor of the basic principals relates to the photo sensitivity of the film (now called ISO, previously called ASA).

In more recent times the film has been replaced by a sensor which is also light sensitive when charged. The exposure is still controlled by a balance of aperture and exposure length. The image is briefly recorded by the sensor and the information is transferred as a file to a storage device such as a removable disk or card.

Digital cameras range from those you may have in your cell phone to highly specialized devices like those on the rovers on Mars, but they all work fundamentally the same way.

Many of the changes in the medium we call photography have to do with how the image is manipulated after the photo is captured. Using software like Photoshop and After Effects (both made by Adobe, but there are many similar programs made by a wide range of companies) the images can be completely changed, combined and output in 2D, 3D or as part of a motion process (animated). The flexibility this offers with wide and diverse options has lead some to question if it is still "photography" or perhaps should be called by another term.

Early in digital photography the manipulation of digital files was sometimes referred to as "digital imaging". It can also be called "post production" as in after the image capture (production). You may opt to simply use "Digital Photography" to differentiate the capture process from traditional chemical based processes.

New output options including high-end inkjet printers, distribution by the internet and video media allow images to be projected on building, printed on clothing and shared on your phone. I believe these all still have their basis in photography if the image or contributing elements were created by capturing light.

John Lacy

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John Lacy has been a commercial photography since 1987 and was first published nationally in the US in 1981.