Different Genres

documentary photography

The main objective of documentary is to capture the objects or scene in the photograph. This type of photography is well known to be used to document peoples lives. It is also mainly known to document events especially something that impacts many people. This is most likely now a historic effect. I believe the best use of documentary photography is capturing  the general look of the person or location in the photograph. This type of photography can make a great impact and can shed light on difficult situations.  After the late 1990's an interest in documentary photography grew. Since the decline of print media photographers in this field have had to use other ways in showcasing there work , some use expeditions and gallery's to gain an audience.


Nature photography

Photographers in this field use beautiful locations or any general location to capture their images. Most people focus on the country side as this contains many photogenic elements.  Many consider that nature and wildlife overlap wit each other which is something I also believe.  The use of color is sometimes outstanding and picked out of the locations in a lot of peoples work. Some people have a concern with the growing popularity of nature photography as some people think its increasing the amount of damage to the environment.  The work that is the result of nature photography is mainly used for either postcards or chocolate boxes or something similar.  

Animal/Personal photography

This is a new type of photography and it also is very similar to the concept of the selfie as these both are commonly used by non professional photographers and for social media sites. Personal photography is used so common its become a common  occurrence in nearly everyone's everyday life.  Most people don't see this as a type of photography and see it as a superficial thing however I see it as a social art form which is very accessible. Animal photography stems sort of from the selfie however people do experiment with animal photography for their professional work.