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Vyoma - 29 Jun 2006 12:09 GMT
Hi all,

I belive this group to be subscribed by people experienced in
photography. This article was put up by one of my members at my site.
I myself am not that well versed in the topic.  I would like few of you
to review it and verify on its factual validity.

Synopsis of the article:
Photography as such is a very vast topic to cover in a few pages. So
this first write up will be a very generic one and further particular
details will be dealt with later one at a time.

Photography, the word comprises of two parts; Photo (means light) and
graphics (means to write or to draw). So Photography is to write or
draw with light. By dictionary definition it means "the process of
producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces". But I can
define it in many other ways. Photography is a form of art, it is a way
to capture memories, it is a medium for data storage, it is a form of
expression - a medium to propagate one's thought.

Photography, by Rosalin.  Link to full article:
http://www.wisetome.com/node/4

I would like few to comment, objectively, not subjectively.

Regards,
Vyoma
http://www.WiseTome.com
Pat - 29 Jun 2006 13:43 GMT
> Hi all,
>
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> Vyoma
> http://www.WiseTome.com

Wow, a website " designed to provide quality articles on various topics
that are exhaustive in themselves."  Yes, quite exhaustive.  By the
time you are done, you are exhausted, bored, etc.  And "articles", yes,
the site has exactly 2.  So use of plural is okay.

But I got most of the way through the article.  It seemed like a well
written 9th grade essay.  If you have to explain to someone what
photogrpahy is, then the person probably can't read anyway.  So why
bother.  Ex.: "Photography's application are many, it is not just the
medium to capture memories of our loved ones. Consider any one of
these: Fashion, Advertising, Media (Photojournalism), Science, Law and
Order management, Military operations, Weather Reports - all of them
have a profound dependence on it."

I didn't finish the article.  Couldn't get past the definition of a
battery (seriously):
Battery: They might never come into consideration when talking about
photography, but not a single photograph can probably be taken without
them. These converter's of chemical to electrical energy cells come
in rechargeable or disposable (non-rechargeable) types. Today's most
of the digital/optical cameras are powered by 1.5 volt AA (alkaline)
cells. Again this is a technology where lots of research is under way
for optimizing the battery life and quality.

Hmmm.  I how I wish I had put a battery in the old K1000.  Maybe the
pictures would have come out better.  And to think how good a Brownie
would have been ....  I guess the electricity must somehow just out of
the battery and activate the film.  All this time I thought it was the
flash that caused the big, bright light; not the battery activating the
film or whatever.

Obviously written by someone who had little idea what they were talking
about.  That's why it is exhausting, not exhaustive.  But might be
worth reading if you want a good laugh or want to vomit.
Vyoma - 29 Jun 2006 16:15 GMT
> Wow, a website " designed to provide quality articles on various topics
> that are exhaustive in themselves."  Yes, quite exhaustive.  By the
> time you are done, you are exhausted, bored, etc.  And "articles", yes,
> the site has exactly 2.  So use of plural is okay.

OK.  Point taken Pat.  That is my bad.  I need to make that as your
aim, and not what we are already.

> But I got most of the way through the article.  It seemed like a well
> written 9th grade essay.  If you have to explain to someone what
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> Order management, Military operations, Weather Reports - all of them
> have a profound dependence on it."

9th grade essay?  OK.  I think I should be choosing some one with more
expertise on the field

> Obviously written by someone who had little idea what they were talking
> about.  That's why it is exhausting, not exhaustive.  But might be
> worth reading if you want a good laugh or want to vomit.

Ok Pat. Point taken.
Thanks.

Regards,
Vyoma
http://www.wisetome.com
Floyd L. Davidson - 29 Jun 2006 16:53 GMT
>9th grade essay?  OK.  I think I should be choosing some one with more
>expertise on the field

Better writing skills would help greatly too.

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Floyd L. Davidson            <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                         floyd@apaflo.com

Vyoma - 30 Jun 2006 05:45 GMT
> >9th grade essay?  OK.  I think I should be choosing some one with more
> >expertise on the field
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> Floyd L. Davidson            <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
> Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                         floyd@apaflo.com

Thank you David for putting effort in reviewing the topic.  Yes, I
could see that an article requires better writing skills. I just wanted
to know about the validity of the facts in the article.

Regards,
Vyoma
 
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