Photography for Communication

Photography in simple term is an art of capturing moods and emotions of day-to-day life. Photography is a universal tool for communication. A photographer is a communicator and his photograph serves as message to his target audience. A photograph speaks the language of a photographer. A photograph is composed of many elements. Each element has its own expression. Out of these colour is the most effective element in photography. Colours play with the emotions of the viewers like nature photography connects its audience to the freshness of nature and monochromic portraits may deliver the expressions, aging and vintage lifestyle. 

 













A photograph without emotion is a snapshot so to communicate with the audience one must feel the emotions of the moment. Taking into the account of professional photography composition and exposure is what photographers mostly play with. Intensity of light and darkness can even change the mood and emotion of a photograph. Composition is basically narrating a story within the frame in a single shot. It can tell stories of happiness as well as sadness. A photograph can take you to places you have never been and provide us an experience of a tour. This is how photography communicates to the people, place or things related to human life. At the present state photography has grown into tree barked with profession, passion, creation, education, career and business. A great desire for photographic knowledge is mostly seen among the youngsters of today’s generation who want to take photography to express their strong veiw points out to the world.
Himashree Deka