Photography

Photography gained the interest of many scientists and artists from its inception. Scientists have used photography to record and study movements. Artists are equally interested by these aspects but also try to explore avenues other than the photo-mechanical representation of reality, such as the pictorialist movement. Military, police, and security forces use photography for surveillance, recognition and data storage. The use of photography has always been there used for different reasons, lately we armatures use it to our advantage.

Photography is now used by amateurs to preserve memories of favorite times, to capture special moments, to tell stories, to send messages, and as a source of entertainment. Digital point-and-shoot cameras have become widespread consumer products, outselling film cameras, and including new features such as video and audio recording.

Today's technology has made picture editing relatively simple for even the novice photographer. However, recent changes of in-camera processing allow digital fingerprinting of RAW photos to verify against tampering of digital photos for forensics use.