This document discusses different areas of photography including sport, advertising, fine art, documentary, macro, and portrait photography. It provides details on what each genre involves, how it has changed over time due to advances in technology, and examples of photographers associated with some of the areas. Sport photography captures all types of sports and is used in media and advertising. Advertising photography promotes products in various media sources and how ads have changed drastically over time. Fine art photography creates decorative images for homes and museums and how artists continually develop new ideas.

1. Areas of Photography
Lewis Rollins

2. Sport Photography
• Sport Photography refers to the genre of photography that covers all types of sports.
• Sport photography is usually used in Newspapers, TV (Sky Sports News, Mobile Phone Apps,
Magazines, basically everywhere as Sport is such a worldwide activity. However sport
photography is also used for advertising purposes, both to build a brand and also to promote
a sport in a way that can be accomplished by editorial means.
Sport Photography has changed over the years because the technology has updated and the
quality and quantity has increased. Whereas back in the day photos were made up by film and
nowadays you have cameras and special ones for different types of Photography.
- A few Photographers associated with Sports Photography are:
- Bob Martin
- Mark Pain
- Jordan Weeks

3. Advertising
• Advertising Photography is there to ‘advertise’ and promote a
product.
• Advertising is used in nearly every media source such as
Newspapers, TV, Radio, Magazines, Leaflets, Internet sites,
Billboards and loads more.
• Advertising has changed over time drastically, all ads and
commercials appeal to a certain audiences and genders, it has
changed mainly thanks to technology but new generations
and we’re in the 21st Century now so advert’s from now will
be very different to the first ever advert years ago!

4. Fine Art Photography
Fine Art Photography is photography created to
be used as a decorative image to either be sold
or viewed in a Museum.
It’s used in Houses, Museums, Galleries etc
It’s changed over time as technology has grown
largely and artists come up with new ideas all
the time.
Fine Art Photographer: Warren James
Palmer.

5. Documentary Photography
• Documentary Photography is used to inform
viewers through a picture. Used to record life
in a specific time or event.
• They have changed over time as they are
shown in more dramatic theatrical way due
the high quality Technology nowadays.

6. Macro Photography
• Macro Photography is used to get up close to
wildlife.
• Macro Photography has changed over time as
nowadays you can closer than you could ever
do in person and in HD so you can see every
little different feature due to the HD Cameras
now. Macro Photography's: Ken Rockwell, Igor
• Siwanowicz

7. Portrait Photography
• Portrait Photography is a picture of a singular person or a
small group produced as Art.
• It’s used for family photos, school photos, ID Pictures and
just photos in generals of yourself of another person.
• It has changed overtime from going from formal to being
very informal and more relaxed due to the fact when
Portrait photos were taken years ago they were posh
family photos.
• Portrait Photography's: Chris Gloag