This document discusses different types of photography including landscape, portrait, nature, and architecture photography. Landscape photography captures wide views of nature or man-made scenery, while portrait photography focuses on people's faces to capture their personality. Nature photography displays natural elements like landscapes, plants, and textures. Architectural photography aims to accurately represent buildings in an aesthetically pleasing way. Famous photographers are mentioned for each type.

1. TYPES AND USES OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY NIAMH GILMORE

2. LANDSCAPE
Landscape view is used very often in photography and is one
of the main types of photography. Landscape photography
can be photos of nature or man-made views. The types of
photographs can be vast and unending, but other times
microscopic. The purpose of taking photos from a landscape
point of view is to capture the majority of the image you are
looking at. Landscape photos are mostly used to take pictures
of nature and impressive views to capture most of it, whereas
this type of photography is not used very often for man-made
views and other subjects of pictures. Some very famous
photographers use landscape often in their photography, for
example, Ansel Adams, Andreas Gursky, Sebastiao Salgado
and Galen Rowell. These photographers all used landscape
views in their photos of nature, architecture etc.
Sebastiao Salgado
Andreas Gursky

3. PORTRAIT
Portrait is a very famous type of photography which has been
around for years. It is a photograph of a person or a group of
people’s faces to capture personality of a subject by using
effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. Portraits are often
used for special occasions, like weddings, birthdays etc, they
can also come in handy for a personal website. Portrait
photography is the most popular type of photography and
most commonly used for everyone. The purpose of portrait
photography is to focus on the persons face and bring
emphasis to their face using the right light and backdrops.
However, the persons body and background can still be
included in the photo. There are many famous portrait
photographers, such as, Steve McCurry, Lee Jeffries, Jimmy
Nelsson and Rehahn. All these photographers take portrait
photographs of many people.
Rehahn Jimmy
Nelsson

4. NATURE
Nature photography is a type of photography that refers to a
wide range of photos taken outdoors. Which mainly displays
natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and
close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography
tends to put a stronger emphasis on the aesthetic value of the
photo than other photography genres, such
as photojournalism and documentary photography. These types
of photographs are mainly taken and used for books,
magazines, scientists, tourists, journalists etc. Nature is one of
the most popular types of photography and one of the most
common by society because it is all around us and it is beautiful
and every bit of it is different to the rest. Some of the most
popular nature photographers are, Frans Lanting, Galen
Rowell, Mark Gray, Eliot Porter and Art Wolfe.
Frans Lanting
Galen Rowell

5. ARCHITECTURE
Architectural photography is photographs of buildings and
similar structures that are both aesthetically pleasing and
accurate representations of their subjects. Architectural
photographers are usually skilled in the use of specialized
techniques and equipment. This type of photography is
usually used to advertise and show society their buildings.
Some of the most famous architectural photographers are,
Tim Rawles, Andrew Prokos, and Helene Binet.
Tim Rawle Andrew Prokos

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