Types of Photography

As we know Photography is more than just clicking the button of your camera,but we seldom know about the various categories of photography.And as a amateur or a professional photographer we favor one type of photography over other.But one thing for sure is that photography is more diverse than photo shoot of glamors models or taking breath taking photos for national geographic.So lets see what are the different categories of photography.There are at least 13 different kinds of photography.The names of these 13 types of photography are listed below:-
1)Photojournalism
2)Action/Sports Photography
3)Macro Photography
4)Glamour Photography
5)Document Photography
6)Aerial Photography
7)Art Photography
8)Underwater Photography
9) Micro photography
10)Advertising Photography
11)Wedding Photography
12)Portraiture Photography
13)Travel Photography
Each field differs from other on the basis of the objectivity of subject that needs to be captured while taking a soulful photograph.Now lets discuss the major one of them in a bit detail:-
1)Photojournalism:-This field is primarily for the professionals.The basic aim of this sort of photographer is to capture the main part of a news story in a photo.It's dedicated to taking accurate shot of the event and not even a slightest manipulation is preferable here because it aims at capturing the mood of the moment in the exact replica way.A slight tinker here and there can destroy your career in this field.A true Photojournalism attracts viewers towards it and reader should get a whole idea about the text before delving into the subject.Though these field is mainly for professionals,often we see amateurs making a place here for themselves.
2)Action/Sports Photography:-This is one of fastest growing category of photography where the photographer needs to gets his frequency matched with his subject of interest.He should know or be able to anticipate when his moose is going to make any noteworthy action.It's much like wild life photography
where we should know when tiger is going to jump on deer and when we should capture it.
3)Macro Photography:-This was once a field of high end professional photographers only because it includes taking photograph of objects from a very close distance.A good macro photography reveals details about texture and structure of the object that can't be possibly figured out in a normal photograph.The object of interest in this category were mostly insects,flowers,animals.So the photography we see in channels like Discovery or National Geography predominantly falls under this head.And this requires accurate precision and focus which comes in expensive equipments it was once restricted to professionals now with good quality digital camera available at cheaper rates amateurs are slowly entering the field.
4)Glamour Photography:-The category which enjoys most of the lime light.Fashion Photographers,portfolio shoots all fall under this head of photography.The objectivity of Glamour photography is to not make a model sensuous as people often confuse it with but it seeks to capture its subject in suggestive poses that emphasize curves and shadows. But at the end as the name suggests its all about glamour the models we see are naturally dressed to attract lime light be it in a short skirt or a sensuous pose.
5)Portraiture Photography:-It's the most primitive form of photography.The aims of this photography is to capture the personality of the object or person being photographed.The old photographs of families or simply yourself are categorized under this hood.
6)Document Photography:-Its like reciting a chapter of history with the help of images.The Document Photography is involved with documents of some historical importance and document usually signify a story of an era.
Rest all types of photography are self explanatory as such with their names however each differs from other as to what attention to detail of object is required.In some places we requires we require more light,in some we don't,in some we capture texture,in some structure.Now each of these intricacies are mastered by the experts of that category before they can be called as professionals in their line.So next time you click a photograph ask yourself to which category you actually belong.