blog assignment 8

Before taking this class there were many things I didn't know. First was the history of the camera. I didn't realized how long it took for cameras to become what they are today. I have learned how cameras actually work and what the first photographs were like in comparison to photographs today. I used to think that the first cameras were very similar to cameras today when it came to things like shutter speed. I didn't realized how long it took to actually take a photograph when it was first invented.

I have also learned to look at photographs with more of an open mind. I never really thought that photographs had a message or were trying to say something to the viewer. I had always just thought that they were there as something cool to look at. I now have learned that the photographer uses their photographs as a way of telling a story or getting a message across.

There aren't really any questions that remain in my mind after taking this class. Just maybe why some of the pictures that we looked at in class, and wrote journals on, were chosen and why were they so important. I also was hoping that we would be taking more pictures in this class, but I still enjoyed learning about photography.