World Photography Day 2020, (August 19) did not witness usual programmes on photography such as photo walks, exhibitions and workshops this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. It got observed on social media with by various groups dedicated to photography and greetings.
As we know that photography originated from the invention of box camera by the Daguerreotype, a photographic processes developed by Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre in 1830s. These inventions were given as free gifts to the world with any patenting and royalties.
With digital technology is advancing at a fast rate, quality of cameras and sharing speed of images has enhanced considerably. With some investment in a good digital camera with a few tips and experimentation, one can become good photographer.
World Photography Day (WPD) was founded in 2009 and first launched globally in 2010 as a celebration of photography. Now, photography has become common with mobiles and webcams for photographs to be captured, uploaded and shared in a jiffy.
These days on the smart phones, Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is shared as a form of photographic comment. Though, GIF technique was first used and popularised by Alexander Trevor, Steve Willhite, and Olia Lialina had first used GIF as classic animation form followed by looped sequences for Netscape. The abbreviation 'GIF' has become an accepted verb now.
GIFs can be made funny, elegant and aesthetic with experimentation. You upload a few images in the smart phone and arrange them in a sequence to get them in correct order for your GIF to look normal with reasonable animation.
Being an educator, I tried my hand on creating educational GIF (Drawing diagram of a plant and labeling its parts as shown in the inst picture as a part of celebration and article for this website.
Very explicitly explained Lalit ! Your photographs are exquisite!!