What type of science would photography be?

Gattu9005: What type of science would photography be?
I have to identify what type of science is photography My project consists of experimenting with the angles, shadows, and position of my camera to receive different shadows, effects, etc. Help Please! Is it just photography itself or something totally different?

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Answer by Mark T
Well that would be optics and depending on what you were photographing could be anything.

From Microscopy – using cameras and other receptors to get images of things at a very small level.

Teloscopy – using teloscopes and other instruments to see very far away objects or near objects (such as objects on Earth) from space.

Image analysis – there is an entire branch of certain disciplines that can get into the analysis of photographs and what they show – particularly for scientific or intelligence matters.

Places where that is used are NASA – looking at novel images captured by space-probes, National Reconnaissance Office looking over other parts of the planet, or the FBI in investigating crimes regarding images.

NASA –
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Answer by PrachiDesai36
Photography is both an “art” and a “science.” The “art” concerns itself with images that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye, a photograph’s composition. Understanding the “art” is essential to good photography, but cannot be performed by itself. The “art” employs and applies principles from the “science” to accomplish what the photographer desires. One cannot learn and master it first and then take photographs. It requires practice, experimentation and study to determine how use of principles from the “science” affect the appearance of the photograph. Intertwined in this are some references to elements of the “art” as the “science” is studied and used as tools for the “art.” This is not intended to be in depth on any particular aspect of the “science” but an overview of its most important elements.