Four laws of media

Almost everyone these days has a digital SLR camera of some sort or knows where they can at least borrow one. It can be used to read
light and capture moments in time. The camera enhances the human eye and allows us to zoom in and pick up great detail
that our eyes just cant see. We can stop time and be able to examine that one point and everything that was going on in that picture.
This new type of camera replaces old film cameras that need various different chemicals and environments to produce a picture.
Digital SLR cameras replaced film cameras that needed to be loaded and wound. The beginnings of the camera came from a box set up
to project images on a screen. It was called camera obscura. The use of film in cameras is dying with each passing day. Digital SLRs have
have completely taken over the photo world. This creates a small pocket of people that still cherish the use of film and hold it close to there hearts
as they are reluctant to let go. Its a dying art form which is sad because so much can be done with film and its alternate processes.
Digital SLRs enhances film by making it easy to use and produce photographs. It helps document scenes and environments for others to see.
This actually ties into writing and painting. In order to tell stories or create imagery people would write stories or paint to convey the message that
they believed in. Now with cameras you can instantly capture a moment of any given time with very little effort. Story telling has just been enhanced
greatly through the use of SLRs
With the easy access and learning curve of cameras anyone can use them. Which can be dangerous and used to spy on people. With cameras
being so instant you can snap a picture and keep it forever. If makes it easy for some one to creep on unsuspecting people. The fact that it is also
digital means that the picture that was just taken can be distributed to the entire world in under 5 minutes. Someone can upload the photo and send it
and once it is online its gone. This happens all the time when photos are published without the consent of the person in the photos or family members
associated with the photos. In 2007 a young girl was driving her fathers car and ended up crashing and dying on impact. The photos from the crash
quickly spread through out the internet without the consent of the family. They had to be reminded of the horrible day they lost a family member and
up till this day are still dealing with getting the pictures removed.
In conclusion the camera is a very powerful device. Its easy to learn how to use and even easier to distribute what you have created. The positives
are that it allows us to stop time and capture moments that we would miss. It provides a way to record time and further examine a specific point in time.
Being digital also allows us to easily share the photos and send them across the world if we wanted to. These laws are important because it breaks up the
object to its simplest form and allows us to see the impact that it has on humanity. The negative effects of SLRs is what I was talking about before. It destroys
privacy and allows people to easily breach that trust. The camera is a powerful device that will only continue to evolve.