This document summarizes how family photography has evolved over time from ancient paintings and carvings, to early portrait photography requiring professional equipment and development, to modern digital photography where photos can be instantly captured, edited, and shared worldwide through social media and mobile devices. Key developments included reduced production costs making photography available to more people, film replacing plates, color photography, digitization allowing storage and editing on computers, and the internet enabling global sharing. Proper copyright management of shared photos is also discussed.
2. Sharing family memories is a part of everyday life. Within seconds, it is possible to snap a picture and share with friends & family online and in real time...
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4. But it wasn't always this way... To appreciate where we are today, we need to review the past...