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World Photography Day August 19th
World Photography Day is an internationally recognised celebration of an amazing hobby and way of life for creators from all around the world. In 2024 World Photography Day falls on Monday, 19 August and will be celebrated by enthusiasts who follow their passion and creative expression, which photography provides.
With a history dating back to 1839 World Photography Day is here to stay and for 2024 we have plenty of ways for you to participate and celebrate this historic event. Discover some of the most popular tips and tricks to advance your photography skills in subjects including astro, macro and street photography. Learn about the most popular lenses, the best photo printers and enter competitions to win some fantastic prizes. However you celebrate, Park Cameras are thrilled to be part of this incredible event and look forward to seeing your creative images.
Photography tips, inspiration and advice from our Blog
The Essence of Street Photography
If you want to learn about the essence of Street Photography, check out this advice from photographer Jamie Laverty.
How To Get Inspired For Photography
If you’re looking some photo inspiration, check out some of our tips looking at a variety of genres.
Photographing LEGO At Home
For those with children at home, or the highly cultured bunch known as AFOLs (adult fans of LEGO), this can be a great opportunity to take advantage of an easily accessible subject.
PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIALS & PRODUCT REVIEWS FROM OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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Why Exposure Bracketing Makes Your Photos Better
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Leica SL3 Review | Is This The ULTIMATE Leica Camera?
Leica have released the new SL3. But how does it handle? What is the autofocus like? How does it perform in different settings? We went hands on to find out!
The latest competitions at Park Cameras
Portraits Photo Competition
Win some fantastic prizes in our our Portrait Photography Photo Competition
The latest events at Park Cameras
Get hands-on with Canon in London
Join us at our London store between 10:30am and 4:30pm where a technical expert from Canon UK will be available to show you the latest range of cameras and lenses available.
Get hands-on with Canon in Burgess Hill
Join us at our Burgess Hill store between 10:30am and 4:30pm where a technical expert from Canon UK will be available to show you the latest range of cameras and lenses available.
Trade-in Thursday
Have you got unused cameras or lenses? Why not turn them into cash or part-exchange them against a new product?
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Who started World Photography Day?
The World Photography Day celebration stems from the invention of the ‘daguerreotype' after which on August 19, 1839, the French government purchased a patent from Louis Daguerre. France declared it a gift to the world, for anyone to use without cost. Well, almost everyone. The French were still smarting from the Napoleonic Wars, and there had been a long rivalry with Britain reaching back hundreds of years, and so, they excluded Britain from the gift. British photographers had to pay a license fee to use the technique.
Fortunately for the British, around the same time, William Henry Fox Talbot had independently developed his own system, and so, the two processes evolved, at first, in parallel. Fortunately, the world is a much more peace-loving place than it was in the 1800s. Overall, despite some hiccups, we get on together much better than we did 182 years ago. Now, on August 19 every year, to celebrate that idea of international camaraderie on the anniversary of France’s generous sharing of the Daguerreotype, it’s World Photography Day.
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By Park Cameras on 16/08/2024
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