Photography and television are both connected with light. The art of photography is to capture scenes using lens while television transmits full motion broadcasts to receivers. The invention of photography dates back to the 19th century while and it is estimated that by the middle of the 21st century every home will have at least one television.

The first camera obscura was built by Ibn al-Haitham who was an Arab scientist. Before the invention of camera, artists used to sketch the scene which they saw, although it was also an art which still attracts people around the world. The invention of photography took a new turn because scenes were captured in realistic form just by pressing a button.

The art of photography dates back to 1825 which is credited to a French inventor named Joseph Niepce. The old photos and photography was done in black and white or grayscale and colors were used to give it a shape of a colorful illusion. The color photography was finally developed in the early 20th century.

The famous companies called Kodak and Agfa made important breakthroughs in color photography in the mid 1930s. The old cameras were also big in size and took a lot of time to develop a photo but now we know that cameras are small in sizes and takes seconds to develop a photo. This did not happen quickly and took a long period of technological development. Now, the technology of digital photography has replaced film as the medium of choice for most consumers and professional photographers and the first digital cameras capable of reasonable resolution.

With the invention of television, moving pictures could be seen. It's most important contribution to the world is the ease of bringing the distant people together by the means of satellites.

The shapes and sizes of television changed through ages and the technology continued to enhance with the passage of time but slightly at a slow tempo. However, there was a huge public interest in television after the end of Second World War.

Just like the early photography was black and white, TV was also black and white and as the technology of TV progressed, the availability of color television brought a revolution to the world. The black and white televisions quickly disappeared as the medium of choice and this was for the first time that the audiences could see different programs, shows, documentaries and news broadcasts as if they were right there, this technology was technically known as live broadcast. Different documentaries and current affairs programs had a lot of impact on the audience which they praised while sitting in their comfortable living rooms.

Nowadays, televisions are present everywhere in the western world and are increasingly popular in less developed nations. The technology of TV still continues to develop with unbelievable shapes and amazing color quality known ad HD or High Definition.

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