Primary and
Secondary sources
Primary
Sources
Primary
Sources are images or materials that are originals. Taking pictures of
yourself, people you know or places that people go is classed as primary
because you had first-hand experience with the subjects of the photos.
For bigger
corporations it is easier for them to get a hold of primary source because they
most likely have a department within the company that deals with going out and
ordering in those kinds of sources.
Primary
sources are better to get because you can take pictures or gather the
information that you want rather relying on what other people have collected
that might only be slightly relevant to what you want.
A negative
to primary sources is trying to get things from far away, making it more
difficult to collect. This is why big companies find it easier to gather than
those in a smaller company would.
(Secondary source) |
The Taj
Mahal.
Trying to
get an image for this would be difficult for most people outside of India and
also some people within India. So getting a picture of this would be harder due
to the distance. This is where you will have to sacrifice on detail because you
can only get the images that are easy for you to obtain because in a case like this
primary source would be hard to gain.
Taking
primary sources shows what it is that you are making and also your input into
what you are trying to achieve. Primary images entails that you are the one to
take them and that they are your own.
Secondary
Sources
Secondary
Sources are usually used for inspiration or getting images or materials that
are not easily accessible or things that you cannot get because precautions are
in place so that pictures cannot be taken of the objects. This happens in places
like the National Art Gallery in London. They make sure to remind you not to
take pictures because the flash on the camera sometimes damages the images.
Secondary
sources are much easier to come by. Secondary sources are at everyone’s finger
tips. They can be found in a number of places. The main one that everybody goes
to would be the internet. The internet is an abundance of information and
pictures that can be helpful to an individual. This might not be true to all
because the direction or angle may not be right for the person wanting the
image.
A negative
for Secondary sources would be the details.
Say if you
were to want an image of Big Ben and this was the only type of image that you
could find. However this is not the angle that you wanted it from.
(Secondary source) |
Even though
this is a secondary source imagine if this was the angle that you wanted the
building of, but it was not on the internet, in book or you could not get it from
someone else that you know, that would make it hard to get the image that you
want, this is where secondary sources fail in a way that primary sources do
not, making it easier to get the details the way that you would like them.
Primary and Secondary sources are important to companies, because they allow them to see whats already out there. To see whats already been done so that they can do it better.
This way they can collect a wide range of material to use within there own projects to make it the best that it can be.
Primary and Secondary sources are important to companies, because they allow them to see whats already out there. To see whats already been done so that they can do it better.
This way they can collect a wide range of material to use within there own projects to make it the best that it can be.
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