Persuasive Speech On Digital Photography

I. Digital Photography has been in our day to day life since the 1950s, when it was first introduced in television programs. Although we could now see moving pictures across our screens, digital cameras were not accessible until Texas Instruments released the first model in 1972. Shortly after, more companies like Eastman Kodak started developing their own models and selling them to the public. Another breakthrough was the Megapixel sensor, developed by Kodak, which enabled digital photos and prints. However, companies did not start selling digital cameras more suitable for professionals until the mid-2010s. Photography is the art or science of capturing images on a light-sensitive surface and has evolved over time as our technology becomes more advanced. While it has been used to record the most

Photography challenges us to think differently about the natural world.
1. It shows people what is going on around them and the dilemmas that some animals are facing.
B. “The Pangolin Pit” is a well-known photo taken by UK-Australian photographer Paul Hilton that shows the illegal trading of dead pangolins.
1. The photo shows the industrial scale of what is happening to the animals.
a. Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammal.
b. They are small, scale-covered, mammals that are rare to find.
C. Pangolins are an endangered species that not many people know about, but photographers have been using their trade to bring awareness to them.
1. It is estimated that 1 million pangolins have been poached in the last decade.
a. All eight species of pangolin are threatened with extinction.
b. Pangolins are killed for their meat and scales and sold on the black market.
D. People can find pangolin meat in many Southeast Asian countries and in Indonesia and China.
1. The governments in these areas are reluctant when it comes to stopping the illegal trade
a. Pangolin meat is easily accessible on many restaurant menus.
b. People think pangolin meat is a