How is it possible to be in two places at the same time? Is it possible to watch the bulls run in Pamplona and Shaun White win silver in Sochi while sitting in your home in Maryland? In the not so distant past, this would have been impossible, but with today's camera technology, it is possible to see events occur in real time as they are captured and posted for the world to see by spectators at these events. Cameras have evolved over the years, and these evolutions have changed society forever. We can capture images and share them instantly on phones and tablets. Today's technology is drastically different from cameras of the past. By taking a journey through the history and evolution of cameras and photography, you can see how cameras have changed and how society has changed along with these evolutions. Cameras were invented in the early 1800s and have evolved over the years. Photography is a word that derives from the Greek words photos ("light") and graphein ("to draw"). The word was first used by the scientist Sir John F. W. Herschel in 1839. The first camera was invented by Alhazen Ibn Al-Haytham who lived around 1000 AD He invented the pinhole camera, also called Camera Obscura. The images from this camera were upside down. In 1827 Joseph Nicephore Niepce made the first photographic image with the Camera Obscura. Before this, people simply used cameras for viewing or drawing purposes. Niepce's solar prints or heliographs set the stage for modern photography as they let light draw the picture for the picture. He did this by placing an engraving on a bitumen-coated metal plate and exposing it to light. The whiter areas of the engraving let light into the center of the paper. As a result, our society has changed forever. Now you see the news as it happens and are offered eyewitness accounts of events around the world. The amount of information one is exposed to is large. Most of these changes are positive as an individual can gain knowledge more easily and see things that were previously impossible to witness. However, the downside is a society that shares too much, which can sometimes lead to difficulties in the present and future. These shared images cannot be deleted and will live forever somewhere on the Internet. Therefore, think before posting that selfie or any image you might regret. Ultimately, as technology expands and develops, society will have to learn to navigate this new and uncharted territory.