Tunda an kirkireshi a karni na 19, daukar hoto ya zama mashahurin kayan aiki don yin rikodin lokuta a tarihin ɗan adam.
Hoto shine Art da Kimiyya a kwace hotuna ta hanyar haske ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na kyamara.
Ofayan manyan masu daukar hoto a duniya akwai shahararren Adams, wanda aka sani da hotonsa game da kyawun yanayin Amurka.
Tare da ci gaban fasaha, kamarar ta zama mafi ƙarancin amfani, don amfani da hoto ya zama mafi sauki ga mutane da yawa.
hoto yana da nau'ikan iri daban-daban, kamar hotuna, shimfidar wurare, wuraren daji, hoto na titi, da ƙari da yawa.
Tare da ci gaba na fasaha, daukar hoto kuma yana haɓaka cikin hoto na dijital, wanda ke ba masu amfani damar ganin sakamakon hotuna kai tsaye.
Launin da muke gani a cikin ainihin hoto shine sakamakon aiki mai kyau ta hanyar kwakwalwarmu, wanda idan ido ya samu.
Photography shima kayan aiki ne mai mahimmanci a cikin takardun ƙwarewa da ilimin lissafi, wanda ke ba masu bincike damar yin rikodi da abubuwan karatu da al'adun karatu.
Hoto kuma ya zama ma'adanin fasaha wanda za'a iya sayarwa a farashi mai girma, gwargwadon shahararrun masu daukar hoto da ingancin hoto.
Kodayake ana amfani da daukar hoto don rikodin lokuta masu mahimmanci, ana iya amfani da daukar hoto azaman hanyar neman saƙonni na zamantakewa da siyasa.