The Digital Revolution
I bought my first digital camera in the Summer of 2005. It took pictures with very poor image quality and had very few features. I told myself that I would still use mostly a film camera. However, I was wrong. The digital revolution had hit me.
The first incredible advantage was the fact that digital pictures were essentially free. Developing film was costing me about $8-10 for 36 images, or about a quarter each. The second major advantage was the ability to share pictures with friends and family by email.
I now have the ability to take pictures on digital camera, iPhone, and iPad. All have outstanding quality. I can edit them using GIMP to improve the quality and now can share them through the cloud with all of my family on an almost instant basis.
One of the downsides of digital photography is that it is so easy to take lots of pictures that sometimes I am not as careful about really working on the composition of the picture. Many times quantity takes over from quality.
Another drawback that has been talked about is the fact that sometimes taking a picture of something means we are actually less likely to remember it. [Jeffries] I have not noticed this much, or maybe I just don't remember it. But I know there have been times that I've been so interested in taking pictures that I missed some the event, such as at last years solar eclipse.
In keeping with full disclosure, the above photo I didn't take. Mine didn't turn out nearly as well, and this one was taken by a colleague. The principle still remains the same, however, that in wanting to capture the moment digitally, I didn't just experience it personally, and so lost connecting with the event. Digital photos have clearly brought a few drawbacks, however they also have had many benefits which, in my opinion, have outweighed the downsides.
The first incredible advantage was the fact that digital pictures were essentially free. Developing film was costing me about $8-10 for 36 images, or about a quarter each. The second major advantage was the ability to share pictures with friends and family by email.
I now have the ability to take pictures on digital camera, iPhone, and iPad. All have outstanding quality. I can edit them using GIMP to improve the quality and now can share them through the cloud with all of my family on an almost instant basis.
One of the downsides of digital photography is that it is so easy to take lots of pictures that sometimes I am not as careful about really working on the composition of the picture. Many times quantity takes over from quality.
Another drawback that has been talked about is the fact that sometimes taking a picture of something means we are actually less likely to remember it. [Jeffries] I have not noticed this much, or maybe I just don't remember it. But I know there have been times that I've been so interested in taking pictures that I missed some the event, such as at last years solar eclipse.
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| Photography by RG Willhoft, Greensville, SC, August 21, 2017 |
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