Digital Imaging vs Photography

[Vapour01]

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My brother taught me the secret to taking great photos .. "Shoot lots of film ! "... so along those lines.. digital cameras are superior to film... You can snap away for a fraction of the cost

[Brett_Henderson]

Hey .. whatever works for ya

[mrjake2002]

I take photography at college and my teacher wants to murder me if I mention digital.  ::) You do learn a lot from doing the old stuff though, but digital is the way forward!  ;)

[pepper_airborne]

I remember seeing a few famous photographers say they prefer digital over old film, because then can develop there photo's a lot quiker nowadays.

[Omag 2.0]

I understand that film-photography is an art on it's own, but a bit oldfashioned. After all, deverlopement is a form of editting too. Photographers just had more time-consuming work than nowadays.

But the principles are still the same. If you don't invest some time to learn about lighting, aperatures, shuttertimes, depth of field, composition, etc., you'll never take good shots.

Everyone can pick up a camera and take a snapshot. But it takes lots of practice to see a good photo-opportunity and getting a result as you had in mind. I agree with Sierra Hotel that there's no such thing as instant succes.

[mrjake2002]

I understand that film-photography is an art on it's own, but a bit oldfashioned. After all, deverlopement is a form of editting too. Photographers just had more time-consuming work than nowadays.

But the principles are still the same. If you don't invest some time to learn about lighting, aperatures, shuttertimes, depth of field, composition, etc., you'll never take good shots.

Everyone can pick up a camera and take a snapshot. But it takes lots of practice to see a good photo-opportunity and getting a result as you had in mind. I agree with Sierra Hotel that there's no such thing as instant succes.

I agree, and I am very glad that I know how to develop my own film and prints. Learning the 'old-skool' way has really helped me to learn more about my photos and how to compose them rather than pointing and shooting.

[beaky]

The February 1982 cover photo of Egypt pyramids were squeezed together to fit the covers vertical format using a Scitex computer digitizer.

A picture story on Poland in April of the same year contained a cover photograph that combined an expression on a man's face in one frame with a complete view of his hat in another picture. Both cover images were altered without a hint of possible detection and without a note to readers that such manipulation was performed.

All of these tricks are very possible with chemical-based photography, but like producing excellent photos with chemicals, it's more art than science. And if you think nobody's ever cheated with that format and not told anybody, take a look at any Playboy centerfold prior to about 1995.