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I grew up using a Minolta ST101, 400 ASA Black & White film (Kodak TRI-X), chemicals and a dark room. Back then you could both TAKE and MAKE a picture. That became WAYYY too difficult with color photography and processing. So after that, I was relegated to only TAKING pictures :(
Until September, 2004 I had scuffed at the idea of digital photography - "real men" don't do digital. Then I bought a Digital Rebel just for fun and took almost 3,000 pictures in a 3 week timeframe. I was blown away at the fun, the learning and the quality.
For me, the primary points of going to digital have been:
1. I can once again both TAKE and MAKE pictures - with a vengeance!
2. Instant feedback means vastly accelerated learning - and IT'S FUN!!!!
3. The opportunity to combine optics, electronics and sophisticated software with creativity and imagination removes limits on photography and thus limits on expression. This is now a whole new world.
Anyway, the learning curve has been and remains very steep (and sometimes expensive!) Many of the pictures here suffer from classical beginner's mistakes, like not using a tripod, forgetting to properly adjust camera settings before a shoot, not shooting RAW files (and not saving an original copy) and not taking the time to learn Photoshop.
The point is this: Digital photography to me is a PROCESS of accelerated learning through study and trial and error. It is easy to become hooked because it is so much fun and the gratification is so instant. It is basically addictive!
Until September, 2004 I had scuffed at the idea of digital photography - "real men" don't do digital. Then I bought a Digital Rebel just for fun and took almost 3,000 pictures in a 3 week timeframe. I was blown away at the fun, the learning and the quality.
For me, the primary points of going to digital have been:
1. I can once again both TAKE and MAKE pictures - with a vengeance!
2. Instant feedback means vastly accelerated learning - and IT'S FUN!!!!
3. The opportunity to combine optics, electronics and sophisticated software with creativity and imagination removes limits on photography and thus limits on expression. This is now a whole new world.
Anyway, the learning curve has been and remains very steep (and sometimes expensive!) Many of the pictures here suffer from classical beginner's mistakes, like not using a tripod, forgetting to properly adjust camera settings before a shoot, not shooting RAW files (and not saving an original copy) and not taking the time to learn Photoshop.
The point is this: Digital photography to me is a PROCESS of accelerated learning through study and trial and error. It is easy to become hooked because it is so much fun and the gratification is so instant. It is basically addictive!
