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06/30/2008 07:30:49 PM · #1

This was just a thought..:
Dont yous think that alot of Photographers have been 'made' Photographers through Digital?
This is going wayyyyyyy back to when the 1st digital c came out! I am a BIG fan of digital and only shoot digital..To be honest the only film camera I ever had was a point and shoot..But I was only wondering about this.. I mean life is so much easier with Photoshop and Lightroom and it only get easier..!! I know you should still have alot of knowl. about Photography but realy.. It is much easier now..!!!!;)

Intelli

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/30/2008 07:37:52 PM · #2

hehe..your so cute =)

Intelli

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/30/2008 07:40:05 PM · #3

Sorry..I had to.. It's just that I can see your freindlyness and heart just by reading your words:)

togtog

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/30/2008 07:51:59 PM · #4

Quit being creepy Intelli, she is a Canon user anyway...

Anyway, I'm not sure I would have ever got into photography without digital, mainly the cost of film and having to get it developed would take a lot of the fun out of it for me. I think I have priced my current number of digital photos well into the $3000-4000 range for film and development and up to an additional $200 per week, that is just too expensive.

Intelli

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/30/2008 07:58:05 PM · #5

Originally posted by togtog:

she is a Canon user anyway...

DANG!! How could I not noticed that! oh well!

Seriously though.. I would still be interested in photography if digital had not come around. I always wanted to be a photog. =)

Message edited by author 2008-06-30 20:00:15.

Mick

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/30/2008 08:02:51 PM · #6

I think the most fun I ever had with photography was back in my high school days, shooting with a 110 pocket instamatic and developing the images in the darkroom. Learning to develop film and prints was a real adventure.

My first digital camera was a 1-megapixel Kodak that was given to me (actually my company) by Canon when we were developing photo album software for them. The camera was fun, but it left a lot to be desired. When I finally got my first DSLR (Canon 10D), that was real fun! Developing film and learning the basics of photography was a blast, but I'd never go back to film now. :)

I wonder what's going to replace digital?

Message edited by author 2008-06-30 20:04:16.

dsray

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

06/30/2008 08:04:49 PM · #7

You can bet yer bippi on that! Used to be you didn't see what you had until you suffered through a smelly darkroom and if you had to pull an unsharp mask... whoa, lots of work, and burning and dodging were done with cardboard. God, I love digital!

togtog

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/30/2008 08:05:15 PM · #8

True, learning to develop my own film would have probably been fun. Then again, I think I am a late bloomer too, I just didn't have an artistic eye back then, and am still learning how to look at the world differently but I am catching up.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

06/30/2008 08:51:32 PM · #9

The only thing I foun intr'sting about film was the study of it all .. I would still have loved to be able to exp'ment with it all ..;0 Maybe one day.. but yes.. Digital works well for us all.. Int'sting ?: IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE STILL ONLY SHOOTING FILM?????????????????
i do agree.. HARD WORK BY THE LOOKS OF IT ALL ;-)
O and:

To: To Intelli...
Thats ok ;)

chromeydome

Nikon D7000

06/30/2008 09:44:40 PM · #10

I like both--and actually am a bit sad that digital is killing film photography: Kodak is no longer producing 4x5 Ready Load film any more, and there is no more polaroid 4x5 stuff either, so my view camera, enlarger, and full wet-darkroom just sit now. Digital provides wonderful tools and options, but I sure did love putting a sheet of paper in the developer and watching my print come up. When you are in a darkroom, you are sort of isolated and it is all about photography. When you sit at a monitor, there can be lots of other stuff going on.

Guess I could get a job with all that gear at a Renaissance Festival: "ya just pop it inna the developer, guvna, and bob's your uncle!"

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

06/30/2008 09:57:52 PM · #11

I have to say..I alwys wond;red how it would feel to see you photo come to life in a darkroom.. lifting up a once black paper and now you image is on there.. I also love the idea of being isolated ;)
( Sometimes a Monitor can have its cons as well..)

wsl

Nikon D80

06/30/2008 09:59:20 PM · #12

Digital has just made it more appealing and easier to the masses. I started with photography back when I was 14 on a missionary trip to guatemala (beautiful country) and with only film, at that age, I just couldn't afford it. Plus at the age of 14, I didn't have the attention span to really learn everything. Fast forward 20 years, and doing marketing for my current job, I was using their little 3 megapixel p&s to do event pictures, and knew that I needed more to do what I really wanted to do. So I bought my first DSLR, and shooting away.

Being a graphic artist/web designer, digital has just made photography more in reach. There's plenty of people I know with P&S's that wish they could have more control over their shots, but they want to be able to hide their camera in their purse without having to carry around a ton of lenses. In that regards, Photography has come along way.

But bottom line, you still need the "photographer's eye" to be able to capture the moment. Not everyone will look at the same scene the same way, and it takes that creative process in your mind to really be unique in certain shots. You can line up 100 people with a camera and tell them to shoot the same exact thing, and those that have what it takes to be a photographer will stand out above the rest.