Monday, July 21, 2008

Tips for Taking Digital Photography

By Gugu Maseko

Photography encompasses several issues that one should take into consideration to understand it more clearly. It should be simple but the word photography has a few meanings even if we don't use them very often. Generally speaking, it is the art of taking pictures by means of light.

Light is the most important ingredient in photography, it is the one responsible for identifying color and brightness and when digital technology came into being, different technologies were developed. The majority of the innovations that were developed have brought tremendous improvements in photography; the greatest breakthrough has been in the field of digital photography.

As with any new technology, it is a whole new subject to come to terms with but it does help to be aware of a few principles to get you on your way. One of the basics that you should remember about digital photography is that it doesn't use film and there's no processing time involved with it. Convenience is the real meaning of digital photography today with software that even the average person can use to produce award winning creations.

Not only are the images instantly available but with the huge reduction in print costs, they can now be printed out at home. Film photography is the only victim in this new digital photography age but you will be amazed at the effects you can achieve when you finally change to it.

Creating special effects to enhance your images using your computer can be a lot of fun and produce great images. Unlike traditional film, there is an enormous amount of control with digital photography including which images are printed, kept or altered and no wasted film in sight. If you don't want to print them out then why not create a slide show which can be played on your television using a CD.

The difference of digital to classic photography lies on the way the image is generated. In the traditional method, the image captured on the film is developed in a darkroom where chemicals are used to create negatives which are then printed before you can view the final product of the shot. With digital photography, there's no need for film, dark room and processing because the image is captured digitally by means of an electronic sensor.

Digital photos can be stored inside the camera almost indefinitely providing you have the space and many cameras come with a basic image editing capability like cropping for example which can then be printed out immediately. Printing out your photos is a simple case of inserting the memory card into a compatible printer so costs are reduced as the card can be re-used over and over again.

If you're looking for some good resources about digital photography, digital imaging services and reviews, there are lots of them online. You can find out everything you need to know and some sites offer free or trial software for imaging editing as well as royalty free images you can experiment with.

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