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Digital photography has witnessed revolutionary advances in technology in just a few years, from digital cameras to editing software. However, traditional techniques are still the most important tool of a good photographer.
Recently I spoke to a beginner course very few malcontents, who have signed up and paid good money to attend a course on "digital photography." On arrival at the first class, they were told to put their cameras photo – that was not needed. This was not really a photography course, was a photo editing course. So instead of being taught how to take best pictures, they are taught how to correct their mistakes.
I have asked my money back for this course is not delivering what it promised.
Was this a blatant case of false advertising? From the customer standpoint, certainly was. But believe it or not, the teacher may not have seen it that way. It is a truly alarming that some people see the software, not the camera, as the cornerstone of photography.
When the digital photography revolution began, are two groups of people excited. First were the traditional photographers, who embraced the cost savings and convenience offered by digital photography. For them, it was a opportunity to do what he always do, but doing it in a format more suitable for the modern age.
Then there were the types of computers, you may not know much about photography and were not very good at it. For these people, photography had entered their world in a big way. You may not have known much about the art or technology, but sure knew a lot about the software. In this world that is far ahead of traditional photographers who had grown up with SLR cameras, film and the darkroom.
Therefore, not good with the software will do a good photographer? Of course not.
With the software, you can achieve things amazing. You can do everything from adjusting the contrast of an image moving objects around and make your picture as if it was a painting. But there are a lot of things – The essentials – you can not do. You can not make an off-field focus on the approach. You can not "de-blur a moving subject was blurred because the photographer used the wrong shutter speed.
Technical issues aside, there is also a great sense of satisfaction of a photographer is honored when able to capture a perfect image in the camera. "
I knew a man who told me about his visit to Sea World. Took lots of photos of his wife, but he was not happy with them because the skies were gray and there were many tourists around. So he went to work in a team, and over three days that transformed the sky in each picture to blue, and eliminate all those annoying tourists. He had made artificial memory "of one day would like to have, not the actual day had.
To each his own, I guess. For me it was just creepy.
In some industries, such as advertising, all that matters is the image, how you do it is irrelevant, provided that produces the result. But for the "average Joe", photography is about capturing memories, reviewing and sharing with others.
I am not suggesting that the software has no place in photography. In fact, the fans, including dedicated digital recognize that most images needs a little tweaking of saturation and contrast to bring them up to print quality.
The point is, software is no substitute for skills camera. It's big, perhaps even essential, to know how to work in a photo after the event. But that can not take the place of learning to use a camera, how to appreciate the light and how to compose a great image.
Beginners beware, there are people out there to stop you by saying that the openness, speed shutter and ISO are outdated relics of film photography. In fact, learning these basic photography, developing skills that will reduce its dependence on computers to fix their mistakes.
The benefits? Well, first is the satisfaction of knowing that his image was captured with his own ability and is a reflection of the moment it happened.
Need something more practical? Think about it. To produce a good image of a badly taken picture can take hours sitting in front of a computer. How long does it take to do well in the first place? About 1/500th SEC.
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