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Digital Photography As Art
I want to learn photography as an art. Which digital camera is best for me?

What will the best camera for me under Rs.10000 ($200)???

Your best digital camera purchase (under Rs.1000/$200) will be the best point-and-shoot camera you can find selling for about $189-$199. Here’s how: Go to a large electronics store in your area that sells many brands of digital cameras. Tell the sales person that you want to buy the best digital camera that sells FOR NO MORE than Rs.1000/$200. Tell the sales person that you are most interested in digital cameras made by Nikon or Canon, maybe Sony, maybe Olympus – but that you’re mostly interested in cameras made by Nikon or Canon. Tell the sales person that you want a camera that has about 12 mega pixels (mp), but NO LESS than 10 mega pixels.

The sales person will show you all the cameras in your price range. Ask the sales person to explain which cameras are the best in your price range AND WHY. The reason you must keep repeating the price is because the sales person will try to get you to buy a more expensive camera. If this is your first digital camera (yes/no?), you DO NOT want to buy an expensive camera; buying a more expensive camera comes later when you’re certain that “art photography” is really something you want to do. Right now, you want the best point-and-shoot your money can buy.

Extra things you will need to buy: a good-sized memory card (2GB or more) for the camera. Most memory cards that come _with_ the camera are much too small for serious photographers. Next, a sturdy leather holster that _securely_ holds the camera on your belt (if you’re a man) or fixes somehow to your purse strap (if you’re a woman). You DO NOT want to carry your camera in a pocket. You DO NOT want to carry your camera in your purse. But, if you seriously want to learn photography as an art, you DO want to carry your new camera with you ALL THE TIME. The camera holster and memory card will cost you another $30 to $40.

FINALLY: It’s nice to have a digital camera to take pictures. But, if you want to become a serious photographer, you will soon learn that you DON’T “take pictures” because a serious photographer “MAKES IMAGES.” Learning the difference between “taking pictures” and “Making images” takes time, study, and effort. A good photographer’s best piece of photographic equipment is inside his head, not in his hands.

Digital Photography As Art

Learn Digital Photography – What is the Future of Digital Photography?

Do you see a future for digital photography? Quite a radical question in the feeding frenzy of digital camera marketing. To me digital photography is the best thing that has ever happened to photography. But, what is its future? A difficult question to answer and possibly a loaded one.

Film photography was always known as just ’photography’, never film photography. It was the standard. With the emergence of digital photography this standard has been challenged. My question is, “will digital photography become the standard or will it remain the ugly sister of photography”?

I think that it will always remain the ‘poor cousin’ of film photography unless two things happen:

1. All digital cameras need to develop to the point that they are equivalent in quality to that of the most basic film camera. They must eradicate the digital vs film debate. There must be no difference between the two formats. The most expensive digital cameras are getting close to that standard but the point and shoot models cannot compete with their film counterparts. I think that with the pace of development, despite an economic crisis,  consumers are demanding that lower end cameras need to improve in quality. Although, true photography is all about the SLR and I think we are on the road to the quality needed to compete with film cameras.

2. There is a mindset change that quantity is better than quality. Thought that went into taking a photograph with film has all but disappeared. The speed with which digital images are taken degrades the results of good photography. This is evidenced by the quality of images submitted to competitions, placed on forums and displayed on blogs. If this mindset changes and we start putting more thought into photography it does bode well for digital as an art form.

How do we change this so that digital is synonymous with photography? I personally think that the key is education and learning. In the same way that digital photography has changed the face of photography digital has changed the face of publishing.

Great learning material is available in electronic form as free education or reasonably priced education. It is now cheap and easy to learn about photography and the techniques of improvement. It doesn’t take an expensive course or diploma to radically improve your images. It’s as simple as buying an ebook or an electronic course. Many have money back guarantees so the risk is minimal. Easy to find and easy to learn. The key is to learn photography and not just digital photography.

When film photography was born it was perceived as an art and much care was exercised in the execution. It was birthed in and developed with this mindset and, linked to the costs involved, remained mostly as an art form. Even the masses exercised care in its practise.

But, with digital photography it is very different. What it has done is make the art form cheaper, simpler and faster. Whenever you add these three factors to anything in life, it opens the door to loss off technique, lower quality and diminished value. This is seen by the billions of electronic images that remain on DVDs, hard drives and memory cards, unappreciated and valueless.

It’s in this world that the art of photography has to find its place and raise its head again from the chaos of digital. Digital is the best thing since sliced bread.  The only question that now needs to be answered is will it rise to the occasion and become the new art form or will it be the vehicle that is responsible for the loss of a great art form?

Do you want to learn more about photography in a digital world? I’ve just completed a brand new e-course delivered by e-mail. Download it here for free: CLICK HERE. You can also learn to take perfect photos in 21 steps by taking a look at my new ebook 21 Steps 2 Perfect Photos. Wayne Turner has been teaching photography for 25 years and has written three books on photography.

About the Author

Wayne has been an avid photographer for 40 years. He studied with the New York Institute of Photography and has taught photography and communication privately and institutions for several years. He has completed two books, 21 Steps to Perfect Photos and 30 Keys to Photography Success.

Photography, photo-shop, digital art? How to I get into these things?

I’m really interested in digital art, I’m a little clueless as to how it’s done but I want to get into it, I don’t want to rush in however, I’m ready to take it slowly, where should I start? Are there special classes you can take? What do you think is best?
If I wanted to get a camera, what is the best kind to get?

Most digital artists use both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Look at a community college catalog in their art department for classes in both programs. Taking classes that will acquaint you with both programs and introduce you to advanced skills. Only practice and experience will provide you with the skills necessary to fulfill your goal.

The best news is you will be able to purchase those programs in the school’s bookstore at student prices.

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