November 25, 2008

Film Photography: Gone, But Not Forgotten In A Digital World

Digital photography has won the battle over film. It is the way of the present and the way of the future. For most of us, film represents the past…but should that be the end of the story?Forget the traditionalists who insist that film is better. In some ways it definitely is; it is simply not practical in the digital world to continue taking your photos on film. However, that doesn’t mean you should throw your old photos away.It may come as a shock to some young people, but great photography has existed for many years, done by true artists who relied on camera skills, not computers, to produce their images. Some manipulation was possible in the darkroom by the few who knew how, but most great photography was captured ‘in camera.’What a shame, then, that so many of these great images are now gathering dust in closets around the world.Our rush to embrace digital technology was not gradual. Digital cameras made film almost obsolete in just a few short years. With the cameras came computer software, USB cards, online storage and social networking. Almost overnight, everything related to photography involved digital technology. You really could not do anything with a […]

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