Photography is Life

Digital Photography – Passion Or Profession

Digital photography has been around for quite a while now, but most of us can still remember when it wasn’t. When you took a picture, you got what you got. And you didn’t get to see it until you took it to your local drugstore, waited a couple of days for them to come back from the developer, and got them out to your car to look at them in privacy.

And by then, it was too late to change it.

Even when the Polaroid cameras came on the scene, while you got the picture quickly, you still had to pay an arm and a leg for the film so the pictures were precious few.

But, with digital cameras it’s a whole different world. I was in the pool just yesterday with my grandson. I put my sunglasses on him and he made the funniest face. I must have taken 30 pictures of him in those sunglasses before I finally caught the funny face I was after. But, I never gave it a second thought. Heck, my memory card holds over 1000 pictures!

If you’re thinking about pursuing digital photography as either a hobby or a profession, you’ll need two things, really. A camera and some knowledge.

That may sound simplistic, but it’s basically true. Of course, if you’re planning on being a professional photographer, you’ll be needed more than on camera, but to begin with, you’ll just need the one.

When I say knowledge, what I mean is, you have to learn not only how your camera works, but also how to take a good picture.

You’ve simply got to understand the principles of exposure, how to adjust the camera’s settings and what the settings even mean. You have to learn about depth of field, which is basically the area and distance at which the objects in the picture are going to appear in focus.

You also need to learn about shutter speeds; what they are and what they do.

If your goal to take up digital photography as a career, there are quite a few ways to make money doing it. Of course, you can photograph events, like weddings, parties, etc. But, if you’re a beginner, finding enough jobs can be a bit challenging. There is another great way for beginners to get started.

You can join up with what is called a “Stock Photography site.” This is a site that offers users photographs online for a price.

Anyone can join up as an image contributor. This is not only an awesome way to make some money, but the perfect way for you to get some good, free, feedback on your photographs.

You see, these sites don’t just allow any old pictures on their site. They go over each photo with a fine tooth comb and only allow the best into their libraries.

So, if you submit a picture and it is rejected, they’ll tell you why, you’ll learn from it and do an even better job the next time.

admin | July 17, 2011 6:50 am

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