This question is extremely difficult to answer. Since it entered the world of digital in 1999 I saw a definite decline in the quality of images shot by amateurs. And there is a clear reason, digital disease. But, there is a response to this problem?
There are, and the answer is simple, learn digital photography. I'm amazed at just how thoughtless amateur photographers have become over the past few years. The problem is with the economics of photography. As soon as the initial cost was overcome, the hobby of photography becomes dirt cheap. No processing costs and reduced printing costs and the use of multiple shooting in all digital cameras.
To overcome this there are three basic problems that must be addressed.
1. digital disease
This is the big problem that affects the most amateur photographers. What is it? The answer is thoughtlessness. The withdrawal of the brain before pressing the shutter button. When photo costs a lot of money on processing costs we were much more careful when shooting an image. One more thought put in an image before pressing the shutter butter. With minimal costs involved in digital photography there is no financial obstacles so you don't have to worry if you take many photos. To overcome this problem, take time to think about your composition before you press the button. In other words, use you brain.
2. the effect of Shakespeare
You want to know how I got this title. Well, there is a line of thinking that if you put a hundred monkeys in a room with a typewriter for enough years, corporately could produce a quality manuscript of Shakespeare. Absolute garbage! The same goes for digital photography. The idea is that if you shoot enough images of a scene or subject, at least one of them will be a great image. Garbage! If you don't put enough thought into them and use the rules of composition there is virtually zero possibility of a striking image. Amount means nothing.
3. the drive by shooter
Quick on the draw and a fast shooter game. If he moves shoot. The idea of a drive by shooter is that you need to get fast, open fire on their victims for in and out fast and for the next job. We hope that at the end of the day when you review your images there must be some that are great images. This idea is together with the effect of Shakespeare and the hope that amount will eventually produce quality. Unless you are a professional with years of experience, particularly in sport, your chances of fast draw and spraying the area hoping to quality images are minimal.
So what is the solution to these problems and the response to the survival of photography in the digital age? Simple, learn digital photography or better the principles of good photography. Take time to think about what you're shooting and longer period for learning digital photography. There is no easy way, as in the era of cinema, to shoot quality pictures. All that digital has done is make it cheaper and easier to press the button and not easier to obtain quality images. Remember that digital is just the way you write your images and has no role in its quality. If you were a bad photographer, everything will do is make it more efficient in lead to larger amounts of poor images. Do not allow the digital means to make it a photographer's most prolific bad. Take time to learn digital photography and improve their existing skills to the point of perfection. The more effort you put into your photography more you will have it. Happy shooting!
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Wayne Turner has taught photography there are 25 years and is the author of three books on photography.
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