- Self Portrait Number Nine
Self Portrait.
Roll number 90, frame number 9, right around 9:00 pm.
Tags: Baron Wolman, digital cameras, Gene Anthony, Jim Marshall, Joseph Sia, kill your digital camera, Michael Zagaris
Self Portrait.
Roll number 90, frame number 9, right around 9:00 pm.
Tags: Baron Wolman, digital cameras, Gene Anthony, Jim Marshall, Joseph Sia, kill your digital camera, Michael Zagaris
March 29th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
I couldn’t disagree with you more, and I’ll never kill a digital camera — it’s just cruel.
I’m not a pro, but I’m not a beginner either. As I get better with photography, I actually find myself taking MORE photos because I’ve learned how to try different things with exposure and composition.
I’m not limited by the amount of film I can stuff into my pockets — and that makes me happy.
March 29th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
[...] at Mostly Photography, there’s a post on Why Digital Cameras Should Be Outlawed. I don’t even know where to start with this one, but I’m in full disagreement. The [...]
March 29th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
My personal thoughts on digital cameras aside, I don’t believe taking more photos is the problem. Taking too many photos is. Not being limited by the amount of film you carry is a blessing and a curse. Too often young photographers are encouraged to shoot ludicrous amounts of images simply because they can, call it carpet bombing if you will. There comes a point of saturation when shooting and editing when you are no longer making images or looking at photographs, your just burning film (or flash memory as it were) and sifting through files.
Thanks for the comment.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
When I got my first DSLR (a Rebel XT) a few months ago I was stuck using a 256MB card. It got me into the habit of immediately deleting shots that were mediocre or worse.
Having the capacity and flexibility is a great blessing for getting shots that require perfect timing and for really exploring a subject in depth.
On the other hand, it is so difficult to look at an album that’s just a dump of someone’s memory card - usually I’m just not up for combing through hundreds of pictures to find a handful of gems.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
I think the essential problem with digital is that people lost their patience professional or amateur alike….it’s like building a plastic model the more time you spend on your a tank or a plane you’re building(meaning researching, learning the craft of detail-up, airbrushing and weathering) better result you can…..even if you only built two per year. But if you trying to rush it you might end up having 15 finished pieces a year but visually they’re just not in perfection…..