Digital redeveloping photography as hobby

Digital redeveloping photography as hobby PARKERSBURG - A decade of technological changes in photography and a near-absolute shift from film to digital imagery has had both positive and negative affects on the hobby. She is president of the Marietta Camera Club. , was 12-years old when she got her first Brownie Hawkeye camera. She remained interested in photography as a hobby through high school and later, but put it aside after starting a family. Wigal said she stayed with slide film for many years, while her husband liked to shoot print film. "Today, you are able to see your image as soon as you take it," he said. Abbott himself has taught classes about all of the features of a digital single lens reflex camera, beyond the simple point-and-shoot uses most people know of. In previous years, such classes could have involved the use of darkrooms, film processing, chemical processing for prints and other things. With that growing ease, he is seeing growing interest in photography in general and as a hobby. As an example, he cited a recent vacation trip he was on where the group took over 7,000 pictures, something they would never have done in the past if they were using film. Despite the changes in technology, Bibbee said the basic principles of photography remain the same, whether shooting digitally or on film. "Boy, was I wrong," she said of the format's popularity. He has remained interested in photography since that time. "The technology is progressing so quickly, it's actually hard to keep up with it," he said. The largest change he has seen is the immediacy with which the photographer can know what he or she has in terms of pictures. If they didn't have their own darkrooms, it might be hours, days or even weeks before they knew what type of pictures they got as they waited for the film to be processed chemically and then prints made using related processes. The local clubs still have some who are interested in slide and film photography, but the majority now shoot digitally, Wigal said. Abbott thinks the clubs have changed with the times, although are still members who like to do things in more traditional ways. Those SLRcameras are exactly the same type that have been used in photography for decades. Making changes to the raw images to enhance the quality of the final print has also been done for years in the darkroom, but has become easier - if not always simpler for those who are not as technically literate - with the use of computers, according to Bibbee. Air Force, he was trained in photojournalism and public relations in the 1960s. Like Abbot, she has seen general interest in photography go up due to the greater ease involved in the hobby when using the digital format. Digital redeveloping photography as hobby Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 09/04/2012