Digital pictures

Digital photography, despite all it's benefits, has ruined the art of picture taking. For example, take this picture below that I took of the Orpheum.
It's simple, and was taken on black and white film. I had to sit kitty corner from the Orpheum for several minutes, zoomed in just right to avoid the stop lights (which you can still see on the edges of the shot) and hope that some jackass didn't walk in front of me when I was snapping the picture. Now, if someone did happen to walk in front of me, the picture would be ruined and there would be nothing I could do about it, except hate the John Doe that did that to me. However, if I took this shot with a digital camera and that same situation happened, I could review it and delete it.

I don't claim to be a great photographer but still, it takes a little bit of skill and patience to take decent pictures with a film camera. Digital cameras are great to take spur of the moment, candid shots. If they don't work, delete them and try again. I have a small digital camera that is wonderful for shots like this one.
This is Ayla, my niece, after leaving a Tigers game a few years ago. Who would think to take this picture with anything but a digital camera. If it turned out poorly, delete it and move on. No evidence. But because of digital advances, this picture captures the essence of my niece. Fearless, ready to move around and not be confined to being held by her mother. She wants to be free and not carried. My sister and brother in law are going to be in trouble when she learns how to do stuff like rock climb, sky dive, walk across minefields, etc. etc.

I'm not one to judge (oh wait....) but if someone claims to be a great photographer and they shoot only on a digital camera, they better be able to handle a film camera with a manual lens. Because is they aren't, they are going to be personally ridiculed by me.





And I barely know how to use a camera, I'm just judgmental.