Digital Photography versus Classic Photography

People don’t really know how to tell the differences between digital and classic photography. People don’t always care where their pictures came from as long as they got them and some that own camera never opened them to process pictures so they can’t tell if the have a film or not simply because someone else gets the pics out. People who do know what they are talking about usually fight about it. The classic photography adepts would burn the digital photography heretics on stakes because they dare alter reality. And the debate become more and more interesting as professionals step in. Even photographic artists and professionals can not agree witch one is better.

The ones that stand behind classic photography say that the digitals arts have managed to alter and disguise reality in such a way that the ordinary viewer of a certain picture is not even allowed to express his beliefs. Macro that allows you to bring the subject forward is the function that gave birth to this affirmation. The macro returns different shades of faded colors and objects, therefore if someone looks at that certain picture he will be forced to look at the center subject, as everything else is blurred already. Classic photography militants argue this function and state that the picture can not be individually critiqued anymore, because it will transmit the same image to all viewers. Those who want to comment upon the macro-ed picture will not be able to create an outline because they are forced to view only the central piece. Some voices militate even against flash. They are actually referring to night shots, witch should not be taken at all if flash is used. These people claim that night pictures must be taken as they come, at moonlight and not by using devices to bring light to a single point.

The other side, the one of digital photography loves, thank god for digital devices. They praise the macro as it offers them what they need: a picture with a visible subject. They don’t want different individuals to come and point out other attraction points in their image, they simply want everyone to see what they saw when they looked at a certain scene or person. And about the flash, some people laugh when they hear that … “flash is evil”.

Even if you might believe it, digital photography could never ruin images. This concept made possible so many picture variations and attracted so much more people to photography that it can’t be so bad.. photo printing online

One Response to “Digital Photography versus Classic Photography”

1. Alice Brown-Dussault says:

   November 7, 2009 at 9:13 am

   Thank you for this, it is most enlightening. I believe that there are as great differences between digital and classical photography as there are between theatre and cinema, but personally I prefer theatre because cinema shoves want it wants to say in your face.