The impact of digital technology on photography

How digital technology changed the role of photography in the society?


Digital technology basically changed the face of photography. It made it easier for people to use a camera and save up their photos. For example, people can take a lot of images and pick the best one with digital but with manual , they can only take a few and each image is carefully planned because they don't want to waste the film. Also, the cameras we have nowadays are way smaller then the cameras in the past, it's easier to carry around and we can take pictures whenever we want. There are a lot of effects and features on the new cameras nowadays, for example,Soft skin effect, 3D sweep panorama and Illustration. You can even edit your photos on your camera.



What has been the impact of digital photography on journalism?

Digital photography is really important for journalists, the photographers and photo editors do not have to work in a chemical darkroom anymore. Instead, they work with their images on their own computer screen because it's easier, faster,cheaper and a lot easier to edit the images. Also, they can take a lot of pictures until they get the best shot because it doesn't cost them anything for taking another shot. "Long time Newsday" photographer, Dick Kraus writes "I find that I am able to shoot more varied pictures and try different techniques since I am able to monitor my shots as soon as I make them. If I try something and it doesn't work, I can make immediate adjustments and keep trying until I am satisfied."  As you can see, a lot of journalists are depending on digital photography. Journalists can also email their images to the publisher or place them on the internet right away, so people from the other countries can see it from the newspaper or TV. 

Work Cited


http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0309/editorial.html