If you would like to make or shoot an image you need to regulate the lens to steer the quantity of light that is being let thru. On the electronic cameras you do this by using the interface and with analog devices you use the lens itself for this. The light is then stored on the storage device I called earlier prepared to be either processed. When you are using an analog camera you proces in a lab or with a machine to develop the film. What happens then is that a chemical reaction lifts the colors out of the film. This is thanks to the fact that of the reaction between the chemical fluids and the surface of the printing paper.

Digital Photography

With electronic cameras you record or shoot the photograph and the light is captured by a CCD or CMOS chip. This chip interprets the light info into a digital format. What you are left with is a raw, jpeg or other type of file on the storage medium. The explanation digital photography is preferred by the overall public is it’s simplicity of use. You just put your card into the computer. Some cameras can be linked with the PC with a USB connection. Either way you have direct accessibility to your pictures and you don’t must wait for a lab to finish developing your film! The final result is the same because digital photos can be printed also. Some photography fans still prefer analog cameras though. To them it has a special feel to it which can on occasion be seen but you can not truly point it out as such.

The second big advantage of digital photography is you can check your photographs before you print them. If you have shot on film you've got to know the sensation. You pick up your prints and 1/2 of the photographs are just a blur of objects, completely black or completely washed out. You are expected to pay as much for these prints as you pay for the ordinary ones! And that's fair. The laboratory should not need to lose revenue thanks to the incapability of their customers! Either way, with digital photography you can now pick the stills you want to print before going to the laboratory!

I shoot a lot of kinderportretten. Folks can be terribly picky so it’s best to shoot lots of photo’s and present them a large selection to choose from. Digital photography makes this possible!

MRFoto is a dutch snapper, a profession known in Holland as fotograaf. As a fotograaf in Deventer she services both companies and regular clients on a day by day basis.

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