A Very Basic Introduction To Digital Photography

Many new camera users are intimidated by the huge amount of features and functions on even medium price digital cameras and often opt for the simple point and shoot models instead.  While these cameras are fine, their ability to take pictures in varying conditions is limited and the special effects or long distance photos that can be taken are almost non existent.  While the high end ones have functions that the hobbyist will never use and their price is prohibitive, a newcomer should find his introduction to digital photography with a medium range digital camera 

The best part about digital cameras is that mistakes cost you nothing – you just delete the photo – so learning the functions is not something to be frightened of.With the number of photos you take not burning a huge hole in your pocket, you can take as many pictures as you want and while keeping the good ones, learn from the bad ones before deleting them.  Digital photography is fun and with a little experimentation and some reading of useful articles, your skills will begin to improve and you can start using all the features your digital camera has.  This means that you have a range of options that you would never have had if you had bought the simple point and shoot camera.

And for the times you do not want to experiment, simply select the camera’s “auto” function and it will do everything of you except press the shutter button – this means you have the best of both worlds; you can be a safe or as experimental as you want.  And with a good digital SLR the auto function will give you better results than the simple “point and shoot” cameras because you will have a better lens, sensors and other features working for you.

No introduction to digital photography can ignore that aspect of the photography that occurs outside the camera – the editing and manipulation of pictures on your computer.  A digital photo must be transferred to a computer and every camera will have the software to enable this; but after the picture is downloaded to the computer you can start editing and manipulating it to improve on your efforts.You can modify, edit and enhance a photo as you want and add a lot of good effects to change an ordinary photo into a great one.  In other words, in digital photography there is really no such thing as a bad photo – only one that will need more repair and manipulation to improve its quality.

This is what makes digital photography so much better than standard conventional film photography – your creativity is almost unlimited as it the amount of fun it can provide you.