I have not yet fully embraced the digital age, at least where photography is concerned. Admittedly, digital photography is cheaper and I am more apt to take five digital shots for every one film shot I would have taken. But therein lies the problem. I used to spend quite a bit of time composing that perfect shot. Now I take twenty and pick the one I like best. Or crop it in Photoshop. Or adjust the color and contrast. Or edit out a minor imperfection. Or even a major one.
So is it cheating? I finally bought a polarizing filter for the Nikon D60. Not that there is a lack of polarizing filters in this house, just none that fit the digital camera. And on a beautiful summer's day, in need of a photo opportunity, I set out to take a perfect picture.
A perfect picture, composed in the camera, with no need of Photoshop intervention. I took some time to compose each shot and slowly rediscovered what I once liked so much about photography: becoming absorbed in the detail.
I am happy with the results. And why did I wait so long to get a polarizing filter? Who knows, maybe I thought THAT would be cheating.
I have not yet fully embraced the digital age, at least where photography is concerned. Admittedly, digital photography is cheaper and I am more apt to take five digital shots for every one film shot I would have taken. But therein lies the problem. I used to spend quite a bit of time composing that perfect shot. Now I take twenty and pick the one I like best. Or crop it in Photoshop. Or adjust the color and contrast. Or edit out a minor imperfection. Or even a major one.
So is it cheating? I finally bought a polarizing filter for the Nikon D60. Not that there is a lack of polarizing filters in this house, just none that fit the digital camera. And on a beautiful summer's day, in need of a photo opportunity, I set out to take a perfect picture.
A perfect picture, composed in the camera, with no need of Photoshop intervention. I took some time to compose each shot and slowly rediscovered what I once liked so much about photography: becoming absorbed in the detail.
I am happy with the results. And why did I wait so long to get a polarizing filter? Who knows, maybe I thought THAT would be cheating.
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