Digital Camera Photos: From Point And Click To Pointillism
First the digital camera was the next big thing in photography. Now thousands of ten year olds are walking around with digital cameras on their cell phones, emailing themselves pictorial records of their lives.
The digital camera has removed most of the science and a lot of the artistry from the art of photography, because anyone who knows how to scroll down the camera menu and correct its settings for the lighting can point, press, and review the resulting digital camera photos in a matter of seconds. Not a roll of film, light meter or darkroom in sight, and many botched digital camera photos can simply be erased and re-shot.
While the convenience and user friendliness of digital cameras has opened the doors to millions of new photographers, those who have been fans of digital camera photos from their beginning have expanded their horizons to include putting the artistry back into the art. What the amazing FX people of the Hollywood motion picture industry can create on the silver screen has its counterpart on the computer screen for those who are willing to learn how to use software to alter...