The New Analog: Digicams Are Back On The Street!

Mom .... where's my old pocket cam??? Mom: "You mean the one you said we could throw out because you have the $20,000 Funu 10k Hologram capable camera with volumetric 4d stabilization? .... Your dad uses is to post Instagram pics of his pet shrimp." "I need it back ..... nobody is using expensive cameras for street photography anymore - Dad can use my Funu 10k Hologram cam for his shrimp pictures." Mom: "You want to use a $70 camera for you photography projects?!? But ...." .... yup. It Happened. No ... analog is not gone. Ektachrome is back, but…

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Bad Lighting: That Big Grey Cloud

Well, at least you can see some of it ...   Lighting .... when it's great, it's great.  When it's bad .... ^%$&^$!!!!   You have you day planned out, the fall colors are starting to look amazing, the cool crispness of the air invigorates you ..... and they you see that pin-spot of light on the area you want to shoot. No camera can compensate for that, I don't car how good the new A.I. is in the image processor. Well, you get what you can, and then more on to post processing. Too bad you can't go back…

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The Edit: Gimp or Krita

  Time to edit. You took your photos, now make them beautiful pieces of art .....     {{deer in the headlights look}} ....     Ummmm ..... huh? But, Mom said they're already beautiful?     {{eyeroll}} ..... is Mom buying any?     Ummmm ..... no.     {{groan}}     >> This is the time when you realize as a photographer your potential to NEVER leave the house and why your mother buys Valium pills by the gallon.   Your photos are amazing .... and they actually may be.   Here is the reality .... you either now…

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