On Digital Photography

Ride on! Ride on!
Originally uploaded by svimes

I took this shot almost four years ago. It was the first summer with a DSLR and the freedom of digital photography seemed almost magical. Having dabbled in photography since late 1980's, to me digital photography has taught a lot about lighting, composition and most importantly photographic expression. Being bound only by the limits of a memory card, makes you feel free. Free to experiment, free to fail, free to learn from one's mistakes. On the other hand, it may lead to snappish shots, which have no message, which portray very littel feeling, mood or impression. The change has most likely also killed the film industry (and I'm not talking about movies here). Photographs on paper have not dissappeared, but digital forums such as Flickr would not exist without digital photography. OK, enough rambled, I'm foaming at the mouth. ;)