Digital Versus the Darkroom

A detailed Summary of Digital Versus the Darkroom

For decades photographers have spent hours hunching over enlargers making every

possible aspect of their work into the perfect print. Burning, dodging, setting filters and

using dozens of pieces of printing paper to show the world as they see it.

As we prepared for the millennium, digital cameras made their way into the art of

photography with no film to develop, and the ability to preview pictures instantly, right

in the field. For years photographers have used Polaroid cameras to preview the picture

before taking it on 35mm film, and now, with digital cameras, the photographer can

delete unsatisfactory shots with the touch of a button.

The biggest selling point of digital cameras is convenience. You can get a digital

image quickly and conveniently, without the need to develop film. But there are

photographers who see the dark room as where the "real magic happens."

Some photographers, like Mr. Farley of the HCCC photography program, feels

hours, trying to get their image to perfection, and working just as hard.

room. It has a special feeling of creation that is simply not present with the digital

is easier for website and Internet related work, versus printing then scanning it into a

find digital photography as an alien concept. Many are not "computer savvy" and find the

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