I startedshooting when digital was becoming popular and film was starting to fade away. My first camera was a Canon EOS 35mm film camera. I eventually got into digital and really like it. The biggest thing I noticed is what people expect from the digital picture vs the film. The "Art" of photography really hasn't changed. We still want to have the best pictures possible. Taking good or great pictures does take experience and practice. I think average photographers can appear to be better than they are because of the use ofdigital processing, Photoshop, Lightroom, etc. We can create just about anything we want. To me, it is like movie making. CGI has become popular the past few years with movies like Avatar. Some like it, some don't. But to me, nothing is quite like building little models and filming that ( like George Lucas in the older Star Wars movies).


I think we need to give a little more props to those that came before and had to hone their skills with practice, practice, practice. I'm not saying those of us that use digital are bad or not as good. But it was different. I acknowledge that. I wouldn't be any good if it weren't for digital. I also don't like to do much post processing and try to capture the shot more "naturally."


I wouldn't say that the "art of photography" is dying. It is a different style and has advanced. Some say good, some bad. What I find funny is when I'm too old am I gonna say the same thing?! HAHA